Gopo Unit I Test 1

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Question

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Answer

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process by which a society decides how government is run and how its leaders are chosen

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Politics

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seen as being on the far left of the political spectrum, calling for wide-sweeping rapid change and may be willing to resort to extreme methods including revolution

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Radical

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all key powers are held by the national or central government.

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Unitary government

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believe the the government should be actively involved in the promotion of social welfare of a nation's citizens

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Liberal

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required of every citizen by law

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Duties

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Usually call for peaceful, gradual change within the existing political system

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Liberal

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strongly encouraged of every citizen

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Responsibilities

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seen as tolerant of other people's views, and they do not hold extreme views of their own

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Moderate

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the executive branch is made up of a prime minister and cabinet that are members of the legislative branch

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Parliamentary Democracy

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favor keeping things the way they are or maintaining the status quo

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Conservative

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the basis of the U.S. economy, even though the government has always played a role in protecting and preserving

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free-market system

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a basic concept of democracy that every person is entitled to when it comes to opportunity and the judicial system

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Equality

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an individual or group claimed control over a territory and made the people with that territory submit

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Force theory

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the best way to settle differences in an American democratic system

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Compromise

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a form of government in which the authority rests with the people

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Democracy

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political power is exercised by elected representatives

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Republic

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ensures that all voices, even minority voices, are heard

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Compromise

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powers of government are equally divided between a central government and several local governments

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Federal Government

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can decide their own foreign and domestic policies, not subordinate to any other authority

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Sovereignty

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public policy is created firsthand by the people themselves

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Direct Democracy

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an alliance of independent states for common goals, with most of the power held in local governments

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Confederation

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First English document to establish limits on the King's power in 1215

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Magna Carta

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colonies that were largely self-governing

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Charter colonies

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believed that a system of checks and balances would help ensure that the new government would not abuse its power

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Federalists

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the first document to grant the right of subjects to petition the king

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English Bill of Rights

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part of the Declaration of Independence which lists all of the grievances against the King

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Middle Section

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concept found in all of the first state constitutions to ensure that no one person or group of people would become too powerful

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Separation of Powers

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the Article of Confederation did not have this

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Power to tax

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the colonies no longer owed their allegiance to the British Crown, because it deprived them of their rights

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Main idea of the Declaration of Independence

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limited the King's ability to act arbitrarily, his power was no longer absolute

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Magna Carta

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the first successful showing of colonial unity opposing the British government

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Stamp Act Congress

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the most important disagreement between the Virginia and New Jersey plans

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representation of the states in Congress

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saved the Constitutional Convention combining aspects of the New Jersey and Virginia plans and ensuring that the small states would be equally represented

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Connecticut Compromise

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the framers of this agreed on its broad principles, but not on specific issues

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the Constitution

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the Anti-Federalists biggest complaint about the Constitution was over the lack of this

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Bill of Rights

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in this type of colony the king names the governor as well as the advisory council (8 of the 13 colonies)

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Royal Colony

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formed for defense against the Native American tribes, it was the earliest attempt to join some of the colonies together for a common purpose

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New England Confederation

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event separating the First and Second Continental Congress

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the Revolutionary War

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organized to protest British colonial policies like taxation without representation

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First and Second Continental Congress

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a unicameral Congress was the only branch of government under this early American constitution

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Articles of Confederation

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considered the most important measure passed by the Congress of the Articles of Confederation

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

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Government

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all those things government decides to do

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public policy

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the power to make laws

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legislative power

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the power to execute, enforce and administer laws

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executive power

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the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning and settle disputes

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judicial power

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exists where those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people

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Dictatorship

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supreme authority rests with the majority of the people, but they hear the voice of the minority

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Democracy

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Population, Territory Sovereignty, and Government are the four characteristics of a

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State

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having the authority to decide one's own domestic and foreign policies

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Sovereignty

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God creates the state, making it sovereign. The govt. is made up of those chosen by God to rule a territory and the people must obey

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Divine Right Theory

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A population in a territory gives up as much power to a government as needed to promote the well-being of all.

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Social Contract Theory

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a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

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Autocracy

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a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

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Oligarchy

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Autocracies and Oligarchies are forms of a

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Dictator ship

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The power of a state resides with the central government, local government is secondary

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Unitary

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Most of the power of a state the local governments, the central government has only limited power

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Condederate

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The powers of a state are shared by the National government and its subdivisions

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Federal Government