Foundations of Government

a state’s government makes and enforces its own laws without approval from any other authority.

• Legitimacy

• Sovereignty

• Constitution

• Democracy

Governments provide some sort of domestic security force such as police or a national guard to enforce laws and to keep peace. Which function is this?

• Maintain Order

• Provide Leadership

• Provide National Security

• Provide Economic Security

Characteristics of a state include: Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and?

• Official Religion

• Official Language

• Law

• Government

A state must have a population size of

• 100,000 people

• 10,000 people

• There is not a certain amount

• 200,000 people

When people give power to the state to maintain order, which origin of theory is this?

• Evolutionary

• Divine Right

• Force

• Social Contract

citizens cast a vote directly on government issues and laws.

• Authoritarian

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Constitutional Democracy

What economic system emphasizes private property, freedom of choice, and individual incentives?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Communism

• Mixed Economy

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

• Government

• Economics

• Socialism

• Oregon

The __________________ theory refers to European rulers who proclaimed that their right to rule came from God alone

• Divine Right

• Force

• Evolutionary

• Social Contract

_______________ is a form of government in which one person - a king, queen, or emperor - inherits the throne and head the state

• Monarchy

• Authoritarianism

• Democracy

• Oligarchy