Chapter one review

An institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions is called:

• government

• economics

• state

• nation

A political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without a higher authority is called:

• government

• sovereignty

• state

• nation

Any sizable group who are united by common bonds of race, language, custom, tradition and sometimes religion is called:

• government

• sovereignty

• state

• nation

Which of the following are true about Hobbes?

• He believed a monarchy was the best form of government

• He believed a democracy was the best form of government

• He believed a contract cannot be broken once people enter into it

• He believed that if the government no longer serves the people, the contract could be broken.

• That life in the state of nature was cruel, brutish and short

The state has supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boundaries is called:

• government

• sovereignty

• state

• nation

Which of the following are considered to be essential features of a state?

• military

• population

• territory

• sovereignty

• government

The theory that the state evolved from the family is called:

• force theory

• evolutionary theory

• divine right theory

• social contract theory

Which of the following is true about John Locke?

• He said monarchy is the best type of government

• He said a democracy is the best type of government

• He said the contract cannot be broken once people enter into it

• He said if the government does not protect the natural rights of the people, the people have the right to break the contract

• That all men are entitled to life, liberty and property

The theory that God has chosen certain people to rule is known as:

• force theory

• evolutionary theory

• divine right theory

• social contract theory

What theory states that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and for protection of their natural rights is called:

• force theory

• evolutionary theory

• divine right theory

• social contract theory