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This ancient Greek scholar was one of the first students of government.
Aristotle
100
This is NOT a way the United States has extended its territory. 1. purchase 2. divine right 3. negotiation 4. war
divine right
100
This system of government gives all key powers to the national government.
unitary
100
A loose union of independent states is a
confederacy
100
The effort to control or influence the conduct of government is called
politics
200
This is NOT one of Aristotle’s classifications of governments. 1. autocracy 2. oligarchy 3. Totalitarian dictatorship 4. democracy
Totalitarian dictatorship
200
Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called
A democracy
200
The form of democracy we have in this country is called
Representative democracy
200
When the territory of both the nation and state coincide, the country is a
Nation-state
200
This system divides the power between the state and national governments.
federal
300
A plan that provides the rules for government is called
constitution
300
This study is concerned with a government’s power and the rights of citizens
Constitutional law
300
These nations are in the early stages of industry and technology
Developing nations
300
Any system of government in which a small group holds power
An oligarchy
300
The economic system in which freedom of choice is emphasized
capitalism
400
This man wrote “the textbook of the American Revolution.’
John Locke
400
Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims, this colonial plan for self-rule is called
The Mayflower Compact
400
The first legislature in what became the United States was the
Virginia House of Burgesses
400
The first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought at
Lexington and Concord
400
The Intolerable Acts prompted the colonists to take this action against Britain
An embargo
500
According to the Articles of Confederation, this power was granted Congress
to amend the Articles of Confederation
500
Many Americans wanted a strong national government after
Shays’s Rebellion
500
Trade among the states was known as
interstate commerce
500
The Magna Carta was important because it
established a limited government
500
America’s first formal constitution was the
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut