U.S. Government Chp. 1 Quiz

The institution through which the state maintains social order and provides services for people they cannot provide themselves

• State

• Government

• Nation

• Sovereignty

A political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws

• Sovereignty

• Government

• State

• Nation

The principle that the state possesses supreme and absolute power within its boundaries

• Government

• Sovereignty

• Absolute Monarchy

• Autocracy

Any sizable group of people united by common bonds such as race, language, custom and tradition

• Nation

• Government

• State

• Sovereignty

Which of the following is Not a purpose of government?

• Maintain social order

• Provide national security and common defense

• Making economic decisions

• Changing and modifying political power

Which of the following is Not one the essential features of a state?

• Population

• Democracy

• Territory

• Government

Which theory believed those who ruled were chosen by God?

• Evolution theory

• Force theory

• Social Contract theory

• Divine Right theory

Which theory believed that government works best when people willingly follow a social contract and allow to be governed?

• Evolution theory

• Force theory

• Social Contract theory

• Divine Right theory

Which of the four theories best explains a totalitarian dictatorship?

• Evolution theory

• Force theory

• Social Contract theory

• Divine Right theory

Type of government where rule is by one person, usually a totalitarian dictatorship?

• Autocracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy