10 Questions
What is the form of democracy where citizens vote firsthand?
Direct Democracy
Which economic system involves colonies existing to make a favorable balance of trade for the mother country?
Mercantilism
What is a group of people that make laws called?
Legislature
What is the notion that power lies with the people?
Popular Sovereignty
What is the action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act?
Repeal
What was the Great Compromise?
The establishment of a bicameral Congress with the Senate and House of Representatives
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The compromise that said 3 out of 5 slaves would count as part of a state's population
What is the Electoral College?
A body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the President
What is Federalism?
The breaking of the government into Federal and State levels
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution (until a Bill of Rights was added)
Study Notes
- Representative Democracy: A form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
- Common Law: Legal system based on precedent and customs.
- Popular Sovereignty: Notion that power lies with the people.
- Democracy: Form of government where citizens hold the power to rule.
- Direct Democracy: Voting system where citizens make decisions directly.
- Authoritarian: Government led by a single leader or group with absolute power.
- Legislature: Group of people making laws.
- Social Contract: Agreement between government and people for obedience to laws.
- Puritans: 16th-century Protestant group demanding simplified doctrine.
- Indentured Servants: People agreeing to work in exchange for passage to the New World.
- Triangular Trade: Trade pattern between America, Africa, and Europe during colonial times.
- Mercantilism: Economic system focusing on favorable balance of trade.
- Boycott: Refraining from buying or using products as a form of protest.
- Repeal: Act of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
- Constitution: Document outlining the US system of government with 7 articles and 27 amendments.
- Bicameral: Legislature consisting of two parts, Senate and House of Representatives.
- Ratify: Give formal consent to something, like the Constitution.
- Great Compromise: Introduced by Roger Sherman, created a bicameral Congress.
- Three-Fifths Compromise: Every 5 slaves counted as 3 whites in a state's population.
- Electoral College: Body of people casting votes for the President.
- Federalism: Breaking the government into Federal and State levels.
- Federalists: Supporters of the Constitution.
- Citizen: Community member with loyalty to the government and entitled to protection.
- Naturalization: Legal process for obtaining citizenship.
- Alien: Non-citizen.
- Immigrant: Person moving permanently to a new country.
- Deport: Sending an alien or immigrant back to their country.
- Government: Governing body of a nation, state, or community.
- Republic: Representative government, famously known from the Roman Senate.
- Monarchy: Government led by a single person, usually by birthright.
- Totalitarian: System controlling almost every aspect of people's lives.
- Precedent: Ruling used as a basis for a judicial decision.
- Natural Rights: Freedoms relating to life, liberty, and property.
- Anti-Federalists: People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added.
Test your knowledge of different forms of government and legal systems with this quiz. Explore concepts such as representative democracy, common law, popular sovereignty, direct democracy, authoritarianism, and legislature.
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