Government Review 2/28

You will be tested on anything we have discussed in class. This is just a guide to help you study. Know more than the definition. Understand WHY the terms are important.

Types of Government

Democracy

Republic

Direct Democracy

Oligarchy

Monarchy

Dictatorship

Communism 

Representative Democracy

What type of Government does the U.S. have?

Characteristics of the State

Theories of the State

Magna Carta

Social Contract

Taxation without Representation

Continental Congress

Declaration of Independence (Why is it written, natural rights etc.)

Checks and Balances

Articles of Confederation/ Weaknesses

Constitutional Convention

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Great Compromise

3/5 compromise

Federalist

Anti-Federalist

How many states had to agree on the Constitution? 

Federalism (state/national powers)

Expressed Powers

Concurrent Powers

Reserved Powers

Where things fall under Federalism