Foundations of Government

Rules that governments make for there citizens are called?

• Bills

• Laws

• Contracts

• Injunctions

Which of these is provided only by the federal government?

• Maintaining a military

• Providing education

• Providing public transportation

Governments provide a way for individuals to resolve their conflicts with each other through

• Elections

• an organized court system

• National security

• Shared culture

A nation is a...

• A group of people with an established constitution

• A group of people that declare independence from another country

• A group of people with an organized government

• A group of people who are united by a common culture

Sovereignty is...

• A country independently governing themselves

• One government declaring war on another

• One government combining with another

An individual who believes that a leader's right to rule comes from God is a believer in which theory of government?

• Evolutionary

• Force

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

This theory believes that governments originally started from families.

• Force

• Evolutionary

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

The force theory explains the origin of governments as coming from

• The use of persuasion

• The Influence of families

• The use of violence

• The power of laws

In a social contract, people give up certain freedoms in exchange for

• Wealth

• Education

• Jobs

• protection

In a unitary system of government, power is held at which level?

• Federal

• State

• Local