Government Unit 1 Practice

An institution created by a society to create and enforce public policies is known as-

• Preamble

• Government

• Bureaucracy

• Parliament

The Preamble of the Constitution explains the purposes of what?

• US Government

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• The Bicameral Process

Which of the following is something that almost every society has had?

• Written Laws

• Government

• Written Codes

• Declaration of Independence

Which term is applied to the ability to control the actions of others?

• Authority

• Power

• Voting

• Election

What term refers to power that is recognized as legitimate?

• Democracy

• Direct

• Dictatorship

• Authority

What is the name for the form of government where power is held by one person? This person controls the entire government.

• Indirect Democracy

• Autocracy

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

What is the term for a government where power is located in a single location, usually the capital city?

• Republican government

• Federal government

• Confederate government

• Unified or Central government

The social contract theory as applied to the Declaration of Independence most directly reflects the ideas of

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Adam Smith

The phrase “consent of the governed” refers to the

• source of the government’s power

• need to create political parties

• commitment to use implied powers

• development of a federal system of government

What is the name of the system in which each branch of the U.S. government can limit the actions of the other branches

• Perpetual union

• Division of Powers

• Cooperative Federalism

• Checks & balances