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JEOPARDY
100
What is a "Representative"?
What is a person chosen to speak or act for others.
100
What is a Confederate System?
A government in which independent countries join together with a common goal.
100
What is a Dictator?
A Head of State who gets power through force and has a government where the people have little or no control of that government.
100
Which of the 3 branches MAKES the laws?
The Legislative branch.
100
What branch ENFORCES the laws?
The Executive branch.
200
What is Federalism?
Form of government when the national government and the state government share power.
200
What does it mean to veto something?
Turn, reject, and send back (Ex. The President reads every law and then decides whether to sign the law or to veto it)
200
What is a Unitary System of government?
A government in which the national government has all the power.
200
What branch of the government INTERPRETS the laws?
The Judicial branch.
200
What are the three branches of the government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial.
300
What is Democracy?
Form of government in which the people rule.
300
What is a Monarchy?
Type of government where the King or Queen makes the laws and all major government decisions.
300
What is a Federal System of government?
A government in which the national and state governments share power.
300
What is the main purpose of The Constitution?
To be the lasting set of guidelines for a changing nation. Written in to be changed with time.
300
What was John Adam's wife's first name?
Abigail
400
What is a Parliamentary System of government?
A government in which the chief executive is a member of the legislative branch.
400
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
A government that has a Queen or King, but the Queen or King has no real power because another person or group makes the laws.
400
What is the Presidential system?
A government in which the national government has all the power
400
What is the highest court in the United States?
The Supreme Court
400
What was the date of the Declaration of Independence?
July 4, 1776
500
What is the definition of "ratify"?
To sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
500
What system of government do we have in the United States of America?
What is a Federal System. Each level has the power to elect officials and make laws.
500
What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Weak central government, and Congress did not have enough power to do its job.
500
What are the two parts of Congress?
Senate and House of Representatives
500
What is the name of the members of the Executive Branch? Hint: It's where I put my jacket.
Cabinet