Unit 2: Government
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| The U.S. Founding Fathers got the idea of what from the Greeks? | Democracy
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| What ancient civilization developed representative democracy? | Romans
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| When population is too high for everyone to cast a vote on everything to be decided upon, it’s easier to choose representatives to cast votes for a larger group. This is called ____________________________________________________. | representative democracy
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| Our Founding Fathers make reference to humans having ________________ in The Declaration of Independence written to the king of England. | Unalienable Rights
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| Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation are due to the lack of power in the _______ government. | Federal
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| One major problem with the Articles of Confederation was due to the federal government not having the ability to____________. | Tax
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| The Articles of Confederation created only what branch of government? | Legislative
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| _________________is the sharing of powers between a strong federal government and weaker state governments. | Federalism
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| Alexander Hamilton felt the federal government had the right to create a national bank. This makes him a/an____________________. | Federalist
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| The largest debate at the Constitutional Convention was over the issue of ____________ in the legislative branch. | representation
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| The creation of today’s legislative branch is the work of Connecticut delegate_________________. | Roger Sherman
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| Those who favored ratification of the new constitution were _________________. | Federalists
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| 1st Form of Government for the U.S | Articles of Confederation
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| We borrowed this form legislature from the British? | bicameral
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| The number of seats a state gets in the House of Representatives is based on ___________. | population
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| Another word for indirect democracy is ____________________. | representative democracy
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| Parliament is a ___________branch of government. | legislative
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| Leader with control over all aspects of society. Controls media and schools. Usually ruthless. | totalitarian
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| Cincinnatus was a ______________ dictator | benevolent
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| Rule by a few | oligarchy
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| King or Queen with total power | Absolute Monarchy
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| The abscence of government. | anarchy
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| Main writer of the Declaration | Jefferson
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| Father of the Constitution | Madison
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| Purpose of the Philadelphia convention was to ______ the Articles. | revise
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| This form of democracy generally works best in small communities and groups. | Direct
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| King of England during the separation. | George
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