1.12 Unit exam Principles of Government

What word do we use for the institution created by a society to create and enforce public policies?

• preamble

• government

• bureaucracy

• parliament

Which of the following items is not one of the five purposes of government?

• public services

• protection

• conflict resolution

• commerce

If a nation-state is invaded by another nation, what purpose has its government failed to perform?

• order

• conflict resolution

• protection

• force theory

What is the name for that portion of the U.S Constitution that explains the purposes of the United States government?

• the Articles

• the preamble

• the legislative branch

• the Declaration of Independence

Which item is something that almost every society has had?

• written laws

• a constitution

• a king

• government

"If a man has destroyed the eye of another free man, his own eye shall be destroyed." This excerpt is from which document?

• Aristotle's Politics

• Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations

• the Code of Hammurabi

• the preamble of the United States Constitution

Which theory about the origins of government holds that government was created when members of society got together and agreed to form a government?

• force theory

• evolution theory

• social contract theory

• divine right theory

Who wrote the document that includes the following passage? "The only way whereby any one [gives up] his natural liberty, and [becomes a member of an organized society], is by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living one amongst another, in a secure enjoyment of their properties, and a greater security against [people who don't belong to the society]."

• John Locke

• Hammurabi

• Charles Darwin

• Karl Marx and Frederich Engels

Which term is defined as the ability to control the actions of others?

• government

• power

• bureaucracy

• independence

What is authority?

• power that is recognized as legitimate

• the power of a nation-state to determine its form of government

• the ability to control the actions of others

• supreme authority within a specified territory