Government And Civics

Question 1

Four types of Political Systems

Answer 1

Democracy, Dictatorship, Monarchy, and Oligarchy

Question 2

Democracy

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A political system in which a supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Question 3

Pure Democracy

Answer 3

Allows the people to make the decisions directly

Question 4

Representative Democracy

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Includes election of representatives by the people

Question 5

Dictatorship

Answer 5

Form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority

Question 6

Monarchy

Answer 6

An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Question 7

Oligarchy

Answer 7

A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few

Question 8

Methods of obtaining power

Answer 8

Ancestry, Divine Right, Conquest, Revolution, and Popular Vote

Question 9

Ancestry

Answer 9

The decedents of one individual

Question 10

Divine right

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Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God

Question 11

Conquest

Answer 11

Capture or taking something by force

Question 12

Revolution

Answer 12

The overthrow of a government by those who are governed

Question 13

Popular vote

Answer 13

Vote of the people in a “general election”

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Federalism

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A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

Question 15

Three branches of U.S. government

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Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

Question 16

Legislative

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The branch of government that makes the laws

Question 17

Executive

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The branch of government that enforces and carries out the law

Question 18

Judicial

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The branch of government that interprets the laws and determines whether they are constitutional

Question 19

U.S. Congress

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The name for the bicameral legislature in the United States, which includes the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The name for the legislative branch of U.S. government

Question 20

House of Representatives

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One of the two parts of congress, considered the “lower house”. Representatives are elected directly by the people, with the number of representatives for each state determined by states population

Question 21

Senate

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Term-6 years, number of members-100, requirements must be 30 and a U.S. citizen for 4 years, leaders-vice president, duties- represent each state

Question 22

Census

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Official count of the population

Question 23

Enumerated

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Powers granted to government that are expressively written in the constitution

Question 24

Elastic clause

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The part of the constitution that permits congress to make any laws “necessary and proper” to carry out its powers