intro to government

Question 1

Natural law

Answer 1

People should be governed

Question 2

The enlightenment theory

Answer 2

the start of questioning religious beliefs

Question 3

Issac Newton

Answer 3

Believed society would be better if we used more science and reasoning rather than religion

Question 4

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 4

People are selfish and need to be controlled

Question 5

John locke

Answer 5

Supports social contract which is “All individuals are born equal and provided a god given right to consent to be governed.

Question 6

Government

Answer 6

the legitimate force to control people

Question 7

Original dillema

Answer 7

how much freedom are people willing to give to maintain order

Question 8

Modern dilemma

Answer 8

questions how much freedom will the people give up to promote equality

Question 9

Majoritian theory

Answer 9

mass elections; voters are well informed; decisions based on majority rule, conduct elections,

Question 10

Plurist theory

Answer 10

Focuses on Large Decentralized Nat gov’t; participation is through groups; best represented group wins

Question 11

Elite theory

Answer 11

America is not a democrat, it is an oligarchy
Corporate leaders, military leaders

Question 12

Republicanism

Answer 12

form of govt in which the power resides in the people and is practiced through elected representatives

Question 13

Federalism

Answer 13

the division of power among 2 or more levels of govt/ they share responsibility of the land and people

Question 14

Separation of Powers

Answer 14

The assigning of law making, enforcing, and interpreting to separate branches of govt.

Question 15

Checks and Balances

Answer 15

a system within govt which gives each branch a little control over the other branches of govt

Question 16

The Virginia Plan

Answer 16

called for a bicameral legislature, one based on the population of the state and one based on equal representation of the nation. It also called for a single executive that served for 6 years and was chosen by the legislature as well as a multi-tiered judiciary

Question 17

The New Jersey Plan

Answer 17

called for a unicameral legislature where each state had an equal number of representatives. It also called for a plural executive that served a life tenure as well as a single judiciary.

Question 18

The great compromise

Answer 18

he bicameral legislature and single executive of Virginia’s plan but the single judiciary court of New Jersey Plan.

Question 19

four political principles that the founders advanced

Answer 19

republicanism, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.