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American GovernmentAmerican Government

100 Concepts& Trimester Exam Preparation

Fall Semester


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THE 100 CONCEPTSTHE 100 CONCEPTS

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Number 1:Number 1:

QUESTION:

What is government?

ANSWER:

Institution that determines and

enforces a societys laws.


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Number 2:Number 2:

QUESTION:

What is public good?

ANSWER:The common interests of the members ofa

society; also known as the public interest.


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Number 3:Number 3:

QUESTION:

What is State?

ANSWER:A territory whosepopulation maintains an organizedgovernmental body that regulatesinternal and external affairs.


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Number 4:Number 4:

QUESTION:

What is Citizen?

ANSWER:

An officially recognized member ofa

state.


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Number 5:Number 5:

QUESTION:

What is sovereignty?

ANSWER:The absolute authority that a governmenthas over its citizens.


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Number 6:Number 6:

QUESTION:

What is Law?

ANSWER:

A set of rules, issued and enforced bya government that binds everymember of societ .


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Number 7:Number 7:

QUESTION:

What is public policy?

ANSWER:Decisions and laws tahat agoevernment makes ina particulararea os public concern.


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Number 8:Number 8:

QUESTION:

Which is the theory that rulers receive

their authority to govern from God?

ANSWER:

Divine right of kings


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Number 9:Number 9:

QUESTION:

What is a territory whose population

maintains an organizedgovernmental body that regulatesinternal and external affairs?

ANSWER:

A state


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Number 10:Number 10:

QUESTION:

What is Social Contract

ANSWER: The theory that people giveup their individual sovereignty inexchange for peace and order

rovided b the state.


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QUESTION:

What did Thomas Hobbes believe

about man?

ANSWER:government is necessary to prevent "thewar of every man against every man."(man is inherently evil)


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QUESTION:

What did John Locke believe about

man?

ANSWER:We give up certain rights and freedoms to

promote the safety and well-being ofall(man is naturally good)


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QUESTION:

Which theory of the origins of

government claims that states formwhen one person or group forcesothers under their control?

ANSWER:

The Force Theory


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government claims that statesdeveloped naturally out of the earlyfamily?

ANSWER:

The Evolution Theory


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government claims that God createdthe state and gave those of royalbirtha right to rule?

ANSWER:

The Divine Right Theory


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government claims that peoplewithin an area gave up power to thestate to promote safety ofall?

ANSWER:

The Social Contract Theory


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QUESTION:

In which type of government does a

single person hold unlimited politicalpower?

ANSWER:

An autocracy


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QUESTION:

In which type of government the

political power and control is held bya small group of political elite?

ANSWER:

An oligarchy


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QUESTION:

In which type of government

decisions are made directly by thepeople rather than by their electedrepresentatives?

ANSWER:

A direct democracy


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QUESTION:

What is aRepublic?

ANSWER:A system of government in which

governmental power comes from thepeople, who elect individuals to represent

them in decision making.


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QUESTION:

Which type of government the people

choose political leaders to makepolicy decisions on their behalf?

ANSWER:

A representative democracy


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QUESTION:

Which type of system has a legal

power held by the national, orcentral government?

ANSWER:

A unitary system


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QUESTION:

In which type of government power is

shared among central, state, andregional levels?

ANSWER:

A federal system


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QUESTION:

What term refers to governmental

powers being divided on ageographic basis?

ANSWER:

Division of powers


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QUESTION:

Which government is an alliance of

independent states withaweakcentral government?

ANSWER:

A confederation


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QUESTION:

Which government has executive and

legislative branches that areseparate, independent, and coequal?

ANSWER:

Presidential government


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QUESTION:

Which government has the power

concentrated in a legislature?

ANSWER:

Parliamentary government


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QUESTION:

Which characteristic of democracy

states that each person, no matterwhat his or her station in life, is aseparate and distinct being?

ANSWER:

Worth of individuals


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states that all are entitled to equalityof opportunity and equality beforethe law?

ANSWER:

Equality of persons


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states that the largest portion ofagroup should prevail in electingleaders and making policies, butcannot ignore small groups?

ANSWER:

Majority rule, minority rights


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states that democracy can only existwhen parties work to find the mostacceptable position?

ANSWER:

Necessity of compromise


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states that each individual is as freeto do as he or she pleases as far asthe freedom ofall will allow?

ANSWER:

Individual freedom


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QUESTION:

In which system private business

operates with minimal governmentregulation?

ANSWER:

Free enterprise system


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QUESTION:

What economic law states that when

supplies of goods and servicesbecome plentiful, prices tend todrop?

ANSWER:

Law of supply and demand


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QUESTION:

What economic system combines

elements of the traditional, market,and command economic models.?

ANSWER:

Mixed economy


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QUESTION:

What type of government is restricted

in what it may do, and eachindividual has certain rights thatgovernment cannot take away?

ANSWER:

Limited government


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QUESTION:

What is a system of government in

which people choose political leadersto make policy decisions on theirbehalf?

ANSWER:

Representative democracy


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QUESTION:

Which document, prepared by English

nobles granted certain rights toEnglish citizens ? It was signedunder the threat of force by KingJohn ofEngland un 1215

ANSWER:

The Magna Carta


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QUESTION:

Which document was prepared by theEnglishParliament and signed by King

Charles I in 1628? This document, likeMagna Carta, limited the ability of themonarch to act on his or her soleauthority?

ANSWER:

Petition ofRight


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QUESTION:

Which document was a law passed byParliament in 1689 that forms one of the

foundations of Britains unwrittenconstitution?

ANSWER:

English Bill ofRights


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QUESTION:

What is a bicameral legislature?

ANSWER:

A legislature composed of two houses


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QUESTION:

What is a unicameral legislature?

ANSWER:

A legislature composed of one house


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QUESTION:

Which group served as the nations

first national government?

ANSWER:

The 2nd Continental Congress


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QUESTION:

What is to reverse or cancel an

existing law or regulation?

ANSWER:

repeal


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QUESTION:

What document was signed on July 4,

1776, listing grievances againstEngland?

ANSWER:

Declaration ofIndependence


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QUESTION:

What is Popular sovereignty?

ANSWER:

It means that the governmentsauthority comes from the people.


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QUESTION:

A legal document to form a single

national government in the UnitedStates.

ANSWER:

Articles of Confederation


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QUESTION:

Which is the process of giving formal

approval ofan action by an agency orgovernement?

ANSWER:

ratification


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QUESTION:

What is the name given to the groupof delegates who drafted theConstitution?

ANSWER:

The Framers


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QUESTION:

Which plan was created for establishing aone-house legislature in which each state

would have proportional representationbased on its population?

ANSWER:

The VirginiaPlan


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QUESTION:

Which proposal was presented as aplan for establishing a one-houselegislature in which each state wouldhave an equal vote?

ANSWER:

The New Jersey Plan


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QUESTION:

Which plan was a compromise thatformed our final system ofgovernment?

ANSWER:

The Connecticut Compromise


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QUESTION:

What was the Three-FifthsCompromise?

ANSWER:Agreement at the Constitutional Convention tocount a slave as three-fifths ofa person when

determining the population ofaState.


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QUESTION:

What was the Commerce and SlaveTrade Compromise?

ANSWER:Agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting

slave holders. It denied Congress the power to tax theexport of goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the

power to act on the slave trade.


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QUESTION:

What name was given to someonewho supported the proposed U.S.Constitution in the late 1780s andfavored a strong nationalgovernment?

ANSWER:

Federalists


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What name was given to those whoopposed the adoption of the U.S.Constitution in the late 1780s?

ANSWER:

Anti-federalists


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QUESTION:

Which Constitutional concept andbasic principle of government statesthat those who govern must obey thelaw?

ANSWER:

Constitutionalism


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QUESTION:

Which Constitutional concept statesthat government leaders must actaccording to set laws?

ANSWER:

Rule of law


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QUESTION:

Which Constitutional concept providesthe distribution of political poweramong the branches ofgovernment,giving each branchaparticular set of responsabilities?

ANSWER:

Separation of powers


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QUESTION:

Which Constitutional concept givespower to the court to determinewhether laws and other governmentactions are constitutional orotherwise lawful.

ANSWER:

Judicial review


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QUESTION:

Which is the law or governmentaction that violates provisions setforth in the U.S. Constitution.?

ANSWER:

unconstitutional


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QUESTION:

What is a change made by experience,not the actual words of theConstitution?

ANSWER:

Informal amendment


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QUESTION:

What is another name for the first 10Amendments to the Constitution?

ANSWER:

The Bill ofRights


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QUESTION:

What is a pact between the Presidentand the heads of other nations?

ANSWER:

An executive agreement


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QUESTION:

What is a formal agreement betweentwo or more sovereign states?

ANSWER:

Treaty


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QUESTION:

What is the advisory board that ismade up of the heads of thegovernments executive departmentsand reports to the chief executive.

ANSWER:

cabinet


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QUESTION:

Whichare all powers granted to theNational Government by theConstitution?

ANSWER:

Delegated powers


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Which is the governmental powerthat is specifically granted in aconstitution; also called anenumerated or delegated power?

ANSWER:

Expressed power


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QUESTION:

Which is the power that is implied, orsuggested, by the expressed powersin a constitution.

ANSWER:

Implied power


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QUESTION:

Which is the power that is notspecifically granted in or implied by aconstitution, but that belongs to thegovernments ofall sovereignnations?

ANSWER:

Inherent power


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QUESTION:

Whichare the powers not granted tothe National Government nor deniedto the States?

ANSWER:

Reserved powers


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QUESTION:

Which is the power or authority thatis held by more than one level ofgovernment?

ANSWER:

Concurrent powers


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QUESTION:

What clause states that theConstitution stands above all otherforms of law?

ANSWER:

The Supremacy Clause

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QUESTION:

Which is the formal organization ofpeople who seek to influencegovernment actions and policies byelecting its members to public office?

ANSWER:

Political party

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QUESTION:

What is government action based onfirm allegiance to a political partycalled?

ANSWER:

partisanship

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QUESTION:

What is the party that controls theexecutive branch called?

ANSWER:

Party in power

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QUESTION:

What word describes anygovernment action that is supportedby two parties?

ANSWER:

bipartisan

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QUESTION:

How is called the political candidatewho currently holds an elected orappointed office?

ANSWER:

incumbent

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QUESTION:

What is the right to vote?

ANSWER:

suffrage

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QUESTION:

Who are the people entitled to vote ina given election?

ANSWER:

electorate


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N b 85N b 85


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QUESTION:

What is a Congressional election thatoccurs between presidential electionyears?

ANSWER:

Off-year election

N b 86N b 86


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QUESTION:

Divided between personalcharacteristics (age, race, etc) andgroup affiliation (family, co-workers,friends, etc.).

ANSWER:

Factors effecting voting

N b 87N b 87


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QUESTION:

What is the practice of voting forcandidates of only one party in anelection?

ANSWER:

Straight-ticket voting

N b 88N b 88


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QUESTION:

What is the practice of voting forcandidates of different parties fordifferent offices?

ANSWER:

Split-ticket voting

N b 89N b 89


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QUESTION:

What is the nominating devicecomposed ofa group of like-mindedpeople?

ANSWER:

caucus

N b 90N b 90


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QUESTION:

What is the date of national elections?

ANSWER:

Tuesday-after-the-first Monday inNovember

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QUESTION:

What is the effect when a strongcandidate at the top ofa ballothelping attract voters to loweroffices?

ANSWER:

Coattail effect


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QUESTION:

What is the complex collection of theopinions of many different people?

ANSWER:

Public opinion



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QUESTION:

What are those means ofcommunication that reach largeaudiences (TV, radio, etc.)?

ANSWER:

Mass media



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QUESTION:

What are the instructions orcommands a constituency gives to itselected officials?

ANSWER:

mandate



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QUESTION:

What is a private organization whosemembers share certain views andwork to shape public policy?

ANSWER:

Interest group



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What is a technique of persuasionaimed at influencing individual orgroup behaviors to create aparticular belief, regardless of itsvalidity?

ANSWER:

propaganda



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QUESTION:

What are those activities by whichgroup pressures are brought to bear

on legislators, the legislativeprocess, and all aspects of the publicpolicy-making process?

ANSWER:

lobbying



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QUESTION:

What term refers to issues, beliefs, orpressures that arise from theaverage voters?

ANSWER:

Grass roots

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