AG Unit 1 Fall Semester Review Game

Front

What are the three basic kinds of governmental power?

Back

Legislative, executive, and judicial

Front

Which power involves making laws?

Back

Legislative power

Front

What form of government rests with the majority of the people?

Back

Democracy

Front

What is sovereignty?

Back

Supreme and absolute power within its own territory

Front

Which theory suggests that the state arose out of a voluntary act of free people?

Back

Social Contract Theory

Front

Who believed the state was necessary to avoid 'the war of every man against every man'?

Back

Thomas Hobbes

Front

What is a defining characteristic of a dictatorship?

Back

The ruler's authority cannot be challenged by the people

Front

How are powers divided in a federal government?

Back

Between a central government and local governments.

Front

"Implied powers" could BEST be defined as powers

Back

Congress has interpreted as being given to them.

Front

In a democracy, how should the majority act towards the minority?

Back

The majority must respect the rights of the minority.