Mid-Term

Question 0

Direct democracy

Answer 0

Most citizens make policy, as in a town meeting

Question 1

Polis

Answer 1

City/State, Community

Question 2

Parliamentary System

Answer 2

Vests power in an elected legislature that chooses the chief executive

Question 3

Presidential Democracy

Answer 3

Vests power in a separately elected president & legislature

Question 4

Checks & Balances

Answer 4

Used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch

Question 5

Separation of Powers

Answer 5

Power is shared by legislative, executive, and judicial branches

Question 6

Natural Law

Answer 6

Unchanging moral principles

Question 7

Article 1

Answer 7

All legislative powers shall be vested in a congress consisting of Senate & House of Representatives

Question 8

Article 2

Answer 8

Executive power shall be vested in a president of US, term of four years

Question 9

Article 3

Answer 9

Judicial power shall be vested in Supreme Court

Question 10

Article 5

Answer 10

The process whereby the constitution may be altered

Question 11

4th Amendment

Answer 11

No one can search you unless they have a warrant

Question 12

5th Amendment

Answer 12

Right to be indicted by a grand jury, before being tried for a serious crime

Question 13

10th Amendment

Answer 13

Powers not delegated to the U.S. by the constitution are reserved to the states

Question 14

Implied Powers

Answer 14

Powers authorized by a document that seems to be implied rather than expressively stated

Question 15

Elastic Clause

Answer 15

Granting congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers

Question 16

Categorical grants

Answer 16

Federal grants for specific purposes (airports, parks, college dorms)

Question 17

Block Grants

Answer 17

Several grants focused on a single block, devoted to a general purpose

Question 18

Police powers

Answer 18

Government authority to promote public order, safety, and morals

Question 19

Selective Incorporation

Answer 19

When court applies most parts of the bill of rights to the states

Question 20

Unitary System

Answer 20

State government derive authority from central government (UK & France)

Question 21

Federal System

Answer 21

Power divided between central & state government (Canada & US)

Question 22

Confederal System

Answer 22

Power held by independent states (US under Articles of Confederation)

Question 23

Lemon vs Kurtzman (1971)

Answer 23

Three tests are described for deciding wether the government is improperly involved with religion

Question 24

Engel vs Vitale (1962)

Answer 24

There may not be a prayer in public schools

Question 25

Zelman vs Simmons-Harris (2002)

Answer 25

Voucher plan to pay school bills is upheld

Question 26

Devolution

Answer 26

Transfer or delegation of power to a lower level

Question 27

Pluralism

Answer 27

System in which two or more states, groups, principles that coexist

Question 28

Judicial Review

Answer 28

Power of courts to null and void

Question 29

Strict Construction

Answer 29

View that judges should decide cases on the basis of the language of the Constitution

Question 30

Bicameral Legislature

Answer 30

Law making body made up of two chambers (Senate & House of Representatives)

Question 31

Laissez-faire

Answer 31

A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering

Question 32

John Locke

Answer 32

• optimistic view on society
• believed in unalienable rights
• supported the idea of a limited government

Question 33

James Madison

Answer 33

• wrote The Bill of Rights

- believed every person should be free to exercise the religion of his choosing