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Principles Forms Democracy Free Ent. Grab Bag

This is the 4th Characteristic of a state, after Population, Territory, and Government

What is Sovereignty?

This theory on how states came to be argues that

God gave certain people the power to rule over

others

What is the Divine Right Theory?

This Scottish philosopher

advocated the idea of the “social contract”

Who is John Locke?

According to the evolutionary theory,

states originated from these

What are families?

This is the power to interpret laws

What is judicial power?

In this form of government, there are

no smaller regional governments

What is a unitary government?

This is the term for a small, usually self-appointed group of

supreme rulers

What is an oligarchy?

In this form of government, the executive and

legislative powers are unified

What is a parliamentary government?

This form of government produces policy slower than its counterpart, but it is

typically better policy

What is a presidential government?

This form of government is best able to respond to

local needs

What is a Confederal government?

When the majority gets its way, this must be protected

What is the minority?

Coming to a middle point on disagreeing

sides is called the necessity of this

What is compromise?

Democracies tend to base their policy decisions not

on benefiting the country, but on benefiting these

What are individuals?

The United States has achieved equality of

all persons in this sense

What is equality under the law?

A citizen’s actions will be declared

illegal if they harm other people, their property, or this

What is the system (or democracy)?

This is the economic system in the United

States

What is free enterprise?

This is the law of economics that governs a free

enterprise system

What is the law of supply and demand?

This is what we call a combination of a free

market and a command market

What is a mixed economy?

This is what we call the reward for hard

work, risk, and invention

What is profit?

Free enterprise systems must have private ownership, profit, competition,

and this

What is individual initiative?

This person was Vice-President for 8

years under Bill Clinton

Who is Al Gore?

This is the name of the scandal that

forced Richard Nixon to resign as president

What is Watergate?

This is Vice-President Joe Biden’s

home state?

What is Delaware?

Former Green Bay Packer QB Brett Favre

was raised in what Gulf Coast state?

What is Mississippi?

This man was the 4th President of the United States

Who is James Madison?