Test 1

Question 1

bandwagon

Answer 1

peer pressure

Question 2

the big lie

Answer 2

lie so big others will think its true

Question 3

card stacking

Answer 3

highly-biased opinion

Question 4

character assassination

Answer 4

destroy the opponent

Question 5

information management

Answer 5

control what the media posts

Question 6

glittering generalities

Answer 6

powerful words that don’t really mean anything to evoke emotions

Question 7

plain folks

Answer 7

make leader seem ordinary

Question 8

slogans

Answer 8

catchphrases

Question 9

testimonial

Answer 9

testimony of an independent person

Question 10

transfer

Answer 10

associate with trusted people and symbols

Question 11

first document the US tried to use as a basis for government?

Answer 11

Articles of Confederation

Question 12

opening paragraph of the Constitution?

Answer 12

Preamble

Question 13

direct democracy

Answer 13

all citizens vote on laws

Question 14

monarchy

Answer 14

monarch has all the power

Question 15

oligarchy

Answer 15

ruled by a small group

Question 16

republic (representative democracy)

Answer 16

people elect officials to represent them

Question 17

totalitarian

Answer 17

government controls everything

Question 18

how is the US gov limited?

Answer 18

limited by the Constitution

Question 19

Mao Zedong

Answer 19

had unlimited gov power

Question 20

propaganda/personality cult

Answer 20

media overly praising a dictator

Question 21

unitary gov

Answer 21

central (national) gov is in charge

Question 22

confederal (confederation) gov

Answer 22

state gov are in charge

Question 23

federal gov

Answer 23

state and national gov share power

Question 24

9th Amendment

Answer 24

people’s rights don’t need to be listed in the Constitution

Question 25

10th Amendment

Answer 25

any rights not specifically given to the national gov remain with the states

Question 26

popular sovereignty

Answer 26

the people have the power

Question 27

enumerated powers

Answer 27

powers given to the US Congress

Question 28

reserved powers

Answer 28

powers the states kept

Question 29

Rule of Law

Answer 29

everyone, including the gov, has to follow the rules

Question 30

14th Amendment

Answer 30

guarantees equal protection

Question 31

ratify

Answer 31

approve

Question 32

amend

Answer 32

change

Question 33

incumbent

Answer 33

someone in office

Question 34

Constitutionalism

Answer 34

type of limited gov where a body of law restricts the gov’s power

Question 35

tyranny of the majority

Answer 35

the term for the founders’ fear that the majority would not respect the rights of the minority