US gov test

Question 1

john lock

Answer 1

english philospher whos ideologies were the base for the constitution

Question 2

Legitmate

Answer 2

real; certified

Question 3

Natural rights

Answer 3

writes everybody is born with; life liberty property

Question 4

consent

Answer 4

permision

Question 5

Social Contract

Answer 5

a agreement between a large group of people

Question 6

Popular sovereignty

Answer 6

the people control the government

Question 7

judicial review

Answer 7

when the supreme court looks over congress and the president and makes sure everything they are doing is legal

Question 8

limited government

Answer 8

being limited to only do what the people want and what everyone agrees with

Question 9

checks and balances

Answer 9

other stations of the government are allowed to veto and override eachother; asserting the fact that no branch is more powerful than the other

Question 10

seperation of powers

Answer 10

each branch has their own job and power , they do not share roles

Question 11

federalism

Answer 11

the seperations between national government and state governent

Question 12

Natural rights/ John locke

Answer 12

john locke wrote a book and people from america found it and heaviliy studied it

Question 13

the meaning of the declaration of independence

Answer 13

a document signifying the separation between the countries( the 13 colonies and the king)

Question 14

revolutionary war

Answer 14

the war giving america its independce

Question 15

articles of confederation

Answer 15

the first constitution. it was rushed awnd written bady with few laws

Question 16

shays rebellion

Answer 16

a revolt won by the farmers. the farmers were mad bc of taxes and the government couldnt defend themselves because they couldnt fund an army

Question 17

consitutional convention

Answer 17

a secret meeting help by a selected few individals where they re wrote the constitution

Question 18

what does the congress do

Answer 18

pass laws and speak for their state of which they belong

Question 19

president

Answer 19

suggest laws and passes bills

Question 20

what dose the supreme court do

Answer 20

deems cases constitutional and unconstitutional

Question 21

unitary government

Answer 21

like a dictatorship except the leader is elected by the people

Question 22

presidential

Answer 22

a country where they elect a president

Question 23

dictatorship

Answer 23

goverened by one single person and holds power with force

Question 24

federal

Answer 24

shared power beteeen national and state governemtn

Question 25

confederate

Answer 25

there is no national government, every state has their own laws

Question 26

direct democray

Answer 26

everyone votes on every law there is

Question 27

representitive democracy

Answer 27

individuals from each state vote on each laws for the people

Question 28

“the supreme law of the land”

Answer 28

the constitution

Question 29

expressed powers/ implied/ inherent

Answer 29

laws that are stated in the constitution

Question 30

reserved

Answer 30

anything extra that the constitution does not specifically say