FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV KEY TERMS

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV KEY TERMS

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Question 1: Social contract

Answer:

the idea that there is an agreement between the government and the people

Question 2: Bill of attainder

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An act of legislature declaring a person guilty of some crime and punishing them for it

Question 3: Central government

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Government which local governments exercise powers given to them by the central government

Question 4: Natural rights

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Fundamental birth rights that are seen as necessary for all humans

Question 5: Full Faith and Credit Clause

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Constitution clause requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records as valid

Question 6: Pluralist democracy

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A political system where there is more than one central power

Question 7: Republic

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A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who elect people to represent them

Question 8: Indirect Democracy

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A system of government that gives citizens the opportunity to vote for representatives who will work on their behalf

Question 9: Supermajority

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Any proposed constitutional amendment imposing a new state tax or fee must by approved by 2/3 of the voters voting in the election

Question 10: Three-Fifths Compromise

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Compromise between northern and southern states that 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation

Question 11: Grants

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Money that is given to the states from the federal government

Question 12: Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

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Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, local and state government, and public accommodations.

Question 13: Dual federalism

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A system of governance where the federal and state governments have clearly defined spheres of power

Question 14: Clean Air Act (1970)

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Factory standards created to help pollution problem by the EPA

Question 15: Reserved powers

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All powers not specifically delegated by the federal government are to be reserved for the state governments

Question 16: Block grants

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Grants awarded by the Federal government to state and local governments for broadly defined purposes

Question 17: Revenue sharing

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A government unit's apportioning a part of its tax income to other units of government

Question 18: Fiscal federalism

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division of responsibilities among federal, state, and local governments to improve economic efficiency and achieve various public policy objectives

Question 19: Slave Trade Compromise

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An agreement during the Constitutional Convention to protect slave holders

Question 20: Exclusive powers

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Powers wielded by either the federal or state governments

Question 21: Separation of powers

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The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit each branch from having total control over the other ones

Question 22: "Layer Cake" federalism

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Views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers to the national government, and give the rest to the sovereign states

Question 23: Factions

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Small organized group within a larger one

Question 24: Great (Connecticut) Compromise

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Compromise that states would have equal representation in one house and representation based on population in the other house

Question 25: Informal amendment

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Deliberate change, not to written text, but to the interpretation of the Constitution

Question 26: Anti-Federalists

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A person who opposed the adoption of the US Constitution