Post on 26-Dec-2015
Jeopardy
An America Government
Foundations of Government
Review Game
Good Luck Contestants!
Forms of Government
Constitution
Ideals and Principals
Vocabulary
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What form of government has the following features:
Government is not limitedPower is held by one or a few people
Elections offer no choicesForce is often used to keep order
Authoritarian
Mussolini and Hitler
Which form of government means rule by the people?
Democracy
What is the form of government where all citizens take part in the decision making process of the
government?
Direct Democracy
Ancient Athens
New England Towns
What is the form of democracy where citizens elect people to run
the government?
Representative Democracy
Also known as a republic.
U.S. Capitol
The White House
What is the form of government where there is
a centralized system in which all powers of
government belongs to a single, central agency ?
Unitary
Great Britain has a unitary
system of government.
What is the form of government in which a union
or states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority while sharing
powers with political units such as states?
Federal
U.S. Capitol
Annapolis State House
State and National governments share power.
Our first plan of government gave the states
more power than the national government. What is this form of government
called?
Confederate
Articles of Confederation
Confederate States of America
What is the form of government in which small, usually self-appointed elite or military holds the power
to rule ?
Oligarchy
Ancient Sparta
Ancient Chinese aristocrats
What is difference between a parliamentary democracy and a
presidential democracy?
• In a parliamentary democracy, the legislature or parliament selects the executive from its own members.
Example: Great Britain
• In a presidential democracy the legislative and executive branches are independent from each other.
Example: United States
What is the difference between a monarchy and a
dictatorship?
Monarchs are kings or queens and they inherit their power.
Dictators are absolute rulers but control of the government is not inherited.
Which branch of government is responsible for making
laws?
Legislative Branch
In the United States this branch of government is usually called Congress.
Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting or
judging the laws?
Judicial Branch
U.S. Supreme Court
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing the
laws?
To prevent anyone or group of people becoming too powerful, the framers of the Constitution divided
governmental power among several branches that must
cooperate in decision-making. What is this division called?
Separation of Powers
What are the first 10 amendments to the
Constitution known as?
The Bill of Rights
To prevent abuse of power, each branch of government has
the power to stop an action of the other two branches.
What is this system called?
Checks and Balances
Who is the Head of the Executive
branch of government?
The President
What was the purpose of the Framers creating a constitutional
form of government?
To limit the power of those in charge
Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Philadelphia
When is Independence Day?
July 4th
What document was written in 1776
and stated our intention to separate from
Great Britain?
Declaration of Independence
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Name two principles of government that are stated in
the preamble of the Declaration of Independence?
Equality
Liberty
Unalienable Rights
What was the first plan of government for the United
States called?
The Articles of Confederation
What document is our current plan of government?
Constitution
The “framers of the Constitution” refers to what group of people?
Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787.
At the Constitutional Convention, the people who supported a strong central
government included Alexander Hamilton.
What name was given to this group of people?
The Federalists
This group of people wanted a weaker central government and a bill of rights added before they would ratify the Constitution.
Who were they?
The Anti – Federalists
Why were the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
To protect individual and states rights by placing limits on the
powers of the central government.
What are formal changes to the Constitution called?
Amendments
Including the Bill of Rights there have been 27 amendments made to the
Constitution.
The framers of the Constitution made the amendment process
difficult so only important changes would be made.
Explain one of the two methods of amending the
Constitution.
What is an ideal?
It’s a conception or idea of something in its perfect form
Name the three core ideals of American democracy.
Liberty, equality, and self-government
Name three groups of people that the ideals did not apply to.
WomenAfrican-Americansmen w/o property
slaves
The ability of people to act and think as they choose
Liberty
In the beginning who did the Framers want the people to
have liberty from?
Freedom from government
control
All people posses a fundamental, moral worth that entitles them to fair
treatment.
Equality
Name the French noble that studied American Democracy in
1830’s
Alexis de Tocqueville
What did a French noble who studied American democracy feel would reduce a nation’s people to
“a timid herd”?
Democratic despotism (tyranny)
The belief that ordinary people could aspire to rule themselves as
political equals
Self-government
Name the 5 principles of American democracy
Worth of individualRule of Law
Majority Rule/Minority RightsCompromise
Citizen Participation
What is government?
Made up of formal institutions and processes through which
decisions are made for a group of people.
What are the three main components of government?
People, powers, and policies.
What is sovereignty?
Having supreme power or authority.
What are the 5 Functions of government?
Ensure national securityMaintain order
Resolve conflictProvide services
Provide for public good
What is politics?
The process by which government makes and carries out decisions.
What is Natural Law?
A system of rules derived from the natural world (aka human rights).
People agreeing to submit to the authority of a state, in return
receiving protection and support from the state is known as what
type of theory?
Social contract theory
Hobbes vs. Locke
What is an aristocracy?
Ruled by a few(wealthy or military)
What is citizen participation?Give one example
It is the citizens responsibility to be informed about public issues.
voting, jury duty, debate issues, attend community meetings,
volunteer for military or social service, pay taxes, join political
parties
What is totalitarianism?
When a dictator dominates all aspects of society