Montesquieu Separation of Powers

Dividing the government into 3 specific branches is called?

• Checks and Balances
• Tri-Government Balance
• Pyramid of Power
• Separation of Powers

According to Montesquieu, what was the best form of government?

• where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

• every man for himself

What country later adopted Montesquieu's theory of government?

• France

• China

• England

• America

What is an agreement between people and the government?

• Consent
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract
• Voting

An agreement made by the people to establish a government and obey its laws. A requirement for a legitimate government: that the authority of government should depend on consent of the people, expressed by votes in elections.

• consent of the governed

• habeas corpus

• self-government

• common law

The power of the legislative branch

• is to create laws and change laws already created

• to enforce the laws

• is to interpret the laws

• is to have debates

The power of the executive branch is to...

• enforce laws

• create laws

• change laws

• interpret laws

What powers does the judicial branch have according to the constitution?

• the power to interpret laws

• the power to make the laws

• the power to carry out the laws

• the power to veto a bill about to become a law