| 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 |
