Unit 1 Pre Quiz

What are four things that governments do?

• Control Media Outlets, Provide Public Services, Expand International Power, and Make Economic Decisions

• Maintain Social Order, Provide Public Services, Provide National Security, and Make Economic Decisions

• Maintain Social Order, Re-educate the Population, Provide National Security, and Sabotage Rival Nations

• Oppress the People, Provide Public with PS5's, Provide National Security, and Make Cakes with Your Aunt Linda

What kind of Power does the President Have?

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

• Judicial Power

• Unlimited Power

What kind of Government does the US have where the powers are divided between central government and regional governments.

• Unitary Government

• Confederation

• Federal Government

Who holds the power in an Autocracy?

• The People

• A small group of powerful people

• One person

• A magic conch

Which states supported the Virginia Plan?

• Large States with large populations

• Small States with small populations

What are two types of Government where one person rules above all?

• Anarchy & Democracy

• Monarchy & Dictatorship

• Dictatorship & Republic

• Monarchy & Oligarchy

What kind of Government existed in Apartheid South Africa where a few powerful minority rule over the weaker majority?

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

What form of government has all power belong to a single central agency? (Like Japan, England, or Spain)

• Federal Government

• Confederation

• Unitary Government

Which philosopher developed the Social Contract?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• JJ Rousseau

What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress had no power to open up a small deli on the lower East Side

• Congress had no power to print paper money nor tax

• Couldn't bench press 90lbs

• Kryptonite