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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Constitution Vocabulary Forms of Government Constitution Ideals and Principals Vocabulary 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

What form of government has the following features: Government is not limited Power is held by one or a few people Elections offer no choices Force is often used to keep order

Authoritarian Mussolini and Hitler

Which form of government means rule by the people?

Democracy

What is the form of government where all citizens take part in the decision making process of the government?

Direct Democracy Ancient Athens New England Towns

What is the form of democracy where citizens elect people to run the government?

Representative Democracy Also known as a republic. U.S. Capitol The White House

What is the form of government where there is a centralized system in which all powers of government belongs to a single, central agency ?

Great Britain has a unitary system of government.

What is the form of government in which a union or states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority while sharing powers with political units such as states?

State and National governments share power. Federal U.S. Capitol State and National governments share power. Annapolis State House

Our first plan of government gave the states more power than the national government. What is this form of government called?

Confederate Confederate States of America Articles of Confederation

What is the form of government in which small, usually self-appointed elite or military holds the power to rule ?

Ancient Chinese aristocrats Oligarchy Ancient Sparta Ancient Chinese aristocrats

What is difference between a parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy?

In a parliamentary democracy, the legislature or parliament selects the executive from its own members. Example: Great Britain In a presidential democracy the legislative and executive branches are independent from each other. Example: United States

What is the difference between a monarchy and a dictatorship?

Monarchs are kings or queens and they inherit their power. Dictators are absolute rulers but control of the government is not inherited.

Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?

Legislative Branch In the United States this branch of government is usually called Congress.

Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting or judging the laws?

Judicial Branch U.S. Supreme Court

Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing the laws?

Executive Branch

To prevent anyone or group of people becoming too powerful, the framers of the Constitution divided governmental power among several branches that must cooperate in decision-making. What is this division called?

Separation of Powers

What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution known as?

The Bill of Rights

To prevent abuse of power, each branch of government has the power to stop an action of the other two branches. What is this system called?

Checks and Balances

Who is the Head of the Executive branch of government?

The President

What was the purpose of the Framers creating a constitutional form of government?

To limit the power of those in charge

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Philadelphia

When is Independence Day?

July 4th

What document was written in 1776 and stated our intention to separate from Great Britain?

Declaration of Independence

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Name two principles of government that are stated in the preamble of the Declaration of Independence?

Equality Liberty Unalienable Rights

What was the first plan of government for the United States called?

The Articles of Confederation

What document is our current plan of government?

Constitution

The “framers of the Constitution” refers to what group of people?

Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787.

At the Constitutional Convention, the people who supported a strong central government included Alexander Hamilton. What name was given to this group of people?

The Federalists

This group of people wanted a weaker central government and a bill of rights added before they would ratify the Constitution. Who were they?

The Anti – Federalists

Why were the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

To protect individual and states rights by placing limits on the powers of the central government.

What are formal changes to the Constitution called?

Amendments Including the Bill of Rights there have been 27 amendments made to the Constitution.

The framers of the Constitution made the amendment process difficult so only important changes would be made. Explain one of the two methods of amending the Constitution.

What is an ideal?

It’s a conception or idea of something in its perfect form

Name the three core ideals of American democracy.

Liberty, equality, and self-government

Name three groups of people that the ideals did not apply to.

Women African-Americans men w/o property slaves

The ability of people to act and think as they choose

Liberty

In the beginning who did the Framers want the people to have liberty from?

Freedom from government control

All people posses a fundamental, moral worth that entitles them to fair treatment.

Equality

Name the French noble that studied American Democracy in 1830’s

Alexis de Tocqueville

What did a French noble who studied American democracy feel would reduce a nation’s people to “a timid herd”?

Democratic despotism (tyranny)

The belief that ordinary people could aspire to rule themselves as political equals

Self-government

Name the 5 principles of American democracy

Worth of individual Rule of Law Majority Rule/Minority Rights Compromise Citizen Participation

What is government?

Made up of formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people.

What are the three main components of government?

People, powers, and policies.

What is sovereignty?

Having supreme power or authority.

What are the 5 Functions of government?

Ensure national security Maintain order Resolve conflict Provide services Provide for public good

What is politics?

The process by which government makes and carries out decisions.

What is Natural Law?

A system of rules derived from the natural world (aka human rights).

People agreeing to submit to the authority of a state, in return receiving protection and support from the state is known as what type of theory?

Social contract theory Hobbes vs. Locke

What is an aristocracy?

Ruled by a few (wealthy or military)

What is citizen participation? Give one example

It is the citizens responsibility to be informed about public issues It is the citizens responsibility to be informed about public issues. voting, jury duty, debate issues, attend community meetings, volunteer for military or social service, pay taxes, join political parties

What is totalitarianism?

When a dictator dominates all aspects of society