Foundations of Government

Question 1

Believed that all men possessed the natural rights of life, liberty, and property

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John Locke

Question 2

Institution through which state maintains social order provides services and enforces decision

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government

Question 3

The form of government in which power is held in one central agency is a(n)

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unitary

Question 4

The laws or contract of a state

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constitution

Question 5

The first Constitution for the thirteen states was the

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Articles of Confederation

Question 6

Common Sense explained that

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a republican form of government was best and support the war

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of democracy?

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rule by one person

Question 8

Government where individuals are elected to do the work of government for the people

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republic

Question 9

Proposed by the Anti-Federalists, these were the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

Question 10

All of the following are characteristics of the state EXCEPT

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democracy

Question 11

Under which of these economic systems are buyers and sellers most influential?

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capitalism

Question 12

Ppl agree to give the power needed to maintain order and the state protects its citizens

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Social Contract Theory

Question 13

The idea that the people living in a territory were made into a state

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Force Theory

Question 14

Which of the following terms CANNOT be used to describe the American governmental system?

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parlimentary

Question 15

Felt that human nature was selfish, cruel, and could not govern itself

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 16

The First Continental Congress called for the colonists to

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enforce an economic boycott of British goods

Question 17

One of the basic liberties the colonists wanted in the separation from Great Britain was:

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freedom from taxation without representation

Question 18

A government NOT responsible to the people and cannot be limited by them

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autocracy

Question 19

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to:

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revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 20

Articles of Conf provided for a weak national govt because they could not...

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collect taxes

Question 21

When you “give and take” to reach a solution

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compromise

Question 22

A government made of up a small group of people

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oligarchy

Question 23

The supreme and absolute authority within a territory

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sovereignty

Question 24

Under the federalism system, powers are:

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divided between national and state governments

Question 25

Shays’ Rebellion was important because:

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demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Question 26

Served as the acting government during the Revolutionary War with John Hancock as President

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Second Continental Congress

Question 27

A two house legislature

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Bicameral

Question 28

The Declaration of Independence contains all of the following ideas EXCEPT:

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God gave certain people the right to rule

Question 29

Government is not all powerful

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limited government

Question 30

Suggest the state developed as the pop of a territory grew from a family to a tribe to a state

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Evolutionary Theory

Question 31

The Federalists believed in

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a strong central government

Question 32

Which of the following best exemplifies the meaning of democracy?

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rule by the people

Question 33

Supporters of the New Jersey Plan endorsed the Connecticut Compromise because it called for:

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the interests of small states to be protected by the Senate

Question 34

Which economic principle suggests govt should keep their hands off of business and markets?

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laissez-faire

Question 35

Which was NOT the subject of a major compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

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the admission of slave vs. free states

Question 36

The Bill of Rights

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guarantee individual’s rights

Question 37

An English document, it is the basis for the concept of limited government

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Magna Carta

Question 38

The Articles of Confederation established all of the following EXCEPT:

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the office of President of the United States

Foundations of Government

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Foundations of Government

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