Unit 1 - Intro to Government

Question 1

discernment

Answer 1

understanding; judgement

Question 2

inalienable

Answer 2

inherent; characteristics of natural rights

Question 3

innate

Answer 3

born in; inherited

Question 4

natural law

Answer 4

inherent, unwritten laws derived from nature concerning rights of every individual that cannot be taken away

Question 5

populace

Answer 5

common people

Question 6

sovereignty

Answer 6

having supreme, absolute power

Question 7

state

Answer 7

a politically organized body of people occupyinbg a definite territory that has sovereignty and a government

Question 8

tyranny

Answer 8

government characterized by unreasoned abuse of power

Question 9

vestige

Answer 9

evidence of something no longer existing

Question 10

civil rights

Answer 10

freedoms and liberties established by human law

Question 11

espouse

Answer 11

to take on as a cause

Question 12

ideology

Answer 12

a strong belief that guides a movement or cause

Question 13

absolute monarchy

Answer 13

form of government in which the power to rule has been bestowed by God on those born to royalty

Question 14

constitutional monarchy

Answer 14

the monarch serves as the ceremonial head of state with limited power

Question 15

constituent

Answer 15

a person who authorizes another to represent him

Question 16

dictatorship

Answer 16

form of government in which absolute power is held by one person

Question 17

subservient

Answer 17

to be submissive or subordinate

Question 18

factors of production

Answer 18

land, labor, capital goods, and entrepreneurship used to create goods and services

Question 19

laissez faire

Answer 19

economic theory advocating little or no government intervention for production or distribution of goods

Question 20

mercantilism

Answer 20

system of government—controlled businesses concerning exports and imports

Question 21

bicameral

Answer 21

a legislative branch with two houses

Question 22

charter

Answer 22

a grant by a sovereign power creating a new entity

Question 23

common law

Answer 23

system of English law based on precedents of custom or prior judicial decisions

Question 24

dissent

Answer 24

to disagree with a majority view

Question 25

Magna Carta

Answer 25

English charter that guaranteed rights and liberties to the English people

Question 26

precedent

Answer 26

any decision that serves as a pattern for future decisions

Question 27

proprietary

Answer 27

pertaining to ownership of property

Question 28

royal colony

Answer 28

a colony under the direct control of the king

Question 29

unicameral

Answer 29

a legislative branch with a single house

Question 30

deposition

Answer 30

removal from office

Question 31

conciliatory

Answer 31

peaceable; appeasing

Question 32

tenet

Answer 32

a principle on which something is built

Question 33

affluence

Answer 33

wealth

Question 34

confederation

Answer 34

an alliance; a partnership

Question 35

dispute

Answer 35

a quarrel

Question 36

nationality

Answer 36

independence as a nation

Question 37

raitfy

Answer 37

to confirm or approve

Question 38

commerce

Answer 38

interchange of goods and services pertaining to business

Question 39

enact

Answer 39

to bring into being

Question 40

levy

Answer 40

to collect

Question 41

revenue

Answer 41

income

Question 42

suppress

Answer 42

to stop

Question 43

tyranny

Answer 43

an abuse of power