Foundations of Government
The _____________ is an area with no government.
What is the State of Nature?
The first government of the United States was known as the _____________.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This is the way the President is elected.
What is the Electoral College?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a _________.
Stock Index
This theory was proven incorrect as the first way Americans came to North America, it was named for the spear points.
What is Clovis First?
The Law of Nature is _________, according to Locke.
What is Reason?
The Articles of Confederation can best be described as too _________, because it couldn't tax or regulate commerce.
What is weak?
Pushing someone who pushed me is an example of ____________.
What is Retributive Justice?
A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow.
What is the Time Value of Money?
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation was issued during what war?
What is the American Revolution?
A mandate from God to rule was known as _____________.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
The _____________ proposed representation in the legislative branch based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This court is likely to hear the most cases.
What is State or Trial Court?
This is an account used to retire that gets its name off of the Tax Code where it is found.
What is a 401k?
This line banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation line of 1763?
This type of government has the people elect leaders to represent them and make decisions for them.
What is Representative Democracy?
Congressmen and women serve for _________ years to be more willing to listen to the passions of the people. While Senators serve _______ years to be more independent.
What is 2 and 6 years?
The Supreme Court hears about _____________ cases a year.
What is 80?
Banks make money primarily by giving out ________, sometimes they are for houses and are known as ______.
Loan, Mortgage
Plymouth brought families whereas Jamestown brought _________.
Single Men, Gentlemen
According to Hobbes, this three word term , is how we determine morality in the State of Nature.
What is Might makes Right?
This body in the legislative branch is less democratic than the other.
What is the Senate?
_________________is law created by the legal precedents set in prior cases.
What is Common Law?
Bonds and Banks deal with Debt, meaning that you know the amount you will get back. Stocks deal with ______, because if the company struggles your value could go down or if it does well it could go up.
What is equity?
This battle convinced the French to support the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?