Unit One

A form of democracy in which every citizen participates directly in making the laws is called?

Who has the power to make the laws?

Which is NOT one of the four main purposes of government?

Which of the following people did Thomas Jefferson use ideas from to write the Declaration of Independence?

How many of the 13 states were required to ratify the Constitution before it became forreal law

What issue did North and South states split over at the Constitution Convention?

The vice-president belongs to the..?

What group of people did not favor the ratification of the Constitution?

When a government is controlled by a king or queen it is known as a ...?

What theory states that the earliest government developed from the head of the household?

What city was the Constitution created in?

What group of people favored the ratification of the Constitution &wanted a strong national gov

Who is best known for writing the Declaration of Independence?

The idea that a king's power has certain limits was originally stated in the....?

Which is NOT a characteristic of a State?

What compromise dealt with the questions of slavery and representation

What are democracy, oligarchy, and autocracy?

The power to decide fairness and justice belongs to what branch?

The government of many ancient European civilizations and kingdoms was based on what theory?

Who rules a democracy?

The two kinds on democracies are......?

A government that tells its citizens what political beliefs to have is called...?

Which government did the Constitution replace in America?

The founding fathers created which organization within the Constitution to elect a president?

The document that outlines our laws and governments in the US is the...?