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This government has representatives elected by the people to vote on laws. next
What is a republic? $100
This is the absence of government. next
What is anarchy? $200
The ruler controls all aspects of life, often times tied to the divine right of kings. next
What is an absolute monarchy? $300
Political system based on distinct levels of lords, nobles and serfs. next
What is feudalism? $400
Government by a small group. next
What is an oligarchy? $500
A Bill of Rights serves to secure the minority against the abuse and tyranny of the majority. next
What are Anti- Federalists? $100
This country should never split into a number of unsocial, jealous and alien sovereignties. next
What are Federalists? $200
The energy in the executive branch is a leading characteristic in the definition of good government. next
What are Federalists? $300
The federal government should be clothed with the powers necessary to complete execution of trust. next
What are Federalists? $400
I am against inserting a declaration of rights in the Constitution. If such an addition is not dangerous, it is at least unnecessary. next
What are Federalists? $500
States should retain much of the power in the government. next
What are Anti- Federalists? $100
Blamed for the failure of the Articles of Confederation. next
Who are the Anti- Federalists? $200
Believed in a powerful national government that could act with force and unity. next
Who are the Federalists? $300
Local governments will be more responsive to the needs of the people. next
Who are the Anti- Federalists? $400
There will be too few representatives for too many people. next
Who are Anti- Federalists? $500
A citizen is entitled to all rights as long as they don’t infringe on others. next
What is individual rights? $100
People are the source of government power. next
What is popular sovereignty? $200
Dividing the power in the government among three branches. next
What is the separation of powers? $300
Government is not all powerful. Its acts should be willed by the people. next
What is limited government? $400
Citizens are bound by an agreement to obey laws and their rights are guaranteed. next
What is republicanism? $500
In this government, the people vote on all laws. next
What is a direct democracy? $100
Each branch of the government is subject to restraint by the other two. next
What is checks and balances? $200
This was the document that failed and led to the writing of the Constitution. next
What is the Articles of Confederation? $300
The national government has powers listed in the Constitution- all others belong to the states. next
What is Federalism? $400
This was later added to the Constitution to guarantee civil liberties of the people against the power of the government. next
What is the Bill of Rights? $500
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Final Jeopardy Today ’ s Category: The Constitution next
Name the two reasons the Federalists gave for not wanting to add the Bill of Rights. next
What is the belief that the Constitution was a Bill of Rights and their fear to limit our rights to a specific bill? next
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This type of art was grand and ornate. next
What is baroque? $200
This type of art was inspired from classical Greece and Rome and emphasized balance and order. next
$400 What is neoclassical? $400
This composer began in classical style, but later began the trend into the Age of Romanticism. next
Who is Beethoven? $600 $600
An example of this style of art would be the palace of Versailles. next
What is baroque? $800
An example of this style of art would be a piano. next
What is neoclassical? $1000
This means “absolute ruler.” next
What is a despot? $200
Monarchs who embraced the new ideas and made reforms became known as this. next
What are enlightened despots? $400
This Prussian ruler was influenced by Voltaire and called himself a “servant of the state.” next
Who is Frederick II? $600
Known as the most radical of the enlightened despots, this Austrian monarch required peasants be paid in cash. next
Who is Joseph II? $800
This Russian ruler was most admired by philosophers, but changed her reform movement after a serf uprising. next
Who is Catherine the Great? $1000
This type of writing began during the Enlightenment. next
What is a novel? $200
This is the author who wrote Robinson Crusoe. next
Who is Daniel Defoe? $400
In this novel, a young servant girl refuses the advances of her master. next
What is Richardson’s Pamela? $600
Though publication was delayed by the Church, Denis Diderot published the most current Enlightenment information in this. next
What is the Encyclopedia ? $800
This was a huge contributor in the spreading of ideas in the Enlightenment. next
What is media? $1000
English Parliament passed this to prevent colonists from selling to any nation except Britain. next
What are the Navigation Acts? $200
This required colonists to pay tax on printed materials. next
What is the Stamp Act? $400
This was drafted by the colonists on July 4, 1776, declaring themselves free from British control. next
What is the Declaration of Independence? $600
Enlightenment ideas greatly influenced the American Revolution and especially this author of the Declaration of Independence. next
Who is Thomas Jefferson? $800
One can see the influence of the Enlightenment on the Declaration of Independence by it declaring Britain’s failure to protect these. next
What are the Rights of Man? $1000
This document, which was later scrapped, gave most power to individual states and gave little power to a central government. next
What is the Articles of Confederation ? $200
These were the group who supported the passage of the Constitution and believed in a strong central government. next
Who are Federalists? $400
This was added to appease the Anti- Federalists into passing the Constitution. next
What are the Bill of Rights? $600
The legislative, executive and judicial branches of government were added to provide this, which prevents one branch from becoming too powerful. next
What are checks and balances? $800
Of the 13 colonies, this many were needed to approve the passage of the Constitution. next
What are 9? $1000
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Final Jeopardy Today ’ s Category: Bill of Rights
Name three rights protected in the Bill of Rights. next
What are freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, or the due process of law. next
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