Principles of Democracy Review

Holding Public Office, Writing to your Representative, and Staying Informed are all ways you can _________ in Democracy

• Abstain

• Participate

• Be Ignored

Which one of these IS NOT a Human Right?

• Life

• Liberty

• Freedom of Opinion

• Freedom to hurt other people

Inalienable rights are ___________

• Rights you have no matter what

• Special Rights only Governments can give

• Things that are not Rights

Human Rights come from the idea that ________

• Some people are just better than others

• All people are equal

• All people are equal, but some people are MORE EQUAL than others

True or False

According to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Privacy is a Human Right?

• True

• False

Rule of Law means ______

• The Government is above the Law

• That Laws are made only to punish people

• That the Law itself is the Highest Power

Why does Rule of Law FAIL if we don't apply the law?

• Because people will follow the law regardless of whether it is enforced or not

• Because if it is not enforced people will not follow it

Legitimacy means that Law must be made for the people and ________

• Strict

• Reasonable

• Unreasonable

What are Checks and Balances?

• When the government doesn't follow the law

• When the each part of the government does each other favors

• When each part of the government makes sure each other part follows the law

Equal Application of the Law means ________

• The law applies differently to different people

• The more important I am the more crimes I can get away with

• The law must apply the same to everyone