NAME: ________________________
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5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- Tyranny
- Two ways to resolve conflict are...
- Confederation
- First Continental Congress
- 1215
- a Magna Carta
- b The arbitrary exercise of power by an oppressive individual or government.
- c 1. Power- The ability to influence the behavior of others usually through the use of force, persuasion, or rewards.
2. Authority- The ability to legitimately exercise power, such as the power to make and enforce laws. - d A league of independent states that are united only for the purpose of achieving common goals.
- e A gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies, held in 1774 to protest the Coercive Act.
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- Voluntary agreement among individuals to create a government and to give that government adequate power to secure the mutual protection and welfare of all individuals.
- Deals with fiscal
- 2 house based on equality
- An ongoing organization that performs certain functions for society.
- System of government in which political decisions are made by the people themselves rather than by elected representatives.
5 True/False Questions
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Anti-Federalist → Opposed
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Checks and Balances → Each of the 3 branches is given the means to restrain or balance the actions of the others.
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Representative Government:Parliament- → 2 House; Senate and House of Representatives.
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Politics → The process of resolving conflicts over how society should use its scarce resources and who should receive various benefits, such as public health care and public higher education.
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September 17, 1787 → Final draft of the constitution, and signed by the delegates.
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