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WorksheetsConstitution Vocab
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are framers?
The authors of the United States Constitution.
The head of the gov.
The president
The senate
What are the natural rights?
Life, liberty, and equality
Life, happiness, and property
Life, liberty, and property
What is the state of nature?
A government that enforces the laws
A place with no government and no laws
The three branches
Why do we need a gov?
To keep others ssafe
To tax us
To protect our natural rights
What is monarchy?
Ruled by many
Ruled by a small group
Ruled by one
What is oligarchy?
Ruled by the few
Ruled by most
Ruled by one
Democracy
Ruled by the gov.
Ruled by the people
Ruled by one
Communism is when people rule for themselves
True
False
What is the republic gov?
only the head of the state has a say
everyone has a say
Multiple people but not all have a say
Common welfare is what is best for the people in the community and being fair to one another
True
Flase
What is civic virtue?
Living life without being greedy
Both citizens and their leaders live modest lives AND leaders worked hard to put the common welfare above their own selfish interests.
What is a constitution?
How people are ruled by the gov
How the gov. works
The layout of the structure
of a government
What is the Separation of powers?
When the power is divided up
When the given to only one person but that person is assisted by others
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what is the Balance of power?
Where each power is spread out
The power is equally apportioned to each branch
All of the above
Is "checks on the power" when each branch makes sure they dont abuse power
Yes
No, its when each branch has the power to keep an eye on each other.
The legislative branch enforces the laws
True
False: they create the laws
Executive branch
makes the laws
enforces the laws
resolves disputes about the laws
Judicial branch
resolves disputes about the laws
Fixes arguments about the laws
The pass the laws
What is the Equal representation (New Jersey Plan)
Each state gets the same number of representative
Each state gets the same number of votes.
Proportional representation (Virginia Plan) is when the number of representatives is based on the population size
False
True
The Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise
The branches
The two house legislator with equal representation
Where everything is equal
The three fifths clause as when slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person
flase
true
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Simple majority rule
More than half of the vote
More than 3/4 of the vote
at least 2/3 of the vote
super majority rule
at least 3/4 of the vote
at least 2/3 of the vote
all of the above
Unanimous rule
The majority of the vote
All must agree
3./4 of the vote
Amend means to change
True
False
Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the constitution
True
False
The Freedoms of expression
speech and assembly
petition and speech
speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion
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