Government Intro Quiz

Force Theory is:

• One person or group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to obey.

• Developed out of an early family.

• God-given right to rule. Ex: Kings, pretty much all monarchies in Europe or other places!

• State developed voluntarily. People created government therefore government serves the people.

Divine Right:

• One person or group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to obey.

• Developed out of an early family.

• God-given right to rule, power from God.

• State developed voluntarily. People created government therefore government serves the people.

Social Contract Theory is:

• One person or group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to obey.

• Developed out of an early family.

• God-given right to rule. Ex: Kings, pretty much all monarchies in Europe or other places!

• State developed voluntarily. People created government; therefore, government serves the people.

Maintaining social order, providing public services, socializing the young, providing national defense, making economic decisions, and ____________ are all purposes of the government.

• Collecting taxes

• Building corporations

• Writing educational text

• Building monuments

Autocracy:

• Absolute rule by one person or group

• Power rests with the people

• Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party

• The central government controls all

Democracy:

• Rule by a small group, usually by a self-appointed elite

• The Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party

• Power rests with the people

• The central government controls all

Oligarchy:

• The central government controls all

• Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party

• President is elected separately from the legislature

• Rule by a small group, usually a self-appointed elite

Parliamentary:

• Rule by a small group, usually self-appointed elite

• Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party

• Absolute rule by one person or group

• President is elected separately from the legislature

Presidential:

• President is elected separately from legislature

• An alliance of independent states

• The central government controls all

• Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party

Unitary:

• Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party

• States and central government share power

• The central government controls all

• Rule by a small group