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AP Civics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is a country a constitutional country if it has a constitution? | no |
| Describe Anarchy | no gov't or laws. can exist for short periods of time. chaos and violence |
| Why is gov't necessary? | settles conflicts and provides services and security |
| How long does gov't affect your life? | birth-death |
| What is a constitutional gov't system? | rules EVERYONE must obey. people have rights |
| What do most COUNTRIES have, constitutional or totalitarian? | Constitutional |
| What system do most PEOPLE live in? | Totalitarian |
| What is a constitution on its own? | A piece of paper |
| What really enforces the rules? | the people |
| Describe a Totalitarian Gov't System | rulers are above the law, the people have few rights. |
| How do Totalitarian Systems keep power? | force, control media, control education, support wealthy people who support them |
| What is a Republic? | (constitutional) people choose their reps and heads of gov't in fair elections to make the decisions for them |
| What is a Parliamentary? | (constitutional) people choose their reps in fair elections and the reps elect the head of gov't |
| What is a Constitutional Monarchy? | (constitutional) a king or queen rules but has little or no power |
| What is a Pure Democracy? | (constitutional) everyone votes on all issues |
| What is an example of a Republic country? | USA |
| What is an example of a Parliamentary country? | Canada |
| What is an example of a Constitutional Monarchy? | Great Britain |
| What is an Oligarchy? | (totalitarian) a group makes all the decisions. Political party and military group are the two main types of groups |
| What is a Dictatorship? | (totalitarian)one person makes all the decisions. it is usually a civilian dictator or a military dictator |
| What is a Totalitarian Monarchy? | (totalitarian) a king or queen rules and make all the decisions |
| What did the Treaty of Versailles do to Germany? | controlled and punished them |
| Why did the people join the Nazi Party? | their dynamic speaker (Hitler) gave them hope for rebuilding |
| How did Hitler get all the power? | the president died so he didn't have to share power. and then he issued an emergency clause that gave him all the power |
| Why weren't the citizens upset by Hitler having all the power? | they always had done well under a single ruler and they were used to it. |
| How did Hitler plan to keep the Nazi Party going? | Through the youth |
| What did Hitler use to persuade people that what he said was right? | propaganda, association, and training |
| What are the three major religions in the world? | Christianity, Islam, and Judaism |
| What is Jihad? | a holy war |
| What are the radical Muslims trying to do? | make one major religion in the world for the sake of Allah |
| How many Muslims are radical? | less than 10% of the Muslim pop. but it is the size of 7 Nazi Germany's |
| How was the 13 colonies governed? | each colony had their own representative gov't but the final decisions still came from the king? |
| What were the colonies used for? | the good of England |
| What is a charter? | a document giving permission to create a gov't |
| What was a colonial governor? | a "mini-king" for each colony. appointed by the king |
| What effect did the British Government have on the new American Government? | we appointed trial by jury, inalienable rights, right to petition, and fair and just punishments for crimes because we did not have any of those things Great Britain rule |
| What is trial by jury | free people could not be arrested, put in prison, or forced to leave their country without a fair trial |
| What are inalienable rights? | rights that nobody could take away (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) |
| What is the right to petition? | the right to request government to improve or change laws if they are not working |
| What is fair and just punishments for crimes? | punishments must match the severity of the crime committed |
| What is a Bicameral Government? | a two-house government |
| What effect did Parliamentary Government have on our new government? | bicameral government, checks and balance, and election of the head of government |
| Describe checks and balance. | each branch of government will check and balance the others to ensure no group or person gets too much power |
| What are the two main groups in Rwanda? | Hutu and Tutsi |
| Who are the Hutu? | they came to the region during the time of Christ to farm. they make up 90% of the population |
| Who are the Tutsi? | they came to the region in 1300-1400 A.D. and make up 5% of the population. they became politically prominent under the Belgian rule |
| What is genocide? | the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. |
| When was the 1st Rwanda Genocide? | 1959 |
| What was the cause/reason of the 1st Rwanda Genocide? | the Belgians left Rwanda and the Hutu took the political power back from the Tutsi and started taking revenge on them for years of oppression |
| What sparked the Genocide of 1994? | The assassination of President Habyarimona(a hutu) on April 6th, 1994 by the Tutsi Rebels |
| How long did the killings in the Genocide of 1994 last? | 100 days |
| How many Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed in the Genocide of 1994? | 800,000 |
| How did the Genocide of 1994 end? | the Tutsi rebels re-captured Rwanda's capital, Kigali and regained control of the government |
| What is a confederation? | a loose alliance |
| What were the weakness of the Articles of Confederation? | Congress couldn't pass laws easily, there was no executive or judicial branch, no banking system, no national identity, and the government couldn't control trade between the colonies |
| Why couldn't Congress pass laws easily under the Articles of Confederation? | they needed 9/13 votes to pass important laws and 13/13 votes to change the Articles of Confederation. |
| Why was not having an executive branch a bad thing? | there was nobody to make sure the laws were carried out |
| Why was not having a judicial branch a bad thing? | there was nobody to follow through when someone broke a law |
| What was bad about not having a national banking system? | congress couldn't make states pay taxes so we couldn't pay our debts, and all the states had their own separate currency |
| What was the Virginia Plan? | each state's population would determine the number of votes in Congress |
| What was the New Jersey plan? | each state had an equal number of votes in Congress? |
| What was the Great Compromise? | the House of Representatives would be based on a states population and the Senate would be equal |
| What is a Bicameral Legislature? | there are two separate houses that make up congress |
| What was the Three-fifths Compromise? | slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person in population count for representation |
| When was the new Constitution signed? | September 17th, 1787 |
| What does ratified mean? | approved by the nation |
| Who were the federalists? | people who supported the constitution |
| Who were the Anti-federalists? | people who were opposed to the new constitution |
Created by:
Jacob Bush
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