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St Petersburg College Civic Literacy Exam Study Guide Solutions Democracy - ANSWER-Type of government where power is derived from the people, either directly or indirectly. Representative Democracy or Democratic Republic - ANSWER-An indirect or a representative democracy where eligible voters ...

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St Petersburg College Civic Literacy Exam

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Democracy - ANSWER✔✔-Type of government where power is derived from the people, either directly

or indirectly.


Representative Democracy or Democratic Republic - ANSWER✔✔-An indirect or a representative

democracy where eligible voters choose representatives to act on their behalf and make political

decisions.


Constitutional Democracy - ANSWER✔✔-A government that draws its legitimacy from an authoritative

document (a constitution) that defines the nation's system of government, its laws and usually the rights

of its citizens. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The Constitution describes who will make

national laws, who will enforce them and who will interpret it.


Social Contract Theory - ANSWER✔✔-The belief that people are free and equal by natural right but will

give up some freedom to give power to the government so that the government can protect their rights.


Consent of the Governed - ANSWER✔✔-The idea that our government derives its power from the

people because we elect representatives to the legislative branch of government.


Checks and Balances - ANSWER✔✔-Principle reflected in the Constitution that grants each of the three

branches (legislative, executive, and judicial) some control and scrutiny over one another.




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Separation of Powers - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the division of government branches: each with separate

independent power and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch do not conflict with the

others.


Rule of law - ANSWER✔✔-No one is above the law; Everyone must follow the laws, regardless of their

position of power. This was established by the Magna Carta in 1215. Everyone is equal under the law.


Due process of law - ANSWER✔✔-Fair treatment through the normal judicial system.


Equality under the Law - ANSWER✔✔-Equal treatment and equal protection without the guarantee of

equal outcomes.


Popular Sovereignty - ANSWER✔✔-A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.


Natural rights - ANSWER✔✔-Rights people have by virtue of being human beings; both the Declaration

of Independence and Constitution address the government's role in protecting these rights.


Federalism - ANSWER✔✔-A political system in which power is divided between a central government

and multiple constituent, provincial, or state governments.


Concurrent powers - ANSWER✔✔-Powers that are held by both the federal and the local governments

(e.g. taxing, roads, elections, lower courts).


Equal Protection Clause - ANSWER✔✔-Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to

deny to any person equal protection of the laws. This clause is the major constitutional restraint on the

power of governments to discriminate against persons because of race, national origin, or sex.




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Article I, Section 4, of the United States Constitution - ANSWER✔✔-Grants the states the authority to

determine the rules by which they elect their United States Senators and Representatives, unless the

United States Congress acts to change those rules.


Article II, Section 1, of the United States Constitution - ANSWER✔✔-Provides that the President of the

United States is elected by the Electoral College.


Electoral College - ANSWER✔✔-The president is elected by a majority of electoral votes. After an

election a group of electors chosen by each state officially cast the electoral votes for their state to

choose the President.


Voter Registration requirements in Florida - ANSWER✔✔-Be a citizen of the United States of America, a

legal resident of Florida, a legal resident of the county in which you seek to be registered, at least 16

years old to preregister or at least 18 years old to register and vote. Not be a person who has been

adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to voting in Florida or any other state without having

the right to vote restored; and, not be a person convicted of a felony without having your right to vote

restored.


County Supervisor of Elections - ANSWER✔✔-Florida has 67 counties. Each county has an elected

Supervisor, who conducts elections within his or her county.


Preamble to the Constitution - ANSWER✔✔-The opening section of the Constitution; brief introductory

statement of the fundamental purposes and guiding principles that the Constitution is meant to serve.


"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure

domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the

Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the

United States of America."

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