US Gov Ch1 Sec1 The Purposes Of Government

The power to carry out, enforce, and administer the law is known as

• military power.

• executive power.

• legislative power.

• judicial power.

The supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called

• policy.

• legitimacy.

• sovereignty.

• legislative power.

Which of the following is a basic function of government?

• maintaining a navy

• taxing the citizens

• creating public parks

• ensuring national security

Rulers who are seen as right and proper by key segments of their nation’s population have

• legitimacy.

• sovereignty.

• divine right.

• absolute power.

Which philosopher argued that government must have great power to force obedience to its laws and to defend itself?

• Aristotle

• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

What three basic types of power do people in government exercise?

• social, executive, divine

• judicial, sovereign, executive

• legislative, executive, judicial

• executive, divine, legislative

Which of the following are characteristics of a state?

• population and sovereignty

• sovereignty and a military

• public projects and a government

• a territory and a legal system

Which of the following is an example of providing for the public good?

• maintaining an army

• maintaining a supply of clean water

• establishing laws

• intelligence-gathering activities

Who said that life without government was like a war pitting each individual against the other?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Aquinas

• Louis XIV

The Chinese concept of “Mandate of Heaven” is an example of rule by

• natural law.

• divine right.

• social contract.

• direct democracy.