US Government Honors Certification Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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US Government Honors
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US Government Honors
Government - ANS the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public
policies
Constitution - ANS the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and
processes of a government
divine right of kings - ANS God created the state and gave those with royal ...
US Government Honors Certification Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Government - ANS ✔✔ the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies Constitution - ANS ✔✔ the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government divine right of kings - ANS ✔✔ God created the state and gave those with royal blood the right to rule social contract theory - ANS ✔✔ people agreed to give up power to the state as much power as was needed to promote safety and well being in the state force theory - ANS ✔✔ one person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to submit to that persons evolutionary theory - ANS ✔✔ state developed naturally out of the early family, where one person was the lead of the government characteristics of a state - ANS ✔✔ population, territory, sovereignty, government indirect (representative) democracy - ANS ✔✔ an eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them Totalitarian - ANS ✔✔ exercise complete power of nearly every aspect of human affairs Theocracy - ANS ✔✔ A government controlled by religious leaders Federal Government - ANS ✔✔ powers are divided between a central government and several local governments Unitary Government - ANS ✔✔ a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency Presidential Government - ANS ✔✔ separation of powers between executive and legislative branches Parliamentary Government - ANS ✔✔ people who elect members of a parliament, parliament elects prime minister Limited Government - ANS ✔✔ government is restricted in what it may do, every individual has rights that the government cant take Representative Government - ANS ✔✔ the government should serve the will of the people What was our first official Government? - ANS ✔✔ 2nd Continental Congress What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? - ANS ✔✔ - lack of power, 9/13 votes, can only be changed with consent of all 13 states Who were the framers? - ANS ✔✔ delegates who attended the constitutional convention Connecticut Compromise - ANS ✔✔ Bicameral Congress, smaller senate, representation based on states population legislative power - ANS ✔✔ the power to make laws
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