America's Fundemental Political Principles

Question 1

government

Answer 1

the ruling authority (leaders) for the community

Question 2

delegates

Answer 2

state representatives

Question 3

five fundamental principles

Answer 3

consent of the governed, limited government, rule of law, democracy, and representative government

Question 4

consent of the governed OR popular sovereignty

Answer 4

People are the ultimate source of authority

Question 5

limited power

Answer 5

A political system in which the powers used by the government are restricted

Question 6

dictatorship or absolute monarchy

Answer 6

a government in which all the power resides in a small group or a single person

Question 7

rule of law

Answer 7

No one is above the law; anyone, no matter what their status is, must follow the law

Question 8

democracy

Answer 8

The kind of government where people rule

Question 9

direct democracy

Answer 9

all citizens meet to debate governmental issues and vote first-hand

Question 10

representative democracy OR republic

Answer 10

People elect public office holders who then make the laws and conduct the government or the people