Government Ch. 1 2021

An institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• Public Policies

• Government

• Democracy

• State

A group of people who live in a defined territory that is organized politically

• Public Policies

• Democracy

• State

• Government

A type of government are not held responsible to the will of the people

• Dictatorship

• Public Policies

• Government

• Democracy

A type of government in which supreme authority rests with the majority of the people

• Dictatorship

• Government

• Public Policies

• Democracy

Which of the following statements about sovereign states is NOT true?

• Sovereign states decide their own foreign and domestic policies

• Sovereign states may be possessed by other states

• A dictatorship may exist in a sovereign state

• Sovereign states have supreme power within their own territories

Which of the following purposes of government is mainly concerned with other nations?

• Establishing justice

• Promoting the general welfare

• Forming a more perfect union

• Providing for the common defense

Which of the following is a direct result of the government's concern about the general welfare of its citizens?

• Providing an Army

• Establishing schools

• Resolving disputes between local governments

• Establishing a state church

In a unitary government, political authority rests in the hands of both central and local governments

• True

• False

Dictatorships exercise limited authority over the people

• True

• False

The United States Federal Government is an example of a direct democracy

• True

• False