Principles of Government Review

In a dictatorship, supreme authority rests solely with the people

• True

• False

Population, territory, government, and sovereignty are the defining characteristics of a state.

• True

• False

A democracy is a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.

• True

• False

The social contract theory is the idea that a state began when a small group took over an area and forced others to follow their rules.

• True

• False

A direct democracy can only work in small communities.

• True

• False

A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, that has the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of any higher authority is known as a

• state

• population

• oligarchy

• autocracy

Having supreme and absolute rule within its own territory is known as

• state

• sovereignty

• population

• democracy

A defined number of citizens is known as

• state

• sovereignty

• population

• autocracy

The theory of origin in which one person or group gained control over an area and forced all within it to submit to that person's rule is the

• force theory

• divine right theory

• social contract theory

• evolutionary theory

The theory of origin that states that the state was created by God and God had given those of royal birth the "divine right to rule" is the

• force theory

• divine right theory

• evolutionary theory

• social contract theory