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Famous ancient scholar and philosopher.
Bonus 2 shots if you name the country they are from.
Aristotle
Bonus: Greece
True OR False: Country & State are the same thing.
True
In colonial times each colony thought of itself as its own _______.
Country
A large group of people living within borders
Population
A _______ is an institution designed to make decisions.
If you get this correct, take 1 extra shot.
Who wrote Leviathan?
Thomas Hobbes
Which 2 ancient civilizations are credited with originating many concepts such as politics, democracy, and republic?
Rome & Greece
What ancient nation had the first recorded trial by jury?
Greece
What is this describing?
Any sizable group of people who share common language, race, custom, religion.
Nation
1st 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America
The Bill of Rights
What amendment protects the right to bear arms? (Buy & Own Guns)
2nd Amendment
What term describes a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government?
The State
What ancient nation is this associated with?
- The Senate, a REPRESENTATIVE body was the most powerful government body.
Rome
What is this describing?
A bordered territory where the nation and state coincide - France as example
If you get this right swap one team member with another team OR steal 300 points from another team.
Nation-State
What is this describing?
Supreme & absolute authority within its territorial boundaries.
Sovereignty
What in the United States guarantees freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
1st Amendment
Fill in the blanks: In Greece, they were the first to believe that laws were a _________institution (not dictated by the _____)
Human; gods
What ancient country is this describing?
- Allowed common people to serve in state office
- First government in which elected officials were paid a salary
- Every free male citizen had the right to serve in the assembly, which passed laws and determined government policies.
Greece
Established boundaries are known as ________.
What is this describing?
State of nature is “nasty, brutish and short”
Only the strong survive.
Natural Rights/ Natural Law
What concept is this describing?
Citizens surrender liberty to the government in exchange for protection from chaos
Focused on individual freedoms with some protection from the government
BONUS: Who was the first to discuss & introduce this concept? IF you get it correct you can take 3 extra shots OR you can skip one of the other teams.
Social Contract Theory
BONUS: Thomas Hobbes
What ancient nation belongs in the blank?
- The __________ believed in NATURAL LAW.
BONUS: Natural Law is the idea that ________ _______ should be extended to________ who lived under their rule. (If Correct: Take 3 extra shots OR steal 300 points from another team)
Romans
Bonus: Basic Rights; Everyone
What ancient nation is this associated with?
- The Senate conducted foreign policy, passed laws, and handled the government’s finances.
Swap 1 team member from another team if you get this right OR get 1 extra shot.
Rome
An agreement about basic beliefs
Consensus
Fill in any 1 of the 3 blanks below on Government Theory:
_____ Theory - state evolved from family groups/tribes and power structure within it
_____ Theory - Early civilizations/cities formed and people of an area were brought under the authority of one person or group
____-_____ Theory - God or Gods had chosen certain people/families to rule.
IF you can name all 3, steal any team member from another team for your own OR take 3 extra shots.
IF you can only name 2 out of 3 then you may swap 1 player OR steal 300 points from another team.
1. Evolution
2. Force
3. Divine Right