Purposes of Government

Government establishes laws that all people must follow.

• This is known as rule of law.

• This is known as common knowledge.

• This is known as civil law.

• None of the above.

The three purposes of government include:

• Providing a job, a car, and a house to its citizens.

• Providing protection of rights and freedoms, to keep order, to provide services.

• Providing education, protecting rights and freedoms, providing all people housing.

• None of the above

Thomas Hobbes believed that people need to have a rule of law. If they do not have it, they would not want to work together.

• True

• False

Are most parks and libraries maintained by the government?

• Yes

• No

The government also

• sets traffic rules that pedestrians must follow.

• gives medical care for everyone.

• prints money that you use.

• None of the above.

What part of the three purposes of government does this fall under?A state government collects taxes that it uses to fund construction projects.

• To keep order through the rule of law.

• To protect individual rights and freedoms.

• To provide services to the public.

• None of the above

What part of the three purposes of government does this fall under? The federal government sends the National Guard to enforce a requirement to stay inside after a natural disaster.

• To keep order through the rule of law.

• To protect individual rights and freedoms.

• To provide services to the public.

• None of the above.

What part of the three purposes of government does this fall under? The federal government protects a reporter's right to publish an opinion article that many people don't like.

• To keep order through the rule of law.

• To provide services to the public.

• To protect individual rights and freedoms.

• None of the above.

What part of the three purposes of government does this fall under? A city government picks up trash and recycling each week.

• To keep order through the rule of law.

• To protect individual rights and freedoms.

• To provide services to the public.

• None of the above.

Which of these things does the government now do that it did not do at the nation's founding?

• The government now requires children to go to school.

• The government now sets rules about working conditions.

• The government now provides benefits to low-income people.

• The government now guarantees the right to vote for more people.