Government
Unit
1
Review
Jeopardy
100
27. Promote the general welfare really means that
What is the government is a servant to its citizens
100
6. The individual 50 states lack what characteristic of a state?
What is sovereignty
100
By the mid 1700s, British rule in the colonies was marked by
What is allowing a certain degree of self rule to the colonists
100
5. A federal government is one in which
What is power is divided between a central and local governments
100
4. The dominant political unit in the world today is
What is the state
200
29. in a democracy, each minority has a right to
What is criticize the majority, and be heard
200
30. Democracy's belief in the worth of the individual is indirectly reflected in the
What is free enterprise system
200
26. Which of the following would be most threatened by the social contract theory?
What is Divine right advocates
200
1. Among the broad purposes of the US government spelled out in the Preamble to the Constitution is to
What is provide for justice and the people's welfare
200
13. In Ben Franklin's opinion, the constitution created by the delagates can be best summarized as
What is as near perfect as possible
300
2. Locke, Harrington, Hobbes, and Rousseau would most likely agrea that
What is the state exists to serve the will of the people
300
22. Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of
What is complaints of the wrongs done to the colonists
300
15. The Government set up by the Articles of Confederation had
What is only a legislative branch, unicameral congress
300
31. For what reasons might the rulers in a dictatorship feel threatened by the existence of the Internet?
What is the internet might provide a forum through which people could unite and rebel
300
8. In the charter colonies, most governmental matters were handled by
What is the colonists
400
19. At the Philadelphia Convention, the delegates agreed to
What is draft a new constitution
400
32. The objections of the Anti-Federalists can be best summed up as
What is a fear that the new government would have too much power and the people too little
400
12. After the Revolutionary War, the national government
What is proved too weak to deal with growing economic and political problems
400
17. The Federalist was written to
What is win support for the Constitution in NY
400
29. A government can be both
What is unitary and parliamentary
500
11. Which feature did the state constitutions and the articles of confederation have in common?
What is principle of popular sovereignty
500
3. The theory underlying modern democracies was developed to challenge the idea that
What is those of royal birth have absolute authority to rule
500
25. The idea that the people have the right to abolish an abusive and unrepsonsive government was First formally expressed in
What is the Declaration of independence
500
9. Which idea is not included in the declaration of independence?
What is God gives certain people the right to govern
500
21. The first state constitutions adopted after independence
What is placed most authority with the State legislatures