Principles of American Democracy

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Principles of American Democracy

• Chapter 1 Review Jeopardy

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• Defined territory, organized government,
  population and sovereign authority are all this
  political units characteristics.
• State

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• The power to make laws and public policies.
• Legislative power

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• The authority to define laws and interpret laws
  and settle disputes.
• Judicial Power

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• Where one can find the body of fundamental laws
  setting out the principles, structures, and
  process of government.
• The constitution

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• The four characteristics that define a state.
• Population, defined boundaries, organized
  government sovereignty

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• In this class of governments, sovereign authority
  rests with the people.
• Democracies

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• In this government a single individual holds
  sovereign authority.
• Dictatorship

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• A type of democratic government where power is
  divided equally between the central and
  state/local governments.
• Federal System

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• Under this system of government, the legislative
  and executive are distinct and separate.
• Presidential System

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• Under this system, the chief executive must
  resign if given a vote of no confidence by the
  legislature.
• Parliamentary System

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• According to this theory on the origins of
  government, the right to rule came from the
  peoples God(s).
• Divine Right Theory

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• This theory on the origins of government said
  that government evolved from the familial
  structure.
• Evolutionary Theory

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• According to this theory, there is a contract
  between the government and the governed.
• Social Contract Theory

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• The two main philosophers that developed the
  Social Contract Theory.
• Thomas Hobbes John Locke

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• According to the Social Contract theory, why does
  government exist.
• To serve the people

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• In an autocracy, where does the power rest.
• With the leader (s)

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• Independent states that agree to form a union
  with other states while still retaining their
  separate and distinct government and identity.
• Confederation

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• In this system, both the executive and
  legislative powers are separate and distinct.
• Presidential System

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• What do the individual 50 states lack that
  prevents them from being a true state.
• Sovereignty

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• In a parliamentary system, how does the executive
  (Prime Minister) receive his office.
• He is appointed/elected by Parliament

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• What are the two types of equality guaranteed by
  the American government?
• Equality of Opportunity
• Equality under the Law

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• The right to use a racial slur or protest the
  president is protected with what principle?
• Protection of Individual Freedoms

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• An agreement between two opposing views that
  meets the needs of the majority of the people?
• Compromise

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• Although government decisions are made by
  majority rule, what must also be considered?
• Minority Rights

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• List the five basic principles on which American
  democracy is based?
• Worth of the Individual, Majority Rule/Minority
  Rights, Necsessity of Compromise, Equality of
  Persons, Individual Freedoms