Founding Principles

Limited Government: The government is NOT all powerful.

• True

• False

The government can only do what the ______ give it the ability/power to do.

• people

• president

• courts

• military

The government’s power comes from:

• the people

• the military

• the president

• the courts

Under the principle republicanism how are representatives chosen?

• To choose or select representatives by voting.

• To remove representatives from office.

• To write new laws directly.

• To appoint representatives without voting.

What does it mean to hold representatives 'accountable'?

• To make sure representatives are responsible for their actions and decisions.

• To allow representatives to do whatever they want without consequences.

• To ignore the actions and decisions of representatives.

• To reward representatives regardless of their performance.

When our representatives do something we don’t like, what can we do to hold them accountable?

• Vote them out!

• Ignore their actions

• Send them anonymous letters

• Give them a raise

In Checks and Balances: Each branch of government (legislative, executive, judicial) can ______ the power of others.

• limit

• ignore

• increase

• share

To balance the power, branches make ______ on each other’s actions.

• checks

• laws

• treaties

• votes

In Separation of Powers we place limits on each other's power

• True

• False

The 3 levels of government are National, State, and _____.

• Local

• Federal

• Regional

• Provincial