Government Flashcards
Absolute power and authority to govern a territory.
Sovereignty
Process by which a country chooses its own statehood, government and laws.
Self-determination
According to this guy, both the just and unjust man are corrupt in the absence of government
Plato
According to Jefferson, every man is entitled of all of following EXPECT?
Property
According to Locke, every man is entitled to all of the following EXPECT?
Happiness
According to this guy, man was in state of nature, selfish, and always warring with others
Thomas Hobbes
Which of the following was the first attempt at the U.S. government?
Articles of Confederation
In this type of government, God and religious law are the basis for power
Theocracy
What is government?
institution through which a society makes public policy
Which Social Contract thinker developed the idea of Natural Rights?
Locke
How long were the Articles of Confederation the consititution of America?
10
Who stated the Unalienable Rights?
Thomas Jefferson
The Great Compromise resulted in the United States
Having a two house congress, senate and the house
The Virginia Plan
Based representation on the population of each state
Which branch of the U.S. Government makes the laws?
Legislative
