2. Using the Trivia Game Template Copy the PowerPoint presentation to your hard drive.Copy the PowerPoint presentation to your hard drive. Open the file in Microsoft PowerPoint.Open the file in Microsoft PowerPoint. –Go to Slide #3 –Copy the slide as many times as you need it. Enter question text into the question entry area.Enter question text into the question entry area. Enter the answer text into the answer box.Enter the answer text into the answer box. –Do the same for all remaining slides. Delete Slide #1 (this slide) when you are done.Delete Slide #1 (this slide) when you are done. Save the file when you are done.Save the file when you are done.

3. TRIVIA Click for Question

4. Hereditary rulers with unlimited authority: Absolute Monarchs Click for: Answer and next Question

5. Hereditary ruler limited by a constitution and laws: constitutional monarch Click for: Answer and next Question

6. Power is centralized: Unitary Click for: Answer and next Question

7. Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. Declaration of Independence: Click for: Answer and next Question

8. Where does government receive its power? Consent Of the governed Click for: Answer and next Question

9. Refers to middle position between having an all- powerful central gov. and a system in which the states dominate. Federalism Click for: Answer and next Question

10. the law applies to everyone. Rule of Law Click for: Answer and next Question

11. middle position bwtn central gov and one where states dominate: federalism Click for: Answer and next Question

12. A document that guarantees not even the king or queen was above the law. Magna Carta Click for: Answer and next Question

13. Who did the US achieve independence from? Great Britain Click for: Answer and next Question

14. What document can you find the natural rights of man in? DOI Click for: Answer and next Question

15. In federalism, the power to govern is Shared b/w Federal and State Gov’ts Click for: Answer and next Question

16. John Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau were all Influences that Shaped The Amer. Gov’t Click for: Answer and next Question

17. In the DOI, whom did the Americans indict for “repeated injuries and usurpations”? King George III Click for: Answer and next Question

18. What is the purpose of gov’t? Maintaining Social Order Click for: Answer and next Question

19. Government is the ______ ______ for a community. Ruling authoriy Click for: Answer and next Question

20. The philosophy of Thomas Hobbes stated that gov’t would create chaos. True or False False Click for: Answer and next Question

21. Without Government, life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Thomas Hobbes Click for: Answer and next Question

22. This document limited the power of the monarch and guaranteed no one was above the law. Magna Carta Click for: Answer and next Question

23. The origins of our form of gov’t came from what country? England Click for: Answer and next Question

24. This document stated: Every citizen had the right to a fair trial, that cruel and unusual punishments would be banned, and declared that members of Parliament would be freely elected English Bill Of Rights Click for: Answer and next Question

25. Whose political philosophy advocated a separation of powers within the gov’t. Montesquieu Click for: Answer and next Question

26. A written request for relief or redress can also be called a petition Click for: Answer and next Question

27. The DOI can be traced to the writing of which English Philosopher? John Locke Click for: Answer and next Question

28. The First Gov’t for the 13 original states was called: The Articles of Confederation Click for: Answer and next Question

29. One of the major philosophical principles in the DOI was that of: Natural Rights Click for: Answer and next Question

30. What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? 1. Congress had no power to tax. 2. No national court system existed. 3. No single leader or group directed the gov’t Click for: Answer and next Question

31. What is divine right and how is it threatened by the social contract theory? Divine right is a Monarch’s right to rule by birth. They are Threatened by social Contract theory because It states the people can overthrow the government. Click for: Answer and next Question

32. Power is divided between national and state governments. Federalism Click for: Answer and next Question

33. England’s legislature is known as Parliament Click for: Answer and next Question

34. What are the functions of gov’t? 1.Keep Order 2.Provide Services 3.Provide security Click for: Answer and next Question

35. What concept is found in the Magna Carta? Limited Gov’t Click for: Answer and next Question

36. What are these? 1. Rights endowed by the Creator. 2. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness 3. Unalienable rights that cannot be transferred or taken away. Natural Rights Click for: Answer and next Question

37. A gov’t where the states have more power than a central gov’t. Confederal Click for: Answer and next Question

38. In Nigeria’s gov’t, power is divided between central and regional authorities. This is what type of gov’t? Federal Click for: Answer and next Question

39. What is a basic way citizens of a democratic nation can influence the gov’t voting Click for: Answer and next Question

40. In which system of gov’t does the legislature elect the executive leader of the gov’t? Parliamentary Click for: Answer and next Question

41. Great Britain’s Prime Minister is not directly chosen by the voters. True or False True Click for: Answer and next Question

42. A Gov’t controlled by one person or a small group of people is called: dictatorship Click for: Answer and next Question

43. Who wrote the DOI? Thomas Jefferson Click for: Answer and next Question

44. Essay Choices: You will write 2 our of 3 1 Analyze the natural rights philosophy, the social contract theory and the nature of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence. 2 Describe, in detail, the political philosophies that shaped the development of the constitutional government of the United States. Your answer should address the writings of Hobbes (Leviathan), Locke (Second Treatise on Government, and Montesquieu (The Spirit of Laws) and how they influenced the Founding Fathers.

45. 3. Analyze the key ideas that helped shape the formation of our government. Your answer should include the ideas of limited government and rule of law, as found in Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights and the English Bill of Rights.3. Analyze the key ideas that helped shape the formation of our government. Your answer should include the ideas of limited government and rule of law, as found in Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights and the English Bill of Rights.