Civics Week 2 and 3

What is the supreme law of the land?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Ten Commandments

• The Rule of Law

What does the Constitution do?

• Sets up and defines the government

• Gives citizens their rights

• Allows for the President to define laws

• Allows judges to change laws

________ is the power to make law and frame public policies.

• constitution

• legislative power

• unitary government

• parliamentary government

Which theory did monarchs use to justify their position of power?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contact Theory

What are the first three words of the Constitution?

• We the People

• In the beginning

• Fourscore and seven years ago

• When in the course of human events

Population, territory, government, and sovereignty are the defining characteristics of a(n)

• Autocracy

• State

• Nation

• Country

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people” describes a system of government in which the _____________ are (is) sovereign.

• people

• monarch

• prime minister

• president

In a __________ supreme authority rests solely with the people.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Government

• Autocracy

The dominant political unit in the world today is the...

• government

• territory

• nation

• state

Under a system of _________, the government must resign if defeated by the legislature on an important issue.

• constitution

• executive power

• unitary government

• parliamentary government