What are "Enumerated" or "Specifically Granted" power
100
These three things define legitimacy
What are: Formal, Official, Accepted
100
Constitutions generally delegate power, that should be exercised for this reason.
What is The Common Good of Society?
100
According to the 20th Amendment of the US Constitution, in what month of 2015 will Thom Tillis take his seat as North Carolina's new United States Senator?
What is January?
(Noon on the third day of January, to be exact)
100
Capital city of Texas
What is Austin?
200
In his Executive Action speech, the President outlined certain resources and processes opened to this many current undocumented immigrants.
What is 4-5 million?
200
Meaning: an action or decision, performed by only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others.
What is UNILATERAL?
200
Elections need these three qualities in order to manifest an ideal, democratic process.
What are Free, Fair, Regular?
200
Four of the Top Ten most democratic nations in the world, according to the Economist 2006 rating:
Mr. Marion Barry, a four-term former mayor of This City, died this week. He was a Civil Rights leader and was known as "a champion of the downtrodden/"
What is Washington, D.C.?
300
This political philosopher believed that man is inherently self-interested, to such an extent that society will collapse into anarchy without a strong central ruler to protect public interests and security.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
300
Constitutions _______ and ________ power.
What are: Organize and Constrain?
300
Democracy comes from the Greek "demos" and "kratos" which each mean:
What are:
Demos = people
Kratos = rule/power
300
Governor of Texas from 1995-2000
Who is George W. Bush?
400
The grand jury in Ferguson, MO decided this verdict yesterday evening.
What is declaring "no charges" against the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown?
400
This early American government gave the individual state government considerably more power than the central government. Shays' Revolution in MA showed the fatal flaw in the system.
What is The Articles of Confederation?
400
Constitutions maintain a legal separation between political institutions and the "permanent, neutral institutions of the state." There video enumerates 4 of these. Name 2.
What are:
Courts
Police
Military
Civil Service
400
These are three non-democracies:
What are:
Totalitarian states
Autocracies
Despots
Oligarchies
Dictatorships
Anarchies
400
Texas has had six flags (authorities) flying over the state capitol. Name THREE.
What is Spanish 1519-1685, French 1685-1690, Spanish 1690-1821, Mexican 1821-1836, Republic of Texas 1836-1845, United States 1845-1861, Confederate States 1861-1865, United States 1865-present?
500
President Obama gave This Award to Charlotte-area native Charlie Sifford, who was the first African-American to earn a PGA tour card.
What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
500
Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, Dean Rusk, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, and Condoleeza Rice all held which position in the United States government?
What is the Secretary of State?
500
Most Constitutions have a special function, which embodies national unity, and reflects and declares the identity of the nation, which is known as this two-word term.
What is Nation Building?
500
One sign that a presidential democracy like the United States might be illegitimate might include: (family feud style - your answer needs to be one of these)
What are:
- Unanimous popular vote outcomes, or very close to it
- Same party constantly in majority power
- President tries to change the Constitution through Executive Order
500
Texas has this percentage of the US population AND this same percentage of the US GDP. (Plus or minus 1% to earn points)