<p>Name: ______Period: ______Due Date: ______</p><p>Foundations of American Government Chapter 1: Principles of Government</p><p>Public Policy</p><p>State</p><p>Anarchy</p><p>Compromise</p><p>Confederation</p><p>Democracy</p><p>Dictatorship</p><p>Direct Democracy</p><p>Federal Government</p><p>Representative Democracy</p><p>1. What are the four characteristics of the state?</p><p>2. What are the four most widely held theories on the origin of the state?</p><p>3. List the six purposes of government found in the Preamble of the Constitution.</p><p>4. Is the US government a presidential or parliamentary government? What is the difference?</p><p>5. What are the five basic concepts of democracy? Chapter 2: Origins of American Government</p><p>Limited Government</p><p>Connecticut Compromise</p><p>Constitution</p><p>Ratification</p><p>Federalists</p><p>Anti-Federalists</p><p>1. What was the goal of the Articles of Confederation? How well did it succeed?</p><p>2. How did the nation respond to the shortcomings of the Articles?</p><p>3. What was the role of compromise in the framing of the Constitution?</p><p>4. Who were the Federalists? What was their argument in favor of the Constitution?</p><p>5. What were the main arguments used by the Anti-Federalists?</p><p>Chapter 3: The Constitution Bill of Rights</p><p>Checks and Balances</p><p>Federalism</p><p>Formal Amendment</p><p>Informal Amendment Judicial Review</p><p>Popular Sovereignty</p><p>Separation of Powers</p><p>Unconstitutional</p><p>Veto</p><p>A. Match the Principle of Democracy with its description.</p><p>1. Popular Sovereignty - Each branch is subject to constitutional restraints by the other branches. 2. Limited Government - Powers are distributed among the three branches Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. 3. Separation of Powers - self-governing. 4. Checks and Balances - The division of power between the central government and the several regional governments. 5. Judicial Review - The government and its leaders are always subject to the law. 6. Federalism -The power of the judicial branch to determine the constitutionality of an action of government.</p><p>B. Interpreting Diagrams (Page 58) 1. Which branch of government can declare an act of Congress to be unconstitutional?</p><p>2. How may Congress check a presidential veto?</p><p>3. What powers do the President and Congress have over the appointment of Supreme Court justices?</p><p>4. Which branch of government has the power to make law?</p><p>5. Who has the power to remove judges and how do they do it?</p><p>C. What does the Bill of Rights guarantee? Chapter 4: Federalism</p><p>Inherent Powers</p><p>Interstate Compact</p><p>Expressed Powers</p><p>Extradition</p><p>Block Grant</p><p>Supremacy Clause</p><p>Implied Power</p><p>Grants-in-aid Programs</p><p>1. What are two obligations of the nation to the states?</p><p>2. Give an example of how the federal government gives aid to the states. Give an example of how the states aid the federal government.</p><p>Chapter 5: Political Parties Coalition</p><p>Independent</p><p>Major Party</p><p>Minor Party Multi-party System</p><p>Two-party System</p><p>Single-member District</p><p>Split-ticket Voting</p><p>1. What is the most important role of minor parties in the US?</p><p>2. What are the three elements of a political party?</p><p>3. What does it mean to say that the two major parties are more election-oriented than issue-oriented?</p><p>Chapter 8: Mass Media and Public Opinion Public Opinion</p><p>Mandate</p><p>Interest Group</p><p>Public Opinion Poll</p><p>Straw Poll</p><p>Mass Media</p><p>1. In what two areas does the media have its greatest impact?</p><p>2. What limits exist on the impact of mass media?</p>