Unit 1
Name one thing Government provides.
leadership, order, security and defense, public services, and economic assistance and economic security.
What was the first written constitution in European History
Magna Carta
The preamble
What animal represents the Republican party?
Elephant
How old do you have to be to vote?
18
How many basic functions are there?
5
What did The Petition of Right(1628) do?
Limited the kings power in several ways.
What is the Legislative branch's main purpose?
What system of government is two or more governments exercise power over the same people and the same territory
Federalism
What Amendment gives women the right to vote?
19th
How is government power distributed?
Geographically
(Named after states)
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan
Popular Soveriegnty
Democrats
Middle-age
What is the theory when the government should rule, not by force, but by consent of the people?
Social Contract Theory
In the first Continental congress what did they agree to boycott?
Taxed Items
How many Amendments are there?
27
The right
What is communicating with a governmental decision maker in hopes of influencing a decision
Lobbying
Before there were governments, people lived in a _________
State of Nature
Who did not attend the Constitutional Convention?
Patrick Henry
What number Amendment is this?
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
10
Multi-Party system
What is a set of basic values and beliefs about a nation and its government that most citizens share?
Political Culture