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40 Cards in this Set
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What are the four characteristics of the state?
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Population, territory, sovereignty, and government
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The articles of confederation allowed each stae _______ votes
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One
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Democracy
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Supreme political authority rests with the people
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Dictatorship
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those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people
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Unitary
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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency
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Federal
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Awritten constitution divides power between central, or national, government and several regional governments
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Confederation
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joining of several groups for a common purpose
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Presidential
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exectutive, and legislative branches of the government are seperate, independent, and coequal
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Parliamentary
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executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that officiels cabinet
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Capitalism is an _______ system, not a political system
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economic
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Federalism
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division of power among a central government and several regional governments
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Checks and Balances
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legislative, executive, and judicail branches check the actions of the others
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Veto
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Chief executives power to reject a bill passed by legislature
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seperation of powers
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executive, legislative, and judicial branches are divided equally
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Republic
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Representative of Democracy
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Social Contract theory
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government does wrong, people have ability to with hold power
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what was the purpose of the declaration of independence?
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To announce our independence and the reasons
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Who wrote the declartaion of independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Why was the constitution written
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to link states and people closer together
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Members of the house of representatives are determined by ______, whereas members of the senate are based on ______
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Population, Equality two per state
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the house of representatives has ____ members
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435
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THe senate has ____ members
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100
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the number of ____per state are determined by the number of congressional districts plus the ___ sentators
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electors, two
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Arizona has___ congressional districts, and therefore, ___ electoral votes
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8, 10
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Winner take all
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who ever won the preference vote in a primary automatically won all the delegates chosen in the primary
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if there is no clear winner in the electoral college, the presidency is determined by who?
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House of Representatives
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The senate determines who?
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vice president
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if the vice president dies of resigns in office, the president appoints a successorwith the approval of who?
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congress
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How many electoral votes?
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538
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what is the max amount of terms a president can serve?
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2
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what is the max years a president can serve?
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10
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if the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, he/she is replaced by who?
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vice president
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if the vice president is not available who becomes president?
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Speaker of the house
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if both the vice president and the speaker of the house are unavailable who then becomes president?
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president protempor of the senate
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Article one in the Constitution deals with what branch?
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Legislative
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what does the legislative branch do?
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make laws
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Article two deals with what branch?
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executive
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what does the executive branch do?
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enforces
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Article three deals with what branch?
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Judicial
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What does the judicial branch do?
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determines whether laws are constitutional- judicial review
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