Forms of Government
This is the term for the most extreme form of authoritarianism.
Totalitarianism
This is the purpose of the Executive Branch.
To Enforce Laws
Bills dealing with raising revenue originate in which chamber?
How many federal District Courts are there?
94
October 31 marked exactly 513 years since the artist Michelangelo completed what masterpiece, which he worked on alone for four years?
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
This was the title of Hobbes' book, detailing his ideas about society and government.
Leviathan
This means "the people rule"
Popular Sovereignty
This amendment repealed prohibition.
21st
To convince reluctant states to ratify the Constitution, Federalists wrote this series of persuasive essays
The Federalist Papers
This government is ruled by a few people that are part of some form of the elite.
Oligarchy
This is the current salary of the President.
$400,000/year with $100,000 additional per year for expenses.
This is a tactic used by senators to prolong a floor debate so the bill never gets voted on.
Filibuster
Who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
John Roberts
A newly published study in the journal Science suggests that macaque monkeys may be among the few animal species with a sense of what?
Rhythm
According to Locke, if a ruler violated the rights and freedoms of the citizens, the people were allowed to do this.
Revolt or launch a rebellion
This process is the Executive Branch's check on the Legislative Branch.
Veto
If convicted of a crime and set free, this right prevents you from being convicted again.
Double Jeopardy
This was the 9th state to ratify the Constitution.
New Hampshire
Tommy is a resident of Capital City in the fictional country of Bergundia. Each Tuesday morning before going to work he, along will all other residents, stops by city hall and votes on any rules and laws that are being considered. He, and other citizens, do the same thing on Thursday afternoons, usually face-to-face.
Direct Democracy
If the president and the vice-president can no longer serve, who takes over the presidency?
The Speaker of the House
What chamber must ratify treaties?
The Senate
Who was the first Latin-American Supreme Court Justice?
Sonia Sotomayor
In December, U.S. forces seized control of an oil tanker that is believed to be violating sanctions against what South American country, which criticized the ship’s takeover?
Venezuela
Montesquieu's ideas influenced the United States government and its creation. What concept did we take from him?
Separation of Powers
Because the Supreme Court can reject laws created by congress and signed by the president, Judicial Review is part of this system
Checks and Balances
This bill stopped race from defining who got to vote.
15th
This was the only branch of government created by the Articles of Confederation
Legislative
In which system of government does the central government have all the power? (Also the most common system of government in the world).
Unitary System
If the President, Vice-President, and Speaker of the House can no longer serve, who takes over the presidency?
The President Pro-Tempore of the Senate
When voting on a bill or a law, members of Congress can vote Yes, No, or this third option.
Present
What is the Supreme Court’s session length each year (from month to month)?
October to June
What kind of object, which was recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic, is expected to become one of the most expensive relics of the shipwreck ever auctioned?
Which philosopher believed humans are basically good but corrupted by society?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This system of power sharing divides powers between the national government and the state governments
Federalism
This amendment says that you can't sue a state if you do not live there.
11th
Benjamin Franklin had to be carried to the convention on a _____________________ during the Constitutional Convention.
Sedan Chair
A government ruled entirely by one person that is domineering. Dictatorships, authoritarian regimes, and totalitarian regimes are all forms of these.
Autocracy
How long (in words) was George Washington's inaugural address?
135 words.
Who is the current Senate Majority Leader?
John Thune
On average, how many cases are filed with the Supreme Court each year?
7000-8000
In what island nation would you find Mount Semeru, an active volcano that erupted in November, sending ash into the sky and a pyroclastic flow rushing down its slopes?
Indonesia
Hobbes believed that human lives were "brutish, short and this"
Violent
The power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws is called this
Judicial Review
What Amendment says that private property should not be taken for public use without just compensation being given for it?
5th
This is the name of one theory that St. Thomas Aquinas was famous for.
Just War Theory