Vocab./Key Terms
This vocab./key term means an economic system where the individual is valued and free markets work their course.
WHAT IS CAPITALISM?
Which principle of government is about the individual having their own power to make decisions?
WHAT IS POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY?
This branch of government can impeach the President of the United States.
WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH / WHAT IS CONGRESS?
Which form of government involves a few people making decisions for the citizenry?
WHAT IS A OLIGARCHY?
These two political ideologies define American politics today.
WHAT ARE LIBERALS/DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVES/REPUBLICANS?
This dictator is the autocratic leader of North Korea today.
WHO IS KIM JONG UN?
This vocab./key term means the thoughts, opinions, morals and values of an individual that are shaped over time.
WHAT ARE IDEOLOGIES?
This principle of government is about government being broken down into different levels like federal, state and local.
WHAT IS FEDERALISM?
This branch of government can make official declarations of war and set taxes.
This is the name for the form of government where chosen representatives govern the citizenry.
WHAT IS INDIRECT DEMOCRACY?
A majority of American political ideologies came from what TWO European countries?
WHAT ARE GREAT BRITAIN / FRANCE?
According to the World Freedom Report, what is the most free country in the world? HINT: IT IS IN EUROPE!
WHAT IS NORWAY?
This vocab./key term means specific procedures and rules put in place by government.
WHAT ARE POLICIES / WHAT ARE LAWS?
This principle of government is about everyone (even leaders) obeying the law and nobody is above the law.
WHAT IS LIMITED GOVERNMENT?
This branch of government is able to declare acts and laws unconstitutional.
WHAT IS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH?
This form of government involves people making decisions for the citizenry based off of religion.
WHAT IS A THEOCRACY?
In Feudalism - many people established government from these classes. What were they?
K______
N_________
K__________
S_______ or P__________
WHAT ARE KINGS, NOBLES, KNIGHTS, SERFS OR PEASANTS?
The World Freedom Report measures freedom worldwide. What is the freedom ranking of the United States of America?
WHAT IS 86/100
This vocab./ key term refers to the level or extent that people have choice and power over their own lives.
WHAT IS / ARE FREEDOM/FREEDOMS?
WHAT ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES?
This branch of government can appoint court justices and also visit other countries to set foreign policy.
WHAT IS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH?
What is a status of no government in a country? Name at least one country that have anarchy today.
WHAT IS ANARCHY?
WHAT IS SOMALIA, SOUTH SUDAN, MYANMAR!
Daring and new thoughts on government that inspired US government came from an era known as what?
WHAT IS THE ENLIGHTENMENT ERA?
This person was marked as the world's worst dictator from WatchMojo. Who is he and which country is he from?
WHO IS OMAR AL BASHIR OF SOUTH SUDAN?
These vocab./key terms define the four theories to how states came about.
E ___________ THEORY
F____________ THEORY
D ____________ R____________ OF K_____ THEORY
S____________ C____________ THEORY
WHAT IS EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, FORCE THEORY, DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS THEORY, SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY?
Which principle of government involves people voting for their representatives to rule for them?
WHAT IS REPUBLICANISM?
The Executive Branch is comprised of the Cabinet. Name at least three Cabinet level departments.
WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, TREASURY, DEFENSE, JUSTICE, INTERIOR, AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, LABOR, HEALTH, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, EDUCATION, HOMELAND SECURITY, VETERAN'S AFFAIRS?
Please name the other forms of government that exist that begin with the following letters:
M ________________
O ________________
A _________________
WHAT IS A MONARCHY?
WHAT IS A OLIGARCHY?
WHAT IS AN AUTOCRACY?
According to experts, what is the MOST IMPORTANT thing that influences a person's political ideologies today?
WHAT ARE PARENTS/FAMILY?
We studied the three different ways government distributes power and rules. What are the three different ways that start with the following letters?
PA________________ Government
PR________________ Government
C_________________ Government
WHAT IS PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT AND CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT?