Vocabulary
Principles of Government
Origins of American Government
Constitution
Federalism
100
The certain powers given to the National Government and the States.
What is division of powers?
100
The government branches off into the legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
What are the three powers the government branches off into?
100
The concepts are ordered government, limited government, representative government?
What are the basic concepts of government?
100
They are the popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
What are the basic principles?
100
National powers, concurrent powers, and state powers.
What are the three division of powers?
200
Powers that only the National Government is granted.
What is exclusive powers?
200
The Legislative Branch votes for the Chief Executive.
Who votes for the Chief Executive in a Parliamentary government?
200
The documents are the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and The Bill of Rights.
What are the Landmark English Documents?
200
An amendment my be proposed by Congress and ratified by conventions.
What is the second method to the Formal Amendment Process?
200
The obligations are guarantee a Republican Form of Government, protect against invasion and internal disorder, and must respect for territorial integrity.
What is the Nation's obligations to the states?
300
Grants of federal money or other resources given to the State and/or their cities, counties, and other local units.
What is grants-in-aid program?
300
The characteristics are population, territory, sovereignty, and government.
What are the characteristics of the state?
300
They are royal, the Proprietary, and the Charter colonies.
What are the English Colonies?
300
The electoral college is the group that makes the formal selection of the nation's President.
What is the electoral college?
300
This is a agreement among a state and foreign states.
What is an interstate compact?
400
These are grants made to States, localities, and sometimes private .
What is a project grant?
400
Government is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
What is government?
400
A bicameral is a two- housed legislature.
What is a bicameral?
400
This is a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state.
What is the executive agreement?
400
It mainly takes place in court matters.
When does the Full Faith and Credit Clause most often take place?
500
A clause that says States cannot make unreasonable distinctions between its residents and those who happen to live in other states.
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
500
An oligarchy is when government is ruled by a small, self-appointed group.
What is an oligarchy?
500
The importance is to declare our independence from Great Britian.
What is the importance of the Declaration of Independence?
500
There are 27 amendments.
How many amendments are in the Constitution?
500
It is a different form of federal monetary aid.
What is revenue sharing a different form of?