Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Basics Types of Government Before the Constitution Powers On a National Scale $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy

1 - $100 Realpolitik is best defined as Taking necessary, possibly uncomfortable steps to ensure a political end is achieved Horsetrading

1 - $200 The single most important thing a government must do to ensure its survival and functionality is Collect Taxes

1 - $300 Locke believed in life, _________, and _________. Liberty Property

1 - $400 Give and example of legal coercion Following Speed Limits Not committing crimes Coming to school

1 - $500 Rousseau believed a government needed these four things to function. Legitimate Equitable (fair) Useful Stable

2 - $100 The United States has what type of Economy? Market (Regulated Capitalist)

2 - $200 A country run through threat of violence by one strong leader Dictatorship

2 - $300 A country in which the people elect both a chief executive and a legislature Presidential Democracy

2 - $400 Command Economies align most closely with which major economic system? Communism

2 - $500 The United States grants power at both state and national levels, thus making it what system of government Federal

3 - $100 The right of habeas corpus entitles people to what? To be brought before a judge/court to be tried in a timely manner

3 - $200 Prior to the Constitution, what weak document governed national politics in America? The Articles of Confederation

3 - $300 Maryland demanded this document before it would sign the Constitution Bill of Rights

3 - $400 Who primarily wrote the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson

3 - $500 What were the two competing plans at the Constitutional Convention Who did they look out for? Virginia Plan- Big States (H.o.R.) New Jersey Plan- Small States (Senate)

4 - $100 What type of power is an Executive Order? Implied

4 - $200 From where must ALL revenue bills originate? The House of Representatives

4 - $300 Who holds the power to ratify treaties? The Senate

4 - $400 What is the term for Congress’ power to do anything “necessary and proper”? The Elastic Clause NOT THE COMMERCE CLAUSE

4 - $500 The Supreme Court’s power to declare a law unconstitutional is referred to as what? Judicial Review

5 - $100 Congress’ power to regulate interstate trade comes from what specific item in Article I of the Constitution? The Commerce Clause

5 - $200 The term for a law Congress demands states adopt but refuses to fund is called what? An Unfunded Mandate

5 - $300 The process of redrawing voting district lines to enhance one party’s political control of a state goes by what portmanteau? Gerrymandering

5 - $400 Montana agreeing to speed limits in exchange for Federal Govt. funding is an example of? A Block Grant

5 - $500 If a power is explicitly written in to the Constitution it is considered what? Enumerated

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