Chapter 1 Section 1 American Government

Government is

• a political community made up by group of people that lives within a defined territory

• formal structures and institutions through which decisions are made for a body of people

• idea that rulers are directly ascended from God

Which characteristic defines a state

• made up of a territory with a certain population

• there is a government that is recognized by the people

• there is a sovereign power within its territory

• all

What function of government is most concerned with protecting a nation's people from external threat?

• ensuring national security

• providing services

• providing for the public good

• resolving conflct

There was a bipartisan compromise when Congress voted on the new taxation laws. This is an example of what function of government?

• ensuring national security

• maintaining order

• providing services to its citizens

• resolving conflict

Which theory states that a ruler's power stems directly from the will of God?

• natural rights

• social contract

• divine right of kings

• natural laws

Who argued that the people need a government that will protect their inalienable rights and if they fail to protect those rights then the people have a right to form a new government?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Payne

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

Thomas Hobbes stated

• all people are born evil

• there needs to be laws to protect us from each other

• he believed in a state of nature

• all of the above