According to your text, what constitutes being a good citizen?
a. According to the authors, good citizenship requires political knowledge and
political
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b.
2.) Government has to do with ________ while political science has to do with behavior.
3.) What is a totalitarian leader?
a. Totalitarianism and tyranny: authoritarianism is absence of critical control
over government; the government is not expected to represent the people,
and the institutions of government do not give people a voice in who their
leaders are.
b. Two characteristics of totalitarian regime: no expectation for government
to represent people; and institutions don’t let people choose their leaders.
America is a representative democracy, which you will never find in an
authoritarian regime.
c. Any sole ruler not required to give an account of himself and rules over
subjects all equal/superior to himself to suit his own interest. (Aristotle’s
definition of tyranny)
d. Tyranny and authoritarianism go hand it hand.
e. Authoritarian: a system of rule in which the government recognizes no
formal limit by may nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social
institutions
f. Even further than authoritarian=totalitarian.
g. Totalitarian: a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal
limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions
that might challenge it
h.
4.) What does sarin gas do to a human?
5.) What is an autocracy? Which modern state is an autocracy?
6.) What is a democracy? Which modern state is a democracy? When does democracy
best function according to your text?
7.) What is an oligarchy? Which modern state is an oligarchy?
a. Oligarchy: a form of government in which a small group—landowners,
military officers, or wealthy merchants—controls most of the governing
decisions
8.) What is the definition of politics?
a. Politics: conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of governments
b. Who gets what, when and how
c. Politics: the process of making collective decisions, usually by government,
to allocate public resources and to create and enforce the laws of society.
d. Politics: the process of people trying to influence the institutions that affect
their lives. Voting, joining groups, protesting—3 ways we can participate in
politics.
e. Wealthier/more educated people participate in government more than
lower-class people; wealthy people may feel as if they have more to lose. The
educated know what’s at stakes and how important voting is.
9.) Which President created the New Deal?
a. FDR
10.) Which President created the Great Society?
a. Lyndon B. Johnson
11.) What were the key factors in the Boston Massacre?
THE CONSTITUTION
12.) What were the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
a. Didn’t give enough power to a central government
13.) Which acts constituted the Townshend Acts and what did they do?
14.) What is the significance of the Bill of Rights?
15.) Why were the antifederalists opposed to the ratification of the U.S.
Constitution?
16.) What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?
17.) What was the significance of the New Jersey Plan, the Virginia Plan and the
Great Compromise?
18.) What are the governing documents of the United States?
19.) What are the Federalist Papers?
20.) What were the objections to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
21.) What are the Articles in the US Constitution?
a. I Legislative, II Executive, III Judicial
22.) How many Amendments are in the Constitution?
a. 27
23.) What is the Bill of Rights?
a. 1
st 10 amendments to Constitution dealing w individual freedom
24.) How does the Constitution limit the power of the national government?
a. Checks and balances between the 3 branches
25.) What is political culture?
a. Political culture: commonly shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about
how government should operate.
b.
FEDERALISM
26.) What is the definition of federalism?
a. Federalism: a system of government in which power is divided, by a
constitution, between a central government and regional government
b.
27.) What clauses are used to justify Federalism?
28.) What court cases outline Federalism?
29.) What are the enumerated powers, reserved powers and concurrent powers?
30.) What are the three classifications of mandates?
31.) What is the supremacy clause and what is derived from it?
32.) What are the types of governmental power sharing?
CONGRESS
33.) What practice is allowed only in the Senate?
a. Filibuster
34.) What is the term of changing a bill in the committees and subcommittees?
35.) What are the different types of committees?
36.) What role does each type play in Congress?
37.) What are the two requirements for budgetary bills?
38.) What are continuing resolutions?
39.) What are the procedures for the impeachment process?
40.) What are the requirements for running for Congress?
41.) What is the structure of Congress?
42.) What is germane?
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