What is Government? Principles

What is a government?

• An entity that creates public policies

• The leadership of a country or nation that provides various protections, rights, etc.

• A group that controls land and people and writes laws that the people musts obey

• All of these can describe a government

A state must have all of the following except:

• Territory

• Democratic Elections

• Population

• Sovereignty

• Government

The purpose of the United States Constitution is set out in the Preamble.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a power that a government must possess?

• Economic Power

• Legislative Power

• Judicial Power

• Executive Power

Which of the following best describes an autocratic government, or an autocracy?

• A small group of people hold absolute power without any input from the people

• All people within a state participate in the creation of public policy

• The people select representatives to create public policy for the state

• A single person holds absolute power without any input from the people

A government where the national government creates lower levels of government to distribute responsibilities and ease the burden on the national government is a

• federal government

• unitary government

• conferederation

• dictatorship

In a presidential government,

• legislative, executive and judicial power are separate and equal to one another.

• the ruling party selects the leader, who then guides lawmaking and public policy.

• a group of states, independent of one another, join an alliance for a common cause, such as military protection or for economic reasons.

• the leader is elected separately from the lawmaking body, which each side having specific powers to balance each other.

A government that consists of several independent states that work together for common protection and benefit is called a

• presidential government

• parliamentary government

• confederation government

• unitary government

A parliamentary government can be best described as one in which

• all people work together to create public policy.

• the ruling party selects a leader that guides public policy as a part of the lawmaking body.

• a small number of people hold the power without input from the people.

• a group of independent states rely on each other for common protection or economic benefit.

Which of these best describes the government of the United States?

• indirect democracy

• federal government

• presidential government

• all of these