| Question | Answer |
| The U.S. Founding Fathers got the idea of what from the Greeks? | Democracy |
| What ancient civilization developed representative democracy? | Romans |
| When population is too high for everyone to cast a vote on everything to be decided upon, it’s easier to choose representatives to cast votes for a larger group. This is called ____________________________________________________. | representative democracy |
| Our Founding Fathers make reference to humans having ________________ in The Declaration of Independence written to the king of England. | Unalienable Rights |
| Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation are due to the lack of power in the _______ government. | Federal |
| One major problem with the Articles of Confederation was due to the federal government not having the ability to____________. | Tax |
| The Articles of Confederation created only what branch of government? | Legislative |
| _________________is the sharing of powers between a strong federal government and weaker state governments. | Federalism |
| Alexander Hamilton felt the federal government had the right to create a national bank. This makes him a/an____________________. | Federalist |
| The largest debate at the Constitutional Convention was over the issue of ____________ in the legislative branch. | representation |
| The creation of today’s legislative branch is the work of Connecticut delegate_________________. | Roger Sherman |
| Those who favored ratification of the new constitution were _________________. | Federalists |
| 1st Form of Government for the U.S | Articles of Confederation |
| We borrowed this form legislature from the British? | bicameral |
| The number of seats a state gets in the House of Representatives is based on ___________. | population |
| Another word for indirect democracy is ____________________. | representative democracy |
| Parliament is a ___________branch of government. | legislative |
| Leader with control over all aspects of society. Controls media and schools. Usually ruthless. | totalitarian |
| Cincinnatus was a ______________ dictator | benevolent |
| Rule by a few | oligarchy |
| King or Queen with total power | Absolute Monarchy |
| The abscence of government. | anarchy |
| Main writer of the Declaration | Jefferson |
| Father of the Constitution | Madison |
| Purpose of the Philadelphia convention was to ______ the Articles. | revise |
| This form of democracy generally works best in small communities and groups. | Direct |
| King of England during the separation. | George |
