Civics Eoc Study Guide
EOC—STUDY GUIDE
1) The six purposes of government are to: keep order, provide security, settle conflicts, set policies, make budgets, and interact with other communities.
2) Different types of government
a. Representative Democracy – the citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf, but the people remain the source of the government’s authority.
b. Dictatorship – a government controlled by one person or a small group of people who make all decisions.
c. Federal – the sharing of power between the central and state governments.
d. Confederation – a group of individuals or state governments.
e. Parliamentary – a system of government in which both executive and legislative function reside in an elected assembly.
3) Foundations of Democracy
a. Individual worth
b. Equality
c. Majority rule and majority rights
d. Necessity of compromise
e. Individual freedom
4) Traditions of democracy in the US
a. Philosophical Bases
i. Limited Government – a government structure where any more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is prohibited by law; usually in a written consent. ii. Representative government – a form of government founded on the principles of popular sovereignty by the people’s representatives. The representatives form an independent ruling body charged with the responsibility of acting in the people’s interest. iii. Popular sovereignty – the belief that the state is created by and therefore subject to the will of its people, who are the source of all political power.
b. Historical Bases
i. Magna Carta – (Great Charter) a charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England ii. Social contract theory – the people give up some rights to a government in order to receive social order. iii. English Bill of Rights – one of the basic documents of the English constitutional law; a statement of certain negative and residential rights that citizens and/or residents of a
1) The six purposes of government are to: keep order, provide security, settle conflicts, set policies, make budgets, and interact with other communities.
2) Different types of government
a. Representative Democracy – the citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf, but the people remain the source of the government’s authority.
b. Dictatorship – a government controlled by one person or a small group of people who make all decisions.
c. Federal – the sharing of power between the central and state governments.
d. Confederation – a group of individuals or state governments.
e. Parliamentary – a system of government in which both executive and legislative function reside in an elected assembly.
3) Foundations of Democracy
a. Individual worth
b. Equality
c. Majority rule and majority rights
d. Necessity of compromise
e. Individual freedom
4) Traditions of democracy in the US
a. Philosophical Bases
i. Limited Government – a government structure where any more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is prohibited by law; usually in a written consent. ii. Representative government – a form of government founded on the principles of popular sovereignty by the people’s representatives. The representatives form an independent ruling body charged with the responsibility of acting in the people’s interest. iii. Popular sovereignty – the belief that the state is created by and therefore subject to the will of its people, who are the source of all political power.
b. Historical Bases
i. Magna Carta – (Great Charter) a charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England ii. Social contract theory – the people give up some rights to a government in order to receive social order. iii. English Bill of Rights – one of the basic documents of the English constitutional law; a statement of certain negative and residential rights that citizens and/or residents of a