Reading Guide 3.4 – Principles Underlying the Constitution Name ______
(Pages 85 – 90)
1. What are the five principles of government?
2. How did the framers define republic?
3. What is a representative democracy?
4. Define popular sovereignty:
5. Name two American documents that promote popular sovereignty.
6. The will of the ______is expressed through ______.
7. What is meant by the term “limited government?”
8. Describe the English government prior to the Magna Carta?
9. What is rule of law?
10. What philosopher created the idea of separation of powers?
11. What is created by the concept of separation of powers?
12. What principle prevents one branch from becoming too powerful?
13. Examine the checks and balances chart:
a. How can the executive branch check on the legislative branch?
b. How can the judicial branch check on the legislative branch?
14. Define federalism:
15. Powers specifically given to the national government are called ______, or ______powers.
16. What level of government is given reserved powers?
17. Give three examples of reserved powers:
18. What are concurrent powers?
19. Give four examples of concurrent powers:
20. What does the supremacy clause state?
21. The US Constitution is both ______and ______.
22. The US Constitution gives our representatives ______yet at the same time sets ______so that Americans do not have the fear ______.