FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV - UNIT 1 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV - UNIT 1 EXAM

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Question 1: custom and usage

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A usage is a repetition of acts whereas custom is the law or general rule that arises from such repetition

Question 2: revenue sharing

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A law providing for the distribution of a fixed amount or share of federal tax revenues to the states for spending on almost any government purpose - ex) tolls

Question 3: constitutional democracy

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A govt system in which political authority is defined, limited, and distributed by a constitution

Question 4: checks and balances

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Authority shared by 3 branches of government to prevent an abuse of power from one branch - ex) judicial review, President's power to veto

Question 5: extradition

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Legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to officials of the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed

Question 6: plurality

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Dispersion of power among the politically active group, there is no majority in government

Question 7: bicameralism

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A lawmaking body made up of 2 chambers or parts - ex) the legislative branch of our government

Question 8: direct primary

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An election in which voters choose candidates to run on a party's ticket in a subsequent election for public office

Question 9: block grants

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A large sum of money granted by the national government to a regional government with only general provisions as to the way it is to be spent

Question 10: impeachment

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Charges against a president approved by a majority of the House of Representatives which leads to a removal from office

Question 11: separation of powers

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Constitutional authority is shared by 3 different branches of government (legislative, judicial, executive) - No branch should be able to have too much power because they can check each other's power

Question 12: social capital

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the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively

Question 13: popular consent

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The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs

Question 14: preemption

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The right of a federal law or regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation

Question 15: anti-federalists

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Those who favor a weaker national government (states righters) Patrick Henry, Jefferson

Question 16: unitary system

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a sovereign state governed as a single entity. The central government is supreme, and the administrative divisions exercise only powers that the central government has delegated to them

Question 17: necessary and proper clause

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Part of Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to its duties, and which has permitted Congress to exercise powers not specifically given to it (enumerated) by the Constitution

Question 18: connecticut compromise

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Aka Great Compromise. Plan to have a popularly elected house based on state population and a state selected senate, with 2 members for each state NJ wanted one vote per state, VA wanted representation based on population

Question 19: concurrent powers

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the power shared by the federal and state governments

Question 20: unfunded mandate

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A statute or regulation that requires a state or local government to perform certain actions, yet provides no money for fulfilling the requirements

Question 21: constitutionalism

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constitutional government

Question 22: judicial review

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The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

Question 23: majority

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The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election, needed to pass new laws

Question 24: commerce clause

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Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes."

Question 25: devolution revolution

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The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states

Question 26: full faith and credit clause

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addresses the duties that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state."