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Chapter 1 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are Regimes? | A government that is in power |
| What is Ideology? | A body of ideas about life and society |
| What is Government? | The institution through which a society makes and enforces its laws |
| What is Public Policy? | Laws |
| What are the 3 branches of government? | legislative, executive, judicial |
| How many House of Representatives are there? | 435 |
| What is another name for the legislative branch? | congress |
| What does the legislative branch have the power to do? | make law |
| How many senates are there in the United States? | 100 |
| How many senates do each state have? | 2 |
| What does the executive branch have the power to do? | enforce laws made by congress |
| Who is in the executive branch? | President, Governor, and Mayor |
| What does the Judicial branch have the power to do? | interpret laws made by congress |
| What branch are the Supreme Court and Federal Court System in? | Judicial |
| What is a dictatorship? | the power is held by one person or a small group of people |
| What is totalitarian? | it's when the government controls one's day to day life |
| What is Democracy? | supreme authority rests with the people |
| What are the 4 characteristics of a state? | population, territory, sovereignty, and government |
| What is state sovereignty? | a state that has the supreme power within its own territory |
| What are the 4 theories of a state? | Force Theory, Evolution Theory, Divine Rights of Kings Theory,Social Contract Theory |
| What is a constitution? | a body of laws setting out the principles, structures, and process of government |
| What is the US government contract? | Form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty |
| What is a democracy? | supreme political authority is in the hand of the people |
| Who rules is a democracy? | the people rule |
| What is a direct democracy? | all citizens meet to discuss government matters |
| What is Majority Rule? | more than half the people have the power to make laws that all must obey |
| What is an indirect democracy? | citizens vote for representatives that makes laws and govern on their behalf |
| What is another name for an indirect democracy? | Republic |
| What is a dictatorship? | power is held by one person or a small group of people |
| What are the 2 types of dictatorship? | autocracy and oligarchy |
| What is an autocracy? | a single person having absolute power |
| What is an oligarchy? | a small group of people having absolute power |
| What is the oldest form of government known to man? | Dictatorship |
| How do dictators stay in power? | police or military force |
| What is monarchy? | being ruled by a king or queen |
| What is an absolute monarch? | king or queen having absolute power |
| What is constitutional monarchy? | the power of the king or queen being limited by the country's constitution |
| What is theocracy? | laws that are based on religion |
| What is a centralized government? | all powers held by the government belong to a single central location |
| What is centralized government also called? | Unitary government |
| What is federal government? | the powers of government are divided between a national government and several state governments |
| What do all 50 states have? | their own government |
| What is a confederate government? | an alliance of independent states (countries) |
| What do all the states keep in a confederate government? | their identities |
| What is a presidential government? | the president is elected by the people not congress |
| In a parliamentary government, how do you stay in office? | by having the confidence of the majority |
| What does B.C. stand for? | Before Christ |
| What does A.D. stand for? | Anno Domini |
| What is anno domini Latin for? | year of the lord, Christ Birth |
| What does B.C.E. stand for? | Before Common Era |
| What does C.E. stand for? | Common Era |
| What does Demokratia mean? | rule by the people |
| What type of government was Athens? | direct democracy |
| Who could vote in Greek democracy? | Men 18+ |
| What are patricians? | the rich upper class |
| What are plebeians? | common folk |
| What is a consul? | head of state (president) |
| How many consuls did Rome have? | 2 |
| Who was in the Rome senate? | elected patricians and plebeians |
| What is feudalism? | lords protecting citizens in exchange for citizens loyalty, military service, and crops |
| How long did feudalism last? | about 1000 years |
| What is a vassal? | a lesser lord who owed allegiance to a higher ranking lord |
| What is an example of a vassal? | a knight |
| What is a serf? | peasants who were bound to the land they farmed |
| When was the Roman Catholic Church started? | upon death of Jesus at Jerusalem in about 33 AD |
| How long did the Roman Empire persecute Christians? | 300 years |
| When did the Roman Emperor Constantine convert to Christianity? | 312 AD |
| Who legalized Christianity in 313 AD? | Edict of Milan |
| Who made the catholic church the only religion in 380 AD? | Theodosius |
| Who ruled the Holy Roman Empire in 800-1806? | the pope |
| When was the black plague? | 1340s |
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