Basics of Government
the world before a government
What is a state of Nature
God and religious law are the government's authority.
What is Theocracy
First person to hit the buzzer gets 100 free points
LETS GO!
List a check of the executive branch on the judicial branch
What is nominating judges
This is what happens to the president if they break the law
What is impeachment
3 Formal qualifications of being a House of Representative member
What is 25 years old, US citizen at least 7 years, and resident of state and district?
How do most cases come to the Supreme Court.
What is on appeal
What is the difference between criminal and civil court?
What is a crime was committed in criminal court and a civil difference is in civil court, divorce, family court, claims court etc.
List 4 services the government provides
What are many things
The group in power is usually Wealthy
What is oligarchy
What is the name of the plan that was two houses both based on population
What is the Virginia plan
List one check of the executive branch on the legislative branch
What is a veto
There are 16 official positions in this group that advises the President.
Who are the cabinet
The number of voting members in the House
what is 435
If I commit a crime in Dallas and am arrested in San Jose where do I go to court?
List the three natural rights that Locke believed in
What are life, liberty, property
Why or why not is a state like Georgia considered a "state"
What is not a state because it does not have sovereignty
In this form of government the power is with the people
What is Democracy
This plan wanted one house of congress and equal representation
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Protects against unreasonable (warrantless) searches and seizures (unless reasonable suspicion or probable cause exists).
What is the 4th amednment
The maximum number of terms a president can serve? and which president did the most terms in office?
what is 2 terms and who is FDR
What is the sum of the number of reps in the house + number of senators
What kind of jurisdiction is this: State & Federal court can both hear a case.
What is concurrent jurisdiction
Who re-draws district lines? How often?
What is the political party in power and every 10 years
List the four roles of government
What is Protect the country, keep order, help citizens, and make laws
People do not answer to any leader of government. Nobody is in control of the government.
What is anarchy
What is Original name of the Great compromise and what state's representative came up with it?
What is the Connecticut Compromise
Protects against excessive fines and bail and against cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the 8th amendment
3 formal qualifications for being president
What are 35, natural born US Citizen, live in the US for 14 years
3 formal qualifications of becoming a senator
What is 30 years old, 9 years of being a US resident, and live in state they're serving
List the structure of the court system in the correct order using from bottom to top.
Supreme Court, District Court, County Court, Appellate Court
What is county court, district court, Appellate Court, Supreme Court
How many electoral college votes will win you the presidency?
What is 270
List the four features you need to have a state
What are a population, territory, sovereignty, and a government
In this type of Democracy People govern themselves by voting individually on issues or laws.
What is direct democracy
Unfortunately this horrible compromise related to slavery was made in order to get the Southern states to agree with the Constitution. AND how long was slavery not to be touched
What the 3/5 compromise and what is 20 years
Provide an example of every branch checking another branch (6 total checks)
What are
Legislative to executive -power of purse, override veto with 2/3, approving treaties, impeach president
Legislative to judicial- confirming supreme court justices, impeaching judges
Executive to legislative - veto
Executive to judicial - nominate supreme court justices
Judicial to Legislative- declare laws unconstitutional
Judicial to Executive- declare laws unconstitutional
The three ways the President could handle a bill
What are signing the bill making it into a law, veto, and pocket veto?
List the full process a bill takes to become a law assuming a conference committee is not needed
What Committee, Rules Committee, Speaker of the House, House Vote, Senate Committee, Senate Rules Committee, Majority Leader, Senate vote, President Signs
Describe the process if you get arrested in the correct order.
Crime Occurs, Sentence, Booked in Jail, Court Appearance, Arrested, Case Resolves
What is
Crime Occurs, Arrested, Booked in Jail, Court Appearance, Case Resolves, Sentence
What ideas did Locke, Hobbes, Montesquieu and Rousseau give us in the US constitution?
What is
Locke- Natural Rights
Hobbes- Social Contract
Montesquieu- Separation of Powers
Rousseau- Separation of Church and State