Lesson 2 Quiz

Question 1

What is private domain?

Answer 1

areas of a citizen’s life that has no business with the government and in which the government can’t interfere.

Question 2

A constitution or higher law should have the following characteristics

Answer 2

1. set forth the basic rights to life, liberty, and property
2. establishes the responsibility of the government to protect those rights
3. establishes the principle of a private domain
4. establishes limitations on how those in government may use their powers with regard to citizen’s responsibilities and rights, the distribution of resources, and the control of conflict
5. Should only be changed with the widespread consent of the citizens and according to established and well-known procedures

Question 3

What are the two ways constitutional government assures rights of citizens?

Answer 3

1. it establishes limits on the power of the government to prevent it from violating natural rights. LEGAL PROTECTION
2. it states that the government should be organized and its power distributed in such a way as to increase the possibility that those limitations will be effective. ORGANIZATIONAL PROTECTION

Question 4

Checks and balances

Answer 4

system of distributed and shared powers among different branches of government so one is not able to dominate the others. each branch of government has its own special powers, many of which are “checked” because they are shared with the other groups.

Question 5

how does checks and balances work in U.S. government?

Answer 5

Congress may pass laws, but the president may veto them
The president nominates certain government officials, but the Senate must approve them
Congress may pass laws, but the Supreme Court may declare them unconstitutional

Question 6

what kind of governments have been constitutional governments?

Answer 6

monarchies, republics, democracies

Question 7

Why is it difficult to have a constitutional government ruled by one person or a small group of people?

Answer 7

If all power is given to a select few, it is difficult to ensure that they will obey the limitations placed on them by a constitution. Citizens wouldn’t be able to force the rulers to obey their constitution because the rulers would have control over the armed forces and law enforcemnt

Question 8

republic

Answer 8

a model of government with which the supreme political power resides in an electorate and administration is exercised by representatives who are responsible to the people.

Question 9

city-states

Answer 9

from Renaissance; a politically independent community consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

Question 10

cantons

Answer 10

Switzerland;

Question 11

The Founders believed a republican government was

Answer 11

• devoted to promoting the public good, the res publicae, “thing of the people”
• in which political authority is shared by all or most of the citizens rather than held by a hereditary monarch
• whose political authority is exercised through the community ‘s chosen representatives in government

Question 12

democracy

Answer 12

form of government in which ultimate authority was based on the will of the majority; government in which members participated directly in their own governance instead of through representatives