Purpose/Forms of Government
What is an example of a service government provides?
What are the conservative and liberal parties in the United States?
Conservative - Republican Party
Liberal - Democratic Party
What kind of government did Great Britain have before the American Revolution?
A Monarchy
What form of democracy does the U.S. use?
Representative Democracy
In this form of democracy, every citizen votes on every issue.
Direct democracy
This is the process through which people learn their political beliefs.
Political socialization
Name one weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
How is power distributed geographically in the U.S.?
Federalism (power is shared between the states and federal government)
This is when the government creates laws to resolve conflict between people or groups of people.
Keep order
When someone is neither conservative or liberal, what are they considered?
Moderate
What form of government was the Articles of Confederation?
Confederate government.
The United States has a bicameral legislature. What does bicameral mean?
There are two houses to the legislative branch
In this form of government, all power is given to the central government.
Unitary government.
Which political ideology is more in favor of gun control?
Liberal
What did the Virginia Plan propose?
Two houses to the U.S. Congress, representation in both would be based on a state's population.
Provide an example of checks and balances.
Answers vary.
What is it called when the government creates public policies to address problems?
Guiding the community.
This minor political party is more liberal than either of the major parties in the U.S.
The Green Party.
According to this law, the American colonists could not expand west beyond a certain line. They found this especially frustrating.
The Proclamation Line of 1763
How many members does each state receive in the Senate and the House of Representatives?
House of Representatives - Based on Population
Senate - 2 per state