Unit 1- Government

In this form of government, citizens elect representatives to make laws

• Representative Government

• Federalism

• Federalism

• Democracy

This system gives each branch of government some ability to check on the actions of

the other two branches.

• Republicanism

• Checks and Balances

• Individual rights

• Federalism

A state without government and laws

• Confederacy
• Anarchy
• Democracy
• Republic

Relative to a single-chamber legislature

• Unicameral
• Parliamentary Government
• Republic
• Bicameral

Relative to a two-house legislature

• Bicameral
• Unicameral
• Republic
• Parliamentary Government

What is the framework of our government referred to as?

• The 3 Branches
• The Declaration of Independence
• Policy
• The Constitution

Which of the following is NOT true concerning the FRAMERS?

• They were all men
• They were all white
• They were all rich
• They were mostly well educated

A theory on the development of the state in which a specific population is willing to give up certain rights in order for protection for the well being of all

• evolutionary
• divine right
• force
• social contract

In what way is the U.S. government a representative democracy

• Citizens allow self-appointed elite to make decisions for them

• Citizens choose small groups of people to make laws and policies for them

• Citizens decide laws and polices directly in mass meetings

• Citizens elect a President who has absolute power to make laws for them

The major reason for the creation of the Articles of Confederation was the

• need for a powerful central government

• need for a powerful judicial branch

• fear of too much power in state governments

• fear of a powerful central government