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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| is where the laws established help the people in the state to get along with each other | Ordered government |
| restricts the powers of the government to protect individual rights | Limited government |
| is where the government serves the people often with elected officials • They were also influenced by their Judeo-Christian values and biblical law | Representative Government |
| Is when the government must act fairly and follow established rules, laws, or amendments with all of its actions | Due process |
| Colonies were owned and run by a sole proprietor or person who was granted land by the king | Proprietary |
| Colonies operated under a license granted by the king but were independent | charter |
| Colonies were owned by the king and directly controlled by the monarch | Royal |
| 2 | Bicameral |
| 1 | Unicameral |
| are representative members who meet with an assembly or legislature | Delegates |
| is a formal approval or consent | Ratification |
| are made up from people who are united together through common bonds such as language, customs, religion, ethnicity, and traditions | Nations |
| and countries are political communities that are defined by a territory with an organized government | State |
| is the belief that states developed through families with the head of the family in charge of the group | Evolutionary theory |
| belief that rulers have been chosen by God to rule | Divine right theory |
| the belief that states were created when an individual or group claimed control of a territory through force | Force theory |
| belief that a group of people who had freedom but lacked the ability to provide security and protection for themselves, gave up their freedom and agreed with one another to create a state that could provide them with security and order | Social contract theory |
| Governments are where all power resided with a central government | Unitary |
| Governments are a loose connection of independent states | Confederate |
| Governments divide powers between the national and State government | Federal |
| Governments function under a constitution that limits the powers of the government | Constitutional |
| Governments are where the government controls every aspect of their citizens’ lives | Authoritarian |
| Governments are where the people rule directly or sometimes through elected representatives | Democratic |
| Governments are where a small group of people rule over the rest of the citizens, they’re usually the self- appointed elite | Oligarchy |
| Governments are where a single person holds unlimited power | Autocracy |
| Governments are based on religious law and often led by a religious leader | Theocracy |
| Governments are where a single or group of leaders have absolute control and no limitations on their power | Dictatorship |
| Governments are where a single person, the monarch, rules as the head of state for life and their heirs inherit the throne | Monarchy |
| is the belief that people are the source of power the government holds | Popular sovereignty |
| is where the government only has the powers given to it by the people and must obey the Constitution | Limited government |
| is the belief that the government must abide by the Constitution | Constitutionalism |
| where all people must obey the law and no one person is above the law, not even the President | Rule of Law |
| influenced the creation of three different branches to share the government’s power | Separation of Powers |
| is a system of government with a written constitution where the powers of the government are divided between federal and state governments | Federalism |
| are powers that the U.S. Constitution gives to the Federal Government and Congress | Enumerated powers |
| are where Presidents make an agreement directly with the leader of a foreign nation without making a treaty, it is still a binding international agreement but does not require approval by the Senate | Executive pact |
| are official documents that specify what type of government could be created along with what powers and responsibilities the governments had | Charters |
| those delegated to the federal or national government within the U.S. Constitution | Exclusive powers |
| are powers given to the federal government and written in the U.S. Constitution, sometimes referred to as enumerated powers | Expressed powers |
| are the powers of the federal government that are the powers the federal government has that are “necessary and proper” for the functioning of the government under the U.S. Constitution | Implied powers |
| states that no state constitution and no local or state laws can conflict with the U.S. Constitution and all national law | Supremacy clause |
| is when the federal government gives money or resources to states, cities, counties, or other local governments | Grants in aid |
| are when the federal government specifies a closely defined purpose for the aid or where the aid must be used | Categorical grants |
| are when the federal government provides aids for a specific area but is broadly defined | Block grants |
| are given by the federal government for specific projects | Project grants p |
| the legal process of returning a person accused of a crime for trial in another state | Extradition |
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