Government True/False
A Junta is a peaceful way for a new government to come into authority
F
A Theocracy can only exist within a dictatorship
F
A democracy is when a small group rules the country
F
A government can be both a monarchy and an anarchy at the same time
F
A state can't have less than 30,000 people
F
Sovereignty means that you have to check with someone about you
F
The articles of confederation were easy to change
F
Under the articles of confederation a president would lead the country
F
Under the articles of confederation, congress could pass laws and force states to follow them
F
Under the articles of confederation, states with more people got more votes in congress
F
Under the constitution, a change to the constitution must be approved by all states
F
Under the constitution, etc state gets two votes in the Senate and the House of Representatives
F
A Monarchy is led by a Kind or Queen
T
A democracy can have representative and direct characteristics at the same time
T
A monarchy can be like a dictatorship or it can be part of a democracy
T
According to the Pilgrim leaders, they drafted the Mayflower Compact in order to help govern themselves
T
According to the natural rights philosophy, the main purpose of government is to protect individual rights
T
An oligarchy can include representative democracy
T
Anarchy is when nobody is in charge
T
Anti-federalists objected to the proposed Constitution because they believed that it placed too much power in the national government
T
Direct democracy is when citizens participate in lawmaking themselves
T
In a dictatorship, citizens often have no power
T
In the debate over representation in congress, the Virginia plan advocated proportional representation while the New Jersey plan wanted equal representation of the states
T
The 50 states that make up the USA are not considered independent "states"
T
The Magna Carta included the important constitutional principle that established government based on the rule of law
T
The boundaries of a territory can change
T
The constitution requires each state to treat citizens of other states the same as it treats its own citizens
T
The constitution says that the laws passed by congress are superior to laws passed by the states
T
To say that the rights of life, liberty, and property are unalienable means that stye cannot be given up or take away
T
Under the articles of confederation, congress did not have the authority to collect taxes
T
Under the articles of confederation, states would be independent
T
a Theocracy can co-exist with democracy
T
a Theocracy can co-exist with monarchy
T
an oligarchy can be like a dictatorship
T
in a Theocracy, God and religious law are the government authority
T