Civics- Unit 1 Foundations of Government

Every government has 3 kinds of power used to protect natural rights. Please check all that apply.

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

• Judicial Power

• Honorary Power

What theory says that: "One person, or group, forces the rest of the people to follow their rules in a specific land; a state was created?"

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Force Theory

What theory says that: "God gave those of royal birth the right to rule; the people of the state were bound to follow the monarch as they would God."

• Force Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

What theory said that: "People in a given area agreed to give up to the state as much power as was needed to promote the safety and well-being of all."

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

What theory said that: "The state evolved out of the family; one head of each family, and eventually many families followed one leader forming a clan."

• Force Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine RIght Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

The world today is made up of states. States are defined as? Please check all that apply.

• People

• Land

• Government

• Sovereignty

True or False- The Preamble of the Constitution includes 6 purposes of government.

• True

• False

Governments can be classified by their features. Identify the three features for classification. Check all that apply.

• Who rules? Who holds the power?

• The way government power distributed across the nation

• Anarchist tendencies

• Who makes and executes the laws?

True or False- A Theocracy is a form of government that can be: a democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, or oligarchy, where the ultimate power to rule comes from God or religious law as the supreme ruler.

• True

• False

True or False- In a direct democracy a small group of people are chosen by all of the citizens to represent their interests in voting and making decisions in government.

• True

• False