Show:
State of Affairs
What me Govern?
What's Your Favorite Flavor (of government)
The Lazy Elephant in the Room
Political Philosophy and You
100
It has a political community, a definite territory and an organized government
What is a state
100
All powers are given to a national or central government
What is a Unitary system
100
Rule by one
What is an autocracy
100

Article 1

What is Legislative

100

He conducted an extensive study of the history of governments and political systems, is known as the Father of the Constitution and the Author of the Bill of Rights

Who is James Madison?

200
It is any size-able group of people who are united by common bonds of race, language, custom, history and sometimes religion
What is a Nation
200
Powers are divided between states and a national government
What is Federalsim
200
Rule by a few
What is an Oligarchy
200

Article 4

What is States.

200

This man's philosophy was written in Plain English and pursuaded the American colonists to embrace Independence. 

Who is Thomas Paine

300

Legitimate Authority within a specified boundary

What is Sovereignty

300

The oldest written and continually used constitution 

What is the US Constitution

300
Rule by the many
What is a Democracy
300

Supremacy

What is Article 6

300

Thomas Hobbes

What is he developed the Social Contract Theory/ Postulated about the State of Nature

400

Popular Sovereignty

What is Majority Rules?

400
A plan or framework for how the government is supposed to work
What is a Constitution
400

Citizens elect representatives to act on their behalf.

What is a Republican form of government.

400

Amendments

What is Art. 5?

400
He advocated that all men were born with certain rights; life, liberty, and property
What was John Locke
500
maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces decisions
What is Government
500

Designed to insure the powers of government stay separate.

What are Check and Balances?

500

Government Powers are limited and distributed between National, State and Local Governments.

What is a Federal system.

500

The location of the necessary and proper clause

What is Article 1

500
He argued for a "separation of powers"
Who was Montesquieu