Worksheet # 45 Questions                           Home

 

Divine Right         Framer                Direct Democracy           Republic           Oligarchy

Civil Rights        Natural Rights        Iroquois League        Majority Rule      Concurrent

 

1)  Belief that a person can rule over others because of GodÕs blessing:_________.

2)  Term for a person who helped draft the Constitution:_____________.

3)  A system of government in which all the people vote on whether or not to

           do something:__________________.

4)  The principle that says if more than half of the people support a law then

          all the people must accept the law:________________.

5)  A system of government in which the people vote for a person who

          will represent them in government:_____________.

6)  A system of government in which a few people rule over the many:_____________.

7)  The idea that all human beings are born with certain freedoms to act that

         cannot legitimately be taken away:______________.

8)  Freedoms that people because they are citizens of a particular society:__________.

9)  A word meaning Òrunning at the same timeÓ or Ògiven to bothÓ:________________.

10)  An agreement that governed a group of Indian tribes that required all the

           tribes to agree to any decision:____________________.

 

Thought Question:  Why did the Framers think having both a National and State

           governments was important?  Is it still important today?