Amer Gov - Purposes & Origins of Government

Which of the following is not a function of our government?

• Keep Order

• Provide leadership

• Provide Church Services

• Provide Security

Which of the following is not an example of Providing Security?

• Preventing Crime

• Protecting Citizens from foreign attacks.

• Making sure our military is properly equipped

• Building a library.

Which of the following is not an example of Keeping Order?

• Passing traffic laws

• Conducting Foreign Relations

• Enforcing traffic laws

• Establishing Courts

Which of the following is not an example of Providing Services?

• Providing Libraries

• Providing Parks

• Proving Water and Utilities

• Managing the Economy

Which is an example of our government providing economic security?

• Regulatig conditions under which banks can take control of homes when owners fail to pay their mortgage

• Building a strong navy

• Writing a traffic ticket

• Building a nature trail to walk on

What it is government?

• An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control

• A group of people who collect taxes to help pay for their luxury vehicles

• An organization whose goal is to prepare citizens for menial jobs

• An institution created to spread religion throughout the nation

Anarchy is often referred as the _____________ to philosophers.

• Theory of Evolution

• State of Nature

• Theory of Chaos

• State of Upheaval

A state without government and laws

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• anarchy

• democracy

It is possible for groups of people to consider themselves a nation without having their own country.

• True

• False

a group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometime religion

• nation

• state

• country