Foundations of Government

Principles of Government

100

In the preamble, what does establish justice mean?

What is laws should be fair

200

term for a government that is in the hands of one person, not accountable to the people.

What is a dictatorship?

300

According to the Preamble of the Constitution the Government uses the military to do this.

What is "Provide for the Common Defense"?

400

Using the words from the Preamble of the Constitution, this describes the government's role to provide services for the people.

What is promote the general welfare?

500

This document took power from the king, and it was the first time a monarchs power was limited.

What is the Magna Carta?

Types of Government

100

A government where the power resides with the people.

What is a democracy?

200

dictatorship ruled by a small group, such as SPARTA

What is an oligarchy

300

Government of an alliance of independent states. Examples include the Iroquois League, the Articles of Confederation, and the European Union.

What is confederacy?

400

Type of democracy where the people themselves meet and make decisions.

What is a Direct Democracy?

500

term for a democracy where the people select individuals to make decisions on their behalf.

What is the Indirect Democracy?  (Representative Democracy)

Foundations of Democracy

100

Characteristic of being a good citizen (Give at least 2)

Obeying the law, Paying Taxes, serving as a juror, being informed, voting, etc

200

The only system in which absolute freedom exists

what is anarchy?

300

This is the job of the Executive Branch.

What is to enforce the laws?

400

These are two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

What is No Chief Executive (President), Laws needed to be approved by 9 out 13 states, Congress could not collect taxes, couldn’t pay debt, No National court system, Any Amendments to the Articles had to be approved by all 13 states?

500

This is the 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution (Protecting citizens from Government abuse of power)

What is the Bill of Rights?

Basics of Government

100

What are the three basic powers (branches) of government?

What is legislative, executive, and judicial?

200

The process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests.

What is compromise

300

This is the term for the economic system in the U.S., sometimes called free-enterprise.

What is capitalism?

400

Democracy holds that who will be right more often than they will be wrong?

What is the majority?

500

This compromise settled the debate on representation at the Constitutional Convention by creating a Bicameral Legislature.

What is the Great Compromise? (Connecticut Compromise)

Vocabulary

100

This is a word that means "fairness".

What is Justice?

200

A document listing the grievances for separation 

What is the Declaration of Independence

300

This is the job of the Judicial Branch.

What is interpreting the laws (Constitution)?

400

term for the people who favored the Constitution as written. (In Favor of a Strong National Government)

What are Federalists

500

Name given to the people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights.

What is the Anti-Federalists?