St Petersburg College Civic Literacy Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Type of government where power is derived from the people, either directly or indirectly. - Correct Answers ✅Democracy An indirect or a representative democracy where eligible voters choose representatives to act on their behalf and make political decisions. - Correct Answers ✅Representative Democracy or Democratic Republic A government that draws its legitimacy from an authoritative document (a constitution) that defines the nation's system of government, its laws and usually the rights of its citizens. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The Constitution describes who will make national laws, who will enforce them and who will interpret it. - Correct Answers ✅Constitutional Democracy The belief that people are free and equal by natural right but will give up some freedom to give power to the government so that the government can protect their rights. - Correct Answers ✅Social Contract Theory The idea that our government derives its power from the people because we elect representatives to the legislative branch of government. - Correct Answers ✅Consent of the Governed 1 / 3
St Petersburg College Civic Literacy Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Principle reflected in the Constitution that grants each of the three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial) some control and scrutiny over one another. - Correct Answers ✅Checks and Balances
Refers to the division of government branches: each with
separate independent power and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch do not conflict with the others. - Correct Answers ✅Separation of Powers No one is above the law; Everyone must follow the laws, regardless of their position of power. This was established by the Magna Carta in 1215. Everyone is equal under the law. - Correct Answers ✅Rule of law Fair treatment through the normal judicial system. - Correct Answers ✅Due process of law Equal treatment and equal protection without the guarantee of equal outcomes. - Correct Answers ✅Equality under the Law A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. - Correct Answers ✅Popular Sovereignty 2 / 3
St Petersburg College Civic Literacy Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Rights people have by virtue of being human beings; both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution address the government's role in protecting these rights. - Correct Answers ✅Natural rights A political system in which power is divided between a central government and multiple constituent, provincial, or state governments. - Correct Answers ✅Federalism Powers that are held by both the federal and the local governments (e.g. taxing, roads, elections, lower courts). - Correct Answers ✅Concurrent powers Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person equal protection of the laws. This clause is the major constitutional restraint on the power of governments to discriminate against persons because of race, national origin, or sex. - Correct Answers ✅Equal Protection Clause Grants the states the authority to determine the rules by which they elect their United States Senators and Representatives, unless the United States Congress acts to change those rules. - Correct Answers ✅Article I, Section 4, of the United States Constitution
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