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Gov Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What ancient Greek scholar was one of the first students of government

A

Aristotle

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2
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What are the 4 features of all the states in today’s world

A

Population
Territory
Sovereignty
Government

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3
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What system of government gives all key powers to the national government

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Unitary

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4
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What is a loose union of independent states

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Confederacy

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5
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What is the effort to control or influence the conduct of government called

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Politics

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6
Q

Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called_____

A

Democracy

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7
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What is the form of democracy we have in the US

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Representitive

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8
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What man’s writing influenced the American revolutionaries

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Locke

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9
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What system divides the power between the state and national governements

A

Federal

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10
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What is a plan that provides the rules for governemnt

A

Constitution

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11
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What is any system of government in which a small group holds power

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Oligarchy

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12
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What are the 4 main purposes of government

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Maintaining social order
Providing public service
Providing national security
Making economic decisions

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13
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What are the 4 theories of how government began

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Social contracct
Divine Right
Force
Evolution

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14
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What man wrote the Two Treatises of Government which influnced the writer of our constitution

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Locke

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15
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Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims, this colonial plan for self-rule is called ______

A

Mayflower Compact

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16
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The first legislature in what became the US was _____

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General Assembly

17
Q

Why was the Magna Carta important

A

Was the first document to put into writing the principles that the king and his government were not above the law.

18
Q

What man wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Indepence

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Thomas Jefferson

19
Q

How is the Declaration of Independence divided up

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Preamble, Natural Rights, List of Grievances, Declaration

20
Q

Compare Locke and Hobbes

A

Hobbes: everyone is equal. We may have differences but all equal; life of a man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, and we can not revolt; autocracy
Locke: We are all equal and independent. We all have our own freedom to do things. God gives reasons to make advantages, and we can revolt if government isn’t doing its job; democracy

21
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Explain how Locke’s ideas are in the Declaration of Independence

A

All individuals are equal in the sense that they have all been born with certain “inalienably natural rights”. Also “life, liberty, and property”

22
Q

Who said “Life of man is nasty, brutish, and short”

A

Hobbes

23
Q

Who said “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains”

A

Rousseau

24
Q

Who said “Power should be a check to power”

A

montesquieu

25
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Who said “Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions”

A

Locke

Prov '23 (26 decks)

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