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Question 1

What is the constitution

Answer 1

the supreme law of the US

Question 2

What is the Bill of rights

Answer 2

The first 10 ammendments in the constitution

Question 3

1st ammendment

Answer 3

Freedom of religion, the press, speech, petition, and assembly

Question 4

2nd ammendment

Answer 4

Right to bear arms

Question 5

3rd ammendment

Answer 5

Soldiers don’t have the right to be quartered in your home without consent

Question 6

4th ammendment

Answer 6

Protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures

Question 7

5th ammendment

Answer 7

The right to remain silent, a jury trial, protection against double jeopardy, a fair trial, and that the government must repay you if it takes your property.

Question 8

6th ammendment

Answer 8

Gives the rights to criminal defendants:
A speedy and public trial
A trial must occur where the crime happened
To be informed of the charges against you
To confront witnesses against them
Right to a lawyer

Question 9

7th ammendment

Answer 9

Civil cases have the right to a trial by jury (when the value of the crime is over $20).

Question 10

8th ammendment

Answer 10

Protection against excessive and unusual punishement

Question 11

9th ammendment

Answer 11

The rights of the people are not limited to those listed in the constitution.

Question 12

10th ammendment

Answer 12

Power not given to the federal government is given to either the states or the people.

Question 13

public goods

Answer 13

Goods that are provided by the government for free (such as a military)

Question 14

private goods

Answer 14

Goods that are purchased from another person or corporation (such as clothes)

Question 15

toll goods

Answer 15

Goods that are availible to everyone, but must be paid for (such as a private school)

Question 16

common goods

Answer 16

Goods that are free and availible to everyone but are of limited supply, such as drinking water

Question 17

government

Answer 17

The proccess in which society organizes itself

Question 18

politics

Answer 18

Gaining and exercising control within a government for a purpose and to achieve a goal

Question 19

1. Democracy
2. Direct democracy
3. Representative democracy

Answer 19

1. a government where poewr comes from the people
2. a democracy in which people directly contribute to the government
3. a democracy where people don’t directly contribute to the government, but rather elect representatives to contribute to the government on their behalf

Question 20

1. Monarchy
2. Constitutional monarchy
3. Parliamentary democracy
4. Autocracy

Answer 20

1. A government in which rule is given by a single person
2. A monarchy in which the monarch’s power is limited
3. A democracy that comprises of a monarch and a parliament (congress), such as the UK or Australia
4. A monarchy in which the monarch’s power in unlimited

Question 21

oligarchy

Answer 21

A government where rule is given by a group of people

Question 22

totalitarianism

Answer 22

A government in which a single person and political party have unrestricted power, and people’s power and rights are severely restricted

Question 23

What are the branches of the US government

Answer 23

Legislative, judicial, executive

Question 24

What are the functions of each branch of government

Answer 24

Legislative: makes laws, includes Congress (House of representatives y Senate)
Judicial: Decides if laws are constitutional
Executive: the president, which has different functions such as signing/vetoing laws, determining how the national budget is used, declaring war, etc.

Question 25

Checks and balances

Answer 25

When the different branches of government check/balance each other to ensure that one branch of government doesn’t have too much power

Question 26

Federalism

Answer 26

When government power is shared between different levels, such as federal, state, and local, and the different branches interact with each other

Question 27

Unitary government

Answer 27

When government power is concentrated at the national level

Question 28

Devolution

Answer 28

The process of decentralizing a government’s power

Question 29

Confederation

Answer 29

When government power is concentrated at the state/local level

Question 30

Characteristics of federalsim

Answer 30

1. Interaction happens between the differnet levels of government
2. Significant changes can’t happen without the approval of the majority of the state/local governments
3. Each level of government must be equal.