Government Quarter 1 Review

Governments came about when people agreed to a contract; the people gave the state the power needed to maintain order; the state, in turn, agreed to protect its citizens

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

Institution which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces decisions

• Government

• Territory

• Politics

• Magna Carta

The effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government

• Territory

• Public policy

• Politics

• Government

Any system of government in which a small group holds power

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

• Oligarchy

Answer explanation

Any system of government in which rule is by the people

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

Life, liberty, and property

• Consent of the governed

• Natural rights

• Political rights

• Social rights

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

• Social Services

• Order

• Protection

• Economic Stability

Introduction to the Constitution; explains the purposes and goals of the United States government?

• Articles

• Amendments

• Declaration of Independence

• Preamble

Someone who holds power and is recognized as having the right to rule is...

• Force Theory

• Legitimate

• Authority

• Divine Right

Which of the following are tenets of democracy. Select all that apply

• Individual worth

• Equality

• power

• economic stability

• compromise