Government Unit 1 & 2

In order for something to be considered a state, there must be

• Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship

• A House, Senate, President, and Supreme Court

• A ruler and subjects

• Population, sovereignty, government, and territory

A bicameral legislature has

• A House and Senate

• Two wheels

• Only a single body of legislature

• A president and a vice president

This is an idea from philosophers that describes man without any governing bodies

• Communism

• Social contract

• Population

• State of nature

In Hobbes' state of nature, men were considered equal, and had a right to life, liberty, and property

• True

• False

In Hobbes' state of nature, men could not be trusted, and life be short, brutish, and cruel

• True

• False

In Locke's state of nature, men were considered equal, and had the natural right to life, liberty, and property

• True

• False

What country had the largest influence on the United States' government?

• France

• Britain

• Russia

• Rousseau

This is the name of the failed government that America had adopted after the Revolution.

• The American Constitution

• The Confederate States of America

• Magna Carta Holy Grail

• The Articles of Confederation

Why were the Articles of Confederation so weak?

• It lacked a strong central government

• The central government was too powerful

• The states all got along too well

• There were too many amendments to the articles

Montesquieu had the idea of

• Separation of powers

• Direct democracy

• Social Contract

• A strong central government