Influences on American Government

"A government's job is to provide for the people. If it fails to do so, it's people are obligated to replace that government." Is the central point to what document?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Code of Hammurabi

• The Social Contract

Name a government where a bunch of local government hold individual power but work together.

• Unitary Government

• Confederal Governement

• Federal Government

Name a government where a single national government holds all of the power.

• Unitary Government

• Confederal Governement

• Federal Government

Name a government where power is shared between a national government and local governments.

• Unitary Government

• Confederal Governement

• Federal Government

The American right to bear arms, in order to defend against tyranny, can be attributed to...

• The Social Contract

• The Romans

• The Greeks

• The Babylonians

[Blank] is a form of government ruled by a King and/or Queen.

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A citizen is someone who lives in a nation, holding both rights and ___

• Opportunities

• Responsibilities

• Money

• Land

DEFINE civil disobedience.

• Breaking foreign law in honor of your home country.

• Breaking the law. (It is obviously illegal.)

• Breaking the law, sometimes violently, in protest.

• Breaking the law non-violently in protest.

The power to enforce laws is considered...

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

• Judicial Power

The power to interpret the legality of laws is considered...

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

• Judicial Power