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1
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Which type of government system did the United States have in it earlier days?

A

Confederal government

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2
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Which system of government is largely and American invention?

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Federal government

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3
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The executive and legislative branches of government are feud in high type of government?

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Parliamentary

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4
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The people are the ultimate source of authority in which government system?

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Democracy

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5
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Which form of government has been the most common throughout world history?

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Monarchy

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6
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The vast majority of the worlds nations have which system of government?

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Unitary

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7
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The power to carry out, enforce, and administer the law is known as

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Executive power

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8
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The supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affair is called

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Sovereignty

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9
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Which of the following is a basic function of government?

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National security

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10
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What three basic types of power do people in government exercise?

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Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

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11
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Which system of government in an indirect form of democracy, placing political decision making at least one step away from the people?

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Representative democracy

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12
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Which theory holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state?

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Social contract

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13
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Which power involves the authority to interpret the laws and to settle disputes between members of society?

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Judicial

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14
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What form of democracy are most democracies in large, industrialized nations?

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Representative

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15
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What principle of American democracy is at work when two opposing relax some of their demands in an attempt to reach an agreement?

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Compromise

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16
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Americans believe strongly that a balance should be struck between majority rule and

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Minority rights

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17
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The U.S. Federal system consists of a national government and what other government level?

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States government

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18
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The president heads which part of the government?

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Executive branch

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19
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Magma carat was originally intended to protect the rights of which group?

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Nobles

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20
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Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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One vote of each state regardless of size, no power of taxation, can not regulate foreign and domestic commerce, no executive branch, no judicial branch, super-majority needed to pass laws, and unanimity needed to pass an amendment

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21
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The petition of right resulted from a conflict between which two groups?

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Charles the first and Parliament

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22
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Which document was passed by parliament in the glorious revolution?

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English bill of rights

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23
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The framers relied on the writings of which enlightenment philosopher as they decided how best to protect economic freedom and rights to property?

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Adam smith

24
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Anti federalist believes that representative gonverment

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Could only work in a small country

25
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Republican ideas can be traced back to which of the following?

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Ancient Greece and Rome

26
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Thomas Jefferson argued in the declaration of independence that, if the government disagrees the will of the people, the people are free to do which of the following?

A

They can change the government

27
Q

Under the articles of confederation, most governmental power was retained by which?

A

States

28
Q

Why did large states favor the Virginia plan?

A

Representation based on population

29
Q

The New Jersey plan was designed to stay closer to which document?

A

Articles of confederation

30
Q

According to the three-fifths compromise, three-fifths of a states slave population would be

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Counted towards representation

31
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Why was the great compromise acceptable to the smaller states?

A

Equal representation in the senate

32
Q

What did the constitution do about the Atlantic slave trade?

A

Kept congress from acting for twenty years

33
Q

According to the constitution, a states electors would be equal to what?

A

It’s representators in congress

34
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What ideal did the antifederalists find the constitution lacked?

A

Individual rights/ bill of rights

35
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Why did Alexander Hamilton, John jay, and James Madison write the federalists papers?

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To convince people to ratify the constitution

36
Q

The first ten amendments to the constitution are traditionally called the

A

Bill of rights

37
Q

One of the earliest English efforts toward limited government

A

Magna Carta

38
Q

Opposed ratification of the constitution

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Antifederalists

39
Q

Based on grant by the English monarch to the owner

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Proprietary colony

40
Q

Type of colony enjoying greatest independence from the crown

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Charter colony

41
Q

Powerful alliance of six Native American nations

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Iroquois confederation

42
Q

Formally approve

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Ratify

43
Q

Pen name used by writers of federalists papers

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Publius

44
Q

Called for a bicameral legislature

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Virginia plan

45
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First ten amendments to the constitution

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Bill of rights

46
Q

Supported ratification to the constitution

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Federalists

47
Q

Essays written in support of the ratification of the constitution

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Federalist papers

48
Q

Proposal that called for a unicameral legislature

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New Jersey plan

49
Q

Passed by parliament in the glorious revolution

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English bill of rights

50
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Created a system for admitting new states to the union

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Northwest ordinance

51
Q

Parliaments first attempt to tax the colonists directly

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Stamp act

52
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Delegates to the constitutional convention

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Framers

53
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The nations first constitution, adopted June 12, 1777

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Articles of confederation

54
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Revolt of Massachusetts farmers led by a former revolutionary war captain

A

Shays rebellion

55
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Settled disagreement about how enslaved people should be counted in calculating congressional representation

A

Three-fifths compromise

56
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Combined elements from both the Virginia amd New Jersey plan

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Great compromise

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