Government 2305 Test 1

What is the foundation of our legal structure?

• three branches of government

• federal constitution

• state constitutions

• the president

When the power is in the hands of an elite few.

• oligarchy

• autocracy

• democracy

• authoritarian

Type of government America has.

• socialism

• dictatorship

• constitutional democracy

• federalism

Thomas Hobbes in his 1651 book "Leviathan" argued what theory?

• social contract between an absolute monarch and the people. They give up rights for his protection.

• social contract that allows the people to elect their monarch

• social contract that protects the rights of the people and the monarch

Who wrote the "Two Treatises of Government" that supports a social contract that protects people's' natural rights.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• Isaac Newton

What is political culture?

• democrats' thoughts and beliefs about the government

• republiams' thoughts and beliefs about the government

• congress's thought and beliefs about the government

• the people's collective thought and beliefs about the government

What is the most essential quality of American values?

• liberty

• freedom

• life

• power

What is "consent of the governed"?

• People are the source of any and all governmental power

• Congress is the source of any and all governmental power

• The President is the source of any and all governmental power

• The Supreme Court is the source of any and all governmental power

Rousseau's belief that the people have the right to rule.

• democracy

• popular sovereignty

• liberty

• natural rights

Divine Rights of Kings

• Bousett's theory that the authority of kings comes directly from God.

• Bousett's theory that the authority of kings comes directly from the people.

• Bousett's theory that the authority of kings comes directly from Congress.