Amendments
What is the First amendment?
The constitutional amendment that establishes the four great liberties: freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, and of assembly.
What is scarcity?
Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants.
What is the international Red Cross?
An international organization founded under the terms of the first Geneva Convention. Its original duty was to care for those who were wounded, sick, or homeless in wartime. Today, it also attends to the victims of natural disasters.
What is republic?
A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
What is the bill of rights?
Collection of the first ten amendments.
What is the second amendment?
Right to keep and bear arms.
What are the factors of production?
Land, labor, and capital.
What is the United Nations?
An institution dedicated to promoting dialogue among countries with the goal of maintaining world peace.
What is reserved powers?
Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states.
What is the U.S Constitution?
Document creating the United States government.
What is the fourth amendment?
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is traditional economy?
An economy in which production is based on customs and traditions and economic roles are typically passed down from one generation to the next.
What is the World Health Organization?
A group within the United Nations responsible for human health, including combating the spread of infectious diseases and health issues related to natural disasters.
What is denied powers?
Powers that neither state or national governments are allowed to have?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
First American constitution that established the United States as a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress, which was not granted the power to regulate commerce or collect taxes.
What is the seventh amendment?
Right to a trial by jury in civil cases.
What is command economy?
An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.
What is the World Trade Organization?
A permanent global institution to promote international trade and to settle international trade disputes.
What are inalienable rights?
Life, liberty, and property.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The fundamental document establishing the US as an independent nation. It declared the 13 colonies independent from Britain.
What is the fourteenth amendment?
The constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that states, "no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
What is market economy?
Economic system in which decisions on production and consumption of goods and services are based on voluntary exchange in markets.
What is NATO?
Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that support each other if attacked.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
The belief that the people agree to set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against those purposes.
Who is John Locke?
English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people.