Unit 1 Study Guide

Question 1

What are the 4 essential features of a state?

Answer 1

Population, Territory, Sovereignty, Government

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

The people

Question 3

Territory

Answer 3

Established Boundaries

Question 4

Sovereignty

Answer 4

The state has supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boudaries.

Question 5

Goverment

Answer 5

The institution, Makes and enforces laws.

Question 6

What are the 4 purposes of government?

Answer 6

Maintain Social Order, Provide Public Services, Provide National Security, Make Economic Desicions

Question 7

Maintain Social Order

Answer 7

Governement provides conflict resolution between groups, Makes and enforces laws.

Question 8

Provide Public Services

Answer 8

Make communtiy life possible, Promote general welfare.

Question 9

Provide National Security

Answer 9

Protect people from attacks, Make treaties and trades with other countries.

Question 10

Make Economic Decisions

Answer 10

Ability to provide citizens with economic opportunities, Government shapes economy.

Question 11

In The Declaration of Independence, what rights does it state are people naturally endowed with?

Answer 11

Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness.

Question 12

Autocracy

Answer 12

Political power is controlled by one individual.

Question 13

Oligarchy

Answer 13

Rule by few, Power can be based on military strength/family power/religous control.

Question 14

Monarchy

Answer 14

King, Queen, Emperor exercises the supreme powers of government. They inherit their power.

Question 15

Representative Democracy

Answer 15

Citizens elect indiviudals to represent them in government.

Question 16

Direct Democracy

Answer 16

Citizens vote directly on all issues.

Question 17

Capitalism

Answer 17

An economic system providing free choice and inidvidual incentive for workers, investors, consumers, and business enterprises.

Question 18

Socialism

Answer 18

The government owns basic means of production and makes most economic decisions.

Question 19

Communism

Answer 19

No social classes, everyone is equal.

Question 20

What caused Shay’s Rebellion?

Answer 20

Poor farmers were left in debt from the Revolutionary War, and the Articles of Confederation were too weak to pay the farmers. The farmers revolt.

Question 21

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 21

To fix the Articles of Conferderation.

Question 22

The Virginia Plan

Answer 22

Bicameral Congress, Population based representation, National government with 3 branches of power.

Question 23

The New Jersey Plan

Answer 23

Unicameral congress, Equal representation.

Question 24

The Great Compromise

Answer 24

Bicameral Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, 3 branches of power.

Question 25

What are the 3 branches of our government?

Answer 25

Legislative, Excutive, Judicial

Question 26

Legislative

Answer 26

Makes laws

Question 27

Executive

Answer 27

Enforces laws

Question 28

Judicial

Answer 28

Interprets laws

Question 29

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 29

People have the power

Question 30

Checks and Balances

Answer 30

Each branch has a way to limit the power of the others.

Question 31

Federalism

Answer 31

Power is divided between federal and state governments.