22 VOCABULARY TEST

1. EACH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF CONSITUTIONAL RESTRAINTS BY THE OTHER BRANCHES SO NO SINGLE BRANCH BECOMES TOO POWERFUL

• FEDERALISM
• CHECKS & BALANCES
• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• CONSTITUTIONALSIM
• SEPARATION OF POWERS

2. THE PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY SOURCE OF POWER FOR ANY AND ALL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS: GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY GOVERN WITH THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.

• FEDERALISM
• CHECKS & BALANCES
• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• CONSTITUTIONALSIM
• SEPARATION OF POWERS

3. THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATES WITHIN A UNION.

• FEDERALISM
• CHECKS & BALANCES
• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• CONSTITUTIONALSIM
• SEPARATION OF POWERS

4. DIVISION OF THE POWERS IN OUR GOVERNMENT AMONG THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES; NO ONE BRANCH HAS TOO MUCH POWER.

• FEDERALISM
• CHECKS & BALANCES
• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• CONSTITUTIONALSIM
• SEPARATION OF POWERS

5. THE IDEA THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH COMPLIANCE WITH A WRITTEN OR UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION THAT RESTRAINS GOVERNMENTAL POWERS WHILE GUARANTEEING RIGHTS TO THE PEOPLE.

• FEDERALISM
• CHECKS & BALANCES
• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• CONSTITUTIONALSIM
• SEPARATION OF POWERS

6. SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION WHO BELIEVED IN A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WITH LIMITED GOVERNMENT CHECKS & BALANCES.

• ANTI-FEDERALISTS
• FEDERALISTS
• RULE OF LAW
• RIGHT TO RESIST
• REPUBLICANISM

7. GOVERNMENT IS DEFINED BY LAW AND SERVES THE PEOPLE; THE LAW IS ABOVE EVERYONE AND IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE, WHETHER RULED OR RULER.

• ANTI-FEDERALISTS
• FEDERALISTS
• RULE OF LAW
• RIGHT TO RESIST
• REPUBLICANISM

8. PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS, AND GOVERNMENTS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF SECURING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS; AUTHORITY IS DERIVED FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED AND PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO ALTER OR ABOLISH GOVERNMENT WHEN IT FAILS

• ANTI-FEDERALISTS
• FEDERALISTS
• RULE OF LAW
• RIGHT TO RESIST
• REPUBLICANISM

9. GROUP WHO FEARED THE NEW GOVERNMENT CREATED BY THE CONSTITUTION GAVE TOO MUCH POWER TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AT THE EXPENSE OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

• ANTI-FEDERALISTS
• FEDERALISTS
• RULE OF LAW
• RIGHT TO RESIST
• REPUBLICANISM

10. PHILOSOPHY OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT WITH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES SERVING AT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE ONLY LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT IS ONE BAED ON THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.

• ANTI-FEDERALISTS
• FEDERALISTS
• RULE OF LAW
• RIGHT TO RESIST
• REPUBLICANISM