Civics Study Guide (plus A.P.)- Semester Final This is a list of things to be sure to study for the Semester Final. It dor not contain every possible topic that may be included on the exam! This is a strong reminder on these particular topics. The most important study guides are your notes, past tests and the workbook. If you spend reasonable amount of time studying those as guides I am confident you will do very well on the exam. (Chapters 1,2,3,4,5 and 7) 1.) Citizenship, diversity, shared values, unity and institutions that promote shared values. 2.) Path to Citizenship; birth or naturalization, types of aliens in the USA 3.) What is government, what are its functions, levels and types (democracy, oligarchy, monarchy etc.). 4.) Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, who were they and what did they have to say? 5.) English Heritage; Magna Carta, Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights. 6.) Graph on pg.34 of the text. 7.) What were the Mayflower Compact and the Orders of Connecticut. 8.) 2 types of English colonies in N. America 9.) Why did slavery flourish in the South and what was Indentured Servitude? 10.) What was egalitarianism? 11.) What is Mercantilism? 12.) What were the Stamp Act, Townsend Act, and Intolerable Acts? ( " No taxation without representation") 13.) Four Parts of the Declaration of Independence. 14.) Articles of Confederation; why did they fail and did they have any successes? 15.) What does the phrase, "well bred, well fed and well read, refer to? 16.) What were the biggest compromises made at the Constitutional convention? 17.) What are the 3 parts of the U.S. Constitution? 18.) Amending the Constitution ( FORMAL AND INFORMAL) 19.) What are the 5 fundamental principles in the Constitution? 20.) Three types of power in our Federal system 21.) The rights in the 1st , 4th, 5th ( eminent domain) , 6th and 8th amendments. 22.) What are the Civil Rights/War Amenndments 23.) Chart on pg. 153 24.) Chart on pg.181, 186, 201 and 203. (NOT ON THE TEST!) ******* 25.) Judicial Review 26.) Chapter 7 (Sections 1 & 2); Concentrate on Section One-Pres. Succession. 27.) What is an Executive Agreement? 28.) Impeachment, what is it, how does it work? TURNOVER TO REVERSE SIDE