Math 5A

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Government Economics Review Round I
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British Origins Of American Democracy
Revolutionary War
Natural Rights Philosophy
Classical Republicanism
Ideas from Philadelphia
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King John agreed to this document in 1215 at the
demand of his barons, granting certain civil
rights and liberties to English nobles and to all
"freemen"
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What is the Magna Carta?
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This is a system of social, economic and
political organization in a monarch shares power
with nobility
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What is Feudalism?
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This bicameral legislative body is composed of
House of Lords and House of Commons
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What is Parliament?
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In colonial times, this document granted land to
a person or company along with the right to found
a colony on that land.   
charter
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What is a charter?
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This principle states that both those who govern
and the governed must obey the law
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What is the rule of law?
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This is a writ that gave a governmental authority
the power to search and seize property without
restrictions
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What is a writ of assistance?
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This line from a Ralph Waldo Emerson poem
describing the global effect of the outbreak of
the Revolutionary War
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What is the shot heard round the world?
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This important American victory in the
Revolutionary War which prevented the British
from splitting the colonies in two
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What is the Battle of Saratoga ?
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This formal agreement which ended the
Revolutionary War
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What is the Treaty of Paris?
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This court order is Latin for "You should have
the body." to determine whether that prisoner's
detention is lawful.   
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What is the writ of habeas corpus?
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This a condition in which no governments or laws
existed at all.
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What is the state of nature?
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The rights all people have just because they are
human beings.
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What are natural rights?
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According to Locke, the power of
legitimate government comes from the governed
providing this.
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What is consent?
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This phrase describes the agreement with others
to create and live under a government and give
that government the power to make and enforce
laws.
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What is social contract?
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According to Locke, this is to protect natural
rights that the individual cannot effectively
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What is the purpose of government?
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A country in which power is held by the
people who elect representatives is said to have
this form of government
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What is a republic?
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This is a form of government the people
themselves control government by voting on all
matters
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What is direct democracy?
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This is the idea that citizens and their leaders
were willing to set aside their private interests
and personal concerns for the common good which
allows republican to work
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What is civic virtue?
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The good of the community as a whole, as
contrasted with private interests that may
conflict with public interest.
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What is the common good?
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This ism comes from ancient Greek/Roman
city-states the responsibility of citizens for
the well-being of their country.
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What is classical republicanism?
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The system used to determine the number of each
state's representatives in the U.S. House of
Representatives
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What is proportional representation?
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Any legislative branch that has two separate
bodies is said to be this
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What is bicameral?
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This clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of
the Constitution gives Congress implied powers.  
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What is the necessary and proper clause?
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This word can be used as a noun meaning a person
chosen to act for or represent others or a verb
meaning To entrust someone to represent your
interests.   
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What is delegate?
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This plan combined elements of the VA and NJ
Plans by creating two houses of Congress the
upper house by equal representation and the lower
by proportion
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What is the Great Compromise or Connecticut
Compromise?
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