gov midterm lol

Government is necessary because of human ___

depravity

What are the 5 obligations of government?

justice, defense, poverty, moral behavior, and order

Democracy

majority vote rules

Republic

appointed person rules

Oligarchy

rule by few people

Theocracy

priest/religious rule

Fascism

nation and dictatorial leader prioritized over individual

Communism

common ownership

Demarchy

randomly selected rules

Exilarchy

dispersed group of rulers

Kratocracy

strongest rules

Meritocracy

selected ruler based on their ability

Minarchy

functions solely to protect

Plutocracy

richest rules

Wengerocracy

ruler is constantly watched

___ monarchy has all power with the king/queen

absolute

___ monarchy is limited by law

constitutional

a dictatorship rules without the ___ of the people

consent

___ is the absence of government/rulers

anarchy

democracies and republics are two types of ___ governments

popular

In an ___ democracy, the people elect representatives to vote for them

indirect

in a ___ system, all power is given to a central government

unitary

in a ___ system, power is split between national and regional government

federalist

in a ___ system, power rests mainly with the regional governments

confederate

in a ___ system, the people elect the chief executive

presidential

in a ____ system, the legislative branch elects the chief executive

parliamentary

president

the chief executive’s title in a presidential system

prime minister

the chief executive’s title in a parliamentary system

What type of government is the US government?

Federal/Democratic Republican

What are the three levels of the US Government?

federal, local, state

What are the three branches of the US Government?

legislative (law-making)

executive (law-enforcing)

judicial (law-interpreting)

Two houses congress is made up of

House of Senates (2 per state)

House of Representatives (Population)

House of Representatives are capped at ___

435

The president nominates their ___ to enforce the law

Cabinet

The ___ is the highest court in the US

supreme

The ___ amendment gives power to the states

Tenth

The state ___ gives power to the local government

constitution

Athens gave us ___

democracy

Rome gave us ___

republic

The world’s first constitution was the ___ ___

magna carta

england also introduced __ ___

due process

to prevent mob rule the founding fathers chose a ___

republic

We elect our president by ___ college

electoral

The House of ___ was the first representative government in the american colonies

Burgesses

The ___ Revolution (1688) took power from the king and gave it to the English Parliament

Glorious

The English Bill of Rights (1689) ensured everyone had the right to have a trial by ___

Jury

Pontiacs war (1763) led to the British establishing the ___ line of 1763

proclamation

the ___ act (1765) forced the colonies to house the british military

quartering

the ___ acts (1774) included blockading Boston Harbor

coercive

The colonists responded by organizing ___ to stop buying British products

boycotts

The first ___ congress met in 1774 to establish the road to independence

continental

The Second Continental Congress organized the continental ___

army

Declaration of Independence was written by ___ ____

Thomas Jefferson

Age of Enlightenment emphasized ___ and thought

reason

All humans are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ___

rights

Governments are established to ___ these rights

secure

If governments fail to secure rights, they may be abolished and ___

replaced

___ ___ was the first to sign the declaration of independence

john hancock

1st official US Government was called the Articles of ____

confederation

to agree or officially approve

ratify

the articles of confederation weren’t ratified until ___

1781

one of the biggest weaknesses of the articles was its inability to __ states

tax

it only had a ___ (one house) legislature

unicameral

it also didnt have a ___ or executive branch

judiciary

the first meeting regarding changing the articles was hosted by george washington at his home in ___ ___

mt. vernon

the ___ convention agreed only to meet next year in philadelphia

annapolis

shay’s rebellion was led by ___ shays

daniel

the constitutional convention took place in 1781 in ___

philadelphia

___ ___ was elected to be the head of the convention

george washington

___ ___ took detailed notes of the convention

james madison

three major issues that arose during the convention

representation, slavery, commerce

Virginia plan wanted a bicameral legislature based on ___

population

The __ ___ Plan wanted a equal-voting unicameral legislature

New Jersey

Roger Sherman proposed the ___ Compromise: Bicameral, House of reps and senate

Conneticut

States with large __ populations wanted them to be counted regarding congressional representation

slave

the ___-___ compromised decided 3/5 of slaves will count for representation and taxation

three-fifths

Congress received the power to regulate interstate and __ commerce

foreign

The national government couldn’t interfere with the ___ trade for 20 years

slave

The ___ College was created to elect the president

Electoral

The power to make treaties was given to the __ but required the approval of Congress

president

The __ amendment gives powers to state governments

10th

the power of each state is limited by its ___

constitution

most state legislatures are ___

bicameral

gubernatorial

dealing with the governor

the ___ is the chief executive officer of a state’s executive branch

governor

governors are typically elected to __ year terms

four

the lieutenant governor serves as the ___ governor in the governor’s absence

acting

The ___ branch interprets laws and oversees criminal cases

judicial

The ___ court is the highest court in a state

supreme

The ___ branch generally gets the unenumerated powers of a state

legislative

suffrage

the right to vote

first past the post

one person, one vote

condorcet

head to head, round robin, every candidate vs each other

rank choice

rank every candidate

primary

election that determines a party’s candidate

general election

election that determines who wins an office

open primary

type of primary, can vote for any party

closed primary

type of primary, can only vote with your registered party

semiclosed primary

type of primary, allows independents to choose which ballot to vote