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  • Game Code: 399886
  •  English    20     Public
    civics
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  • Who controls the power in a representative democracy?
    the people
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  • In a confederal system of government, who controls most of the country's power?
    the states
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  • A republic is similar to what other type of government?
    a representative democracy
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  • In a Unitary system of government, power is held in the hands of...
    the central government
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  • When a king or queen takes over all of the power within his or her country, they become....
    an absolute monarch
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  • Under a federal system of government, power is shared between the...
    the central government and the people
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  • America's 1st constitution was the Articles of Confederation. Why was this government weak
    the central government had little power
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  • What system of government is found in the United States?
    Federal
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  • Which documents addressed colonial concerns about English policies?
    Declaration of Independence
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  • Which part of the U.S. Constitution states the six purposes of government?
    Preamble
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  • a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the Americans to support indepndence
    Common Sense
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  • the English legislature
    Parliament
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  • Which amendment is associated with the following picture?
    4th Amendment
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  • The Mayflower Compact was a?
    Social Contract
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  • The Preamble says to ourselves and our posterity. What does posterity mean?
    Future generations
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  • Why was it so hard to make laws under the Articles of Confederation?
    It required 9 out of 13 states
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