Foundations of Government

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 theory holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state?

• social contract theory

• natural law

• natural rights

• divine right of kings

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 another name for the term general welfare?

• public good

• social contract

• social good

• public needs

Which principle of American democracy is at work when two opposing groups relax some of their demands in an attempt to reach an agreement?

• worth of the individual

• rule of law

• self-government

• compromise

Which of the following is a basic function of government?

• maintaining a navy

• taxing the citizens

• creating public parks

• ensuring national security

Governmental system in which states keep full control over their territories and people

• politics

• confederal

• monarchy

• parliamentary

Process by which a government makes and carries out decisions

• sovereignty

• free enterprise

• politics

• natural rights

Ability of people to think and act as they choose

• free enterprise

• divine right of kings

• liberty

• unitary system

Form of democracy that protects the rights of the minority

• politics

• liberty

• monarchy

• liberal democracy