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Unit 1 Test
Forming a Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When people can provide for their own means this is called | Self Sufficient |
| A person who sold their labor in exchange for the trip from Europe to the colonies was called | Indentured Servant |
| Whose opportunities were limited in the colonies? | Native Americans, Blacks, White men without property, Women |
| Who were the political leaders of the colonies who developed their own ideas about what might be the best type of government? | The Founders |
| Who were some of the Founders? | John and Abigail Adams, Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington |
| An English philosopher who influeced the Founders with his ideas about natural rights | John Locke |
| This is a condition in which no government or laws existed at all. | State of nature |
| What do we call the rights that al people have simly because they are human beings? | Natural Rights |
| What are the natural rights? | Life, Liberty, Property |
| Why do people form governments? | To protect the rights of people |
| Means to approve of something or allow something to take place. | Consent |
| When individuals agreeto give up the absolute right to do anything they please. In exchange they gain the security that a government can provide. | Social contract |
| A preson that has been given power to represent others who have elected them. | Delegate |
| ________ is that which is good for the community as a whole. | Common good |
| Give the advantages of a republican government. | So that it could serve the entire community rather than one person or group, Better laws made because the representatives jobs are to learn about and solve problems, The people get a say in the government through representatives, System of accountability |
| What are the disadvantages of a republican government | Works better in small communities not large countries, Works better if everyone had the same interests and not diversity, Factions and special interest might work against each other rather than helping the common good |
| Both citizens and leaders will set aside their private interests and ersonal concerns for the common good because of | civic virtue |
| The legal framework for a government, it tels how a government is organized and run. | Constitution |
| A government that sets limits on the powers of the person or group running the conty is what type of government? | Constitutional government |
| A set of laws that establish and limit the power of government | Higher Law |
| What five things should a good constitutional government have in its constitution? | Basic rights of the citizans, The government must protect the rights of the citizens, Places limits on the government's power, Establishes private domain of its citizens, Can only be changed with the widespread consent of the governed |
| When power is divided among the three branches so that each branch has certain powers or abilities, what is this known as? | Seperation of powers |
| When the power of the government is divided in such a way that no one brach controls the others is known as | Checks and balances |
| What are the three branches of government? | Executive, Legislative, Judicial |
| What does each branch do? | Executive- enforces laws Legislative- makes laws Judicial- manages conflicts about the meaning, application, and enforcement of laws |
| What is the main person in each branch? | Executive- President Legislative- Congress(House of Reps and Senate) Judicial- Supreme Court |
| What do we call a proposed law? | Bill |
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