Government Purposes and Forms

Which set of duties is correct for the powers of government? (L=Legislative, E=Executive, J=Judicial)?

• L: Makes Laws / E: Interprets Laws / J: Enforces Laws

• L: Enforces Laws / E: Makes Laws / J: Interprets Laws

• L: Makes Laws / E: Enforce Laws / J: Interprets Laws

• L: Enforces Laws / E: Interprets Laws / J: Makes Laws

Which set of governments below are the two major types of governments that all governments fall under?

• Democracy and Oligarchy

• Democracy and Republic

• Dictatorship and Autocracy

• Dictatorship and Democracy

What term refers to the process by which society decides how government is run and how leaders are chosen?

• government

• politics

• sovereignty

• sociology

Which of the following is not one of the four characteristics of a "state"?

• economic system

• population

• sovereignty

• government

Which of the four characteristics of states (nations) means that it has no other authority above it?

• government

• territory

• sovereignty

• population

Which theory about the origins of government/the state is associated with primitive populations/early cultures with limited technology?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

Which theory about the origins of government/the state describes how one culture/society uses warfare or other means to overtake its territory and compel its people to submit to its control?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

Which theory about the origins of government/the state was an ingenious method used by monarchs to ensure people did not challenge their authority?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

Which theory about the origins of government/the state came about as people challenged the idea that God chose the leader and posits that all political power comes from the will of the people?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

What is the fundamental purpose/thing that governments do?

• keep records

• spend money

• tax

• make laws