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The characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors.

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Heritage

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A love for one’s country and loyalty to that country.

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Patriotism

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The first foundational civil ordinance.

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Capital punishment

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According to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism.

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Freedom

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The upper house of Parliament.

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House of Lords

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The lower house of Parliament.

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House of Commons

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The upper house of Congress.

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Senate

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The lower house of Congress.

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House of Representatives

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A proposed new law.

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Bill

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A private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates.

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Caucus

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A group of people elected by the citizens of each state in order to elect a presidential candidate.

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Electoral College

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Commands by the President which have the force of law.

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Executive Orders

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A panel of advisers made up by the heads of the executive departments.

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Cabinet

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A large, complex organization made up of appointed officials.

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Bureaucracy

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The highest number of votes won, but less than a majority.

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Plurality

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What is represented above the head of the chief justice of the Supreme Court?

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The Ten Commandments

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What word that literally means “the people rule”?

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Democracy

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What was the greatest influence on the English nation?

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The Bible

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What became the model for the colonial legislatures and for the U.S. Congress?

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Parliament

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Which article in the Constitution established the executive branch?

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Article II

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From whom did the idea of separation of powers originate?

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Charles de Montesquieu*

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What term refers to a temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill?

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Conference Committee

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What special group of judges that presides over cases arising out of government agency decisions?

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Administrative-law judges

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Which amendment allows a President to be elected to only two terms and to serve for no more than 10 years?

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22nd Amendment

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What is it called when the government annually spends more than it receives in revenue?
Deficit Spending
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Who wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner"?
Francis Scott Key
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Who became the first black America to achieve the rank of four-star general?
Daniel "Chappie" James
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In what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited authority and usually inherit his position?
Absolute Monarchy
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What word literally means "to rule by oneself"?
Autocracy
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In what form of government does the ruler maintain absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of the individual to the state?
Totalitarian Dictatorship
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What event had an immeasurable effect upon the unity of the colonists and helped prepare them for future political, economic, and religious liberty?
The Great Awakening
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Who was the member of Parliament that supported the American colonists?
Edmund Burke
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Who was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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What became America's first national constitution?
Articles of Confederation
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Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
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In which article of the Constitution is the Constitution described as the "supreme law of the land"?
Article IV
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How long is a presidential term?
Four Years
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Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?
President Pro Tempore
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This is not part of the process of how a bill becomes a law?
Vetoed by a Committee
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What kind of representative votes according to his personal judgment rather than the views of his constituency?
Trustee
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What powers are given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution?
Expressed Powers
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What are the Constitutional qualifications for the office of President?
Natural-born citizen, U.S. resident for at least 14 years, at least 35 years old
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Three of the primary roles of the President are:
Commander in chief, chief legislator, chief of state.
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What kind of government agency has a single function and reports directly to the President?
Independent Executive Agency
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_________________ promises success and prosperity to those who meditate on God's laws and obey them.
Joshua 1:8
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A form of government in which God Himself rules personally or through chosen representatives is called ______________
Theocracy
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A ______________ is a non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions.
Common Law
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The ____________ was the first representative assembly in the colonies.
House of Bugessess
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_______________________ wrote a famous work on the laws of England that explained the concepts of natural law and revealed law.
William Blackstone
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______________________ wrote the final draft of the Constitution.
Gouverneur Morris
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The ___________________ combined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plans in establishing the national legislature.
The Great Compromise
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__________________ refers to the division of power between the national and state governments.
Federalism
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To ______________________ is to draw voting district boundaries so as to purposely favor the party in power.
Gerrymander
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Only the ____________________ may introduce revenue and appropriations bills in Congress.
House of Representatives
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The ________________________ for the Presidency is on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November every fourth year.
General Election Day
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As __________________ the President has the power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court.
Chief Executive
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_________________ have been created to regulate specific areas of American life.
Regulatory Agencies
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By interfering with basic freedoms and discovering initiative, ______________________________ has generally hindered productivity and prosperity and has threatened the endurance of the American heritage.
Government Bureaucracy
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__________________ was the first person to become Vice President by being nominated by the President and approved by Congress.
Gerald Ford
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Placed the king under the law for the first time in English history.
Magna Carta
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Strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689.
English Bill of Rights
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Forerunner to the written constitution in America.
Mayflower Compact
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Cut off all trade between the American colonies and England and removed the colonies from the "King's Protection."
Prohibitory Act
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Formulated the basic ideas of Communism.
Karl Marx
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He laid the foundation for the right to trial by jury.
Henry II
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He convened the Model Parliament.
Edward I
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The "Father of the Constitution."
James Madison
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The first to put Communism into practice on a large scale.
Vladimir Lenin
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Established the legislative branch.
Article I
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Describes the relationship between states and central government.
Article IV
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Gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers.
"Necessary and Proper" Clause.
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The proportional distribution of Congressional seats among the states.
Apportionment
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The central government is subordinate to the states.
Confederacy
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Rejection of a bill by the President.
Veto
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Largest organization within the Executive Office of the President.
Office of Management and Budget.

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