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The most widely held ideal of the US political culture

What is belief in a limited government that protects individual liberties?

100

Many countries, including Mexico, Canada, and Switzerland have this form of government

What is a federal government?

100

The group responsible for ruling different regions of a country under feudalism

What is lords?

100

A limited central government linking independent states was wanted by...

What is the Confederate States of America?

200

The system which most greatly limits the power of the US government

What is the constitutional system?

200

This government protects individual freedoms

What is a limited government?

200

In his book De l'Esprit des Lois (Spirit of Laws), Montesquieu argues this feature of government

What is separation of powers between different branches of government?

200

The Crown passed the so-called Intolerable Acts in order to...

What is punish the colonists for their disobedience?

300

The number of times confederations have appeared in the history of the United States

What is 2?

300

This government combines both unitary and confederal political systems

What is the federal government?

300

The Enlightenment philosopher who introduced the idea that people enter a social contract with the purpose of maintaining order in society

Who is Thomas Hobbs?

300

Imagine visiting a foreign nation and having to resolve a minor issue with your passport and travel plans. If someone told you that you had to travel five hours to the national capital to work with the central government, the nation would most likely have this type of government.

What is a unitary government?

400

The political system that employs the use of a "supreme leader"

What is a dictatorship?

400

In this government, the power of the state is concentrated in a single central authority, which alone possesses sovereignty.

What is a unitary government?

400

The Mayflower Compact contributed to the American government with the development of

What is the representative democracy?

400

This type of government was enacted by the Athenian Assembly

What is a direct democracy?

500

The political system that is run by a group of noble families or wealthy members of society

What is an oligarchy?

500

This government is a characteristic of a nation-state.

What is a sovereign government?

500

This inspired the inclusion of the right of the people to revolt against a tyrannical government in the Declaration of Independence

What is Locke's Second Treatise?

500

The purpose of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England was 

What is to advocate for common law?

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