US Government

Question 1

Divine right of kings

Answer 1

That god created the state and that god had given those of royal birth a “divine right” to rule

Question 2

John Locke

Answer 2

Policial theory philosopher

Question 3

Social contract

Answer 3

The population gave power to the government as needed to promote the well-being of all

Question 4

What government does (6 things)

Answer 4

Form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty

Question 5

Direct democracy

Answer 5

Where the will of the people is translated into public policy directly by the people themselves, in mass meetings

Question 6

Indirect democracy

Answer 6

With a constitutional republic or representative democracy

Question 7

Republic

Answer 7

The sovereign power is held by those eligible to vote, while the political power is exercised by representatives chosen by and held responsible to those citizens

Question 8

Republic

Answer 8

The sovereign power is held by those eligible to vote, while the political power is exercised by representatives chosen by and held responsible to those citizens

Question 9

Autocracy

Answer 9

A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

Question 10

Oligarchy

Answer 10

A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

Question 11

Modern dictatorship

Answer 11

A government in which their power embraces all matters of human concern

Question 12

Theocracy

Answer 12

Where the legal system of a state is based on religious law

Question 13

Unitary government

Answer 13

Often described as a centralized government. All powers belong to a single central agency. It creates local governments with chosen powers

Question 14

Federal government

Answer 14

In which the power of the government are divided between a central government and several local governments

Question 15

Division of powers

Answer 15

An authority superior to both the central and local governments makes this division of powers

Question 16

Confederation

Answer 16

An alliance of independent states

Question 17

Presidential government

Answer 17

Features a separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches of the government

Question 18

Written constitution

Answer 18

The details of this separation of the powers of these two branches

Question 19

Parliamentary government

Answer 19

The executive branch is made up of the prime minister or premier and that official’s cabinet

Question 20

Parliamentary system

Answer 20

Avoids prolonged conflict and sometimes deadlock between the executive and legislative branches

Question 21

Feudalism

Answer 21

A loosely organized system in which powerful lords divided their lands among other, lesser lords

Question 22

Legitimacy

Answer 22

The belief of the people that a government has the right to make public policy

Question 23

Divine right of kings 2

Answer 23

The belief that god had granted monarchs authority

Question 24

Colonialism

Answer 24

The control of one nation over lands abroad

Question 25

Mercantilism

Answer 25

Economic and political theory emphasizing money as the chief source of wealth to increase the absolute power of the monarchy and the nation

Question 26

Francois-Marie Arouet

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Advocated reason, freedom of religion, the importance of scientific observation, and the idea of human progress

Question 27

William blackstone

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Believed strongly in “common law” - the idea that legal decisions should be made on the basis of similar decisions made in the past

Question 28

Majority rule

Answer 28

Democracy holds that a majority will be right more often than it will be wrong, and that the majority will also be right more often than any one person or small group will

Question 29

Minority rights

Answer 29

The majority must always be willing to listen to a minority’s argument, to hear its objections, to bear its criticisms, and to welcome its suggestions

Question 30

Concept of equality

Answer 30

Every person is entitled to

1. Equality of opportunity

And

2. Equality before the law

Question 31

Compromise

Answer 31

The process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests

Question 32

Duties of a “good citizen”

Answer 32

Revolve around his or her commitment to obey the law

Question 33

Citizen

Answer 33

One who holds both rights and responsibilities in a state

Question 34

Personal responsibility

Answer 34

Encompass taking care of yourself

Question 35

Civic responsibility

Answer 35

Your role as a citizen of a larger community

Question 36

Free enterprise system

Answer 36

An economic system characterized by the private ownership of capital goods; investments made by private decision, not by government directive; and success or failure determined by competition in the marketplace

Question 37

Object of the government

Answer 37

To protect the public and to preserve private enterprise