Unit 1 - Exam Review

Question 1

Four purposes of government

Answer 1

Maintain social order, public security, national security, and financial decisions

Question 2

Pre U.S Governments

Answer 2

Cherokee Nation- North America
Mayan Civilization- Central America
Greek City States- Mediterranean
Viking Tribes- Northern Europe
Germanic Tribes- Central Europe
Ethiopian Empire- Ethiopia
Songhai Empire- Western Africa
Egyptian Dynasties- Egypt
Kingdom of Israel- Israel/Judah
Palestinian Kingdom- Palestine
Japanese Shogunate- Japan
Han Dynasty-China
Māori Tribes- Pacific Islands

Question 3

Sovereignty

Answer 3

The power a country has to deal with internal/external affairs in their own borders.

Question 4

Natural Law

Answer 4

Values that are inherit as people and not dictated by the government or state.

Question 5

The theory that defines the U.S Government

Answer 5

Social Contract Theory

Question 6

What is John Locke’s most known idea?

Answer 6

Social Construct Theory

Question 7

What documents lead to the bill of rights?

Answer 7

English Bill of Rights and Individual Rights

Question 8

Name of the U.S Social Contract

Answer 8

U.S Constitution

Question 9

What were the enlightenment ideas that help developed the U.S.

Answer 9

Separation of Powers, Social Construct Theory, Unalienable Rights and Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

Question 10

What types of Monarchy are there?

Answer 10

Constitutional Monarch (King rules by the power a constitution grants) and Absolute Monarch (King rules by his own will according to bloodline)

Question 11

What is a dictatorship

Answer 11

A governing system where 1 person has absolute control (e.g. North Korea)

Question 12

What is Politics

Answer 12

The process a government uses to make its own decisions.

Question 13

What is Free Enterprise?

Answer 13

People are able to engage in economic relations with minimal government interference.

Question 14

What is a direct democracy?

Answer 14

Citizens vote on each law, bill, or amendment individually.

Question 15

What is Social Construct Theory?

Answer 15

The loss of natural rights in order to gain benefits of society.

Question 16

What Colonial Documents preceded the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 16

Mayflower Compact - First form of self-government
Magna Carta - Brought representation into government
Articles of Confederation - The first rendition of the constitution, omitted a Bill of Rights
English Bill of Rights - Guided English courts and law
Two Treatises of Government - Sovereignty is in the hands of the people
The Social Contract - The people agree on the laws that they are governed by

Question 17

What documents did William Blackstone produce?

Answer 17

Right of Persons - The relationship between the government and individual
Right of Things - Right of property
Public Wrongs - Crimes and punishments as well as religious dealings
Private Wrongs - Deals with Torts (Crimes) or private complaints

Question 18

What event lead to the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 18

Shay’s Rebellion and the Constitutional Convention

Question 19

What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?

Answer 19

To bring representation into government and that the king wasn’t above the law.

Question 20

What was the purpose of the English B.O.R.?

Answer 20

To create a constitutional monarchy and to provide limited government.

Question 21

What was the purpose of the Two Treaties of Government?

Answer 21

The government must protect the people’s rights of being equal and free.

Question 22

What is the purpose of the Social Contract

Answer 22

To say that Civil Freedom is granted by birth.

Question 23

Why were the Federalist Papers created?

Answer 23

To urge people to ratify the new constitution.