Government Semester Exam

What word do we use for the institution created by a society to create and enforce public policies?

• preamble
• government
• bureaucracy
• parliament

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 purposes of government?

• public services
• protection
• conflict resolution
• commerce

Which term is applied to the ability to control the actions of others?

• independence
• government
• power
• bureaucracy

What is authority?

• power that is recognized as legitimate
• the power of a nation-state to determine its form of government
• the ability to control the actions of others
• supreme authority within a specified territory

Which statement describes Karl Marx's theory about power?

• power is held by an economic elite, the people who control the "means of production"
• power is held by bureaucrats and administrators
• power is concentrated among a "power elite" of top soldiers, bureaucrats, and businesspeople
• power is distributed evenly

What is the name for the form of government where power is held by one person?

• indirect democracy, or republic
• oligarchy
• direct democracy
• autocracy

If a nation-state is invaded by another nation, which purpose has its government failed to perform?

• order
• conflict resolution
• protection
• force theory

Which of these ideas had the most influence on the American Revolution?

• the Great Awakening
• the Enlightenment
• the Renaissance
• Socialism

Consider the following sequence of events: Congress passes a bill. The president vetoes it. Congress overrides the veto. The bill becomes a law. What constitutional principle is at work?

• popular sovereignty
• federalism
• separation of powers
• checks and balances

Laid out by Article I of the Constitution, this branch of government is responsible for making laws. Which branch is it?

• the executive branch
• the legislative branch
• the judicial branch
• the fourth estate