Foundations of Government

Thomas Hobbes is known for which of the following?

• Natural Rights
• Divine Right of Kings
• Social Contract
• Common Law

Which of the following are characteristics of a state?

• population and sovereignty

• sovereignty and a military

• public projects and a government

• a territory and a legal system

Which of the following is another name for the term general welfare?

• social contract

• social good

• public needs

• public good

Which theory hold that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state?

• natural law

• natural rights

• social contract theory

• divine right of kings

Which principle of American democracy is at work when two opposing groups relax some of their demands in a an attempt to reach an agreement?

• worth of the individual

• rule of law

• compromise

• self-government

The supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called:

• policy

• legitimacy

• sovereignty

• legislative power

Which of the following is a basic function of government?

• ensuring national security

• maintaining a navy

• taxing the citizens

• creating public parks

Governmental system in which states keep full control over their territories and people.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

Process by which a government makes and carries out decisions.

• Monarchy

• Politics

• Free Enterprise

• Liberty

Ability of people to think and act as they choose

• liberty

• free enterprise

• natural rights

• legitimacy