WE THE PEOPLE
The organizations, institutions, and individuals who exercise political authority over a group of people.
GOVERNMENT
Contract between the people and their government.
SOCIAL CONTRACT
A person, such as a king or queen, who reigns over a kingdom or an empire.
MONARCH
The beginning of the U.S. Constitution, which describes its purposes.
THE PREAMBLE
This plan was a Bicameral legislature with proportional representation
VIRGINIA PLAN
The study of citizenship and government.
CIVICS
Hobbes tried to answer what question?
WHY TO WE HAVE GOVERNMENT?
A written plan of government. It sets forth the purposes of the government and describes how the government is to be organized.
CONSTITUTION
The lawmaking branch of government.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
This plan was a Unicameral legislature with equal representation
NEW JERSEY PLAN
A legally recognized member of a country.
CITIZENS
Hobbes wrote a book called...
LEVIATHAN
The Lawmaking Body of Great Britain, is bicameral. House of Commons & House of Lords.
PARLIAMENT
The branch of government that carries out the laws.
How many senators are in the U.S. Senate?
100
Permanent residents of the United States who are still citizens of another country.
ALIENS
The belief that people were born with a mind like a blank slate.
Tabula Rasa
An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands in order to reach a solution to a problem.
COMPROMISE
The branch of government that interprets the laws and punishes lawbreakers.
JUDICIAL BRANCH
What does the Constitution say is the “supreme law of the land”?
U.S. or FEDERAL LAWS
People who are trying to escape dangers in their home countries.
REFUGEES
Locke imagined a set of natural rights that human beings share.These are the right to...
LIFE, LIBERTY, & PROPERTY
A Representative Democracy is also known as...
REPUBLIC
The distribution of political power among the branches of government, giving each branch a particular set of responsibilities.
SEPARATION OF POWERS
Which Article of the Constitution was the Legislature created?
ARTICLE 1