Government Unit 1 Summative: Foundations of Government

The belief that government is derived from which of the following is central to the idea of democracy?

• The people
• Congress
• Checks and balances
• God

From the following theories, which matches best with a ruler appointed through family or religion?

• Force Theory
• Divine Right
• Social Contract
• Social Order

Explain the unitary system of government

• The unitary system of government gives all the power to the central government, which then decides the powers the regional governments have.

• The unitary system of government is no longer practiced in world governments.

• The unitary system of government divides the power between the national government and the state/provincial governments

• The federal government system is only practiced in the United States of America.

What is the key concept behind a social contract?

• It is a contract you sign with your cell phone carrier when downloading social media apps.
• You surrender every right you have to the government with no benefit for yourself.

• You agree to have inappropriate content removed from apps such as Snapchat.

• You surrender certain rights in order for the government to provide you with protection and order.

Who rules in a dictatorship?

• One person/leader
• A few people
• a king or queen
• President

How does a democracy or democratic republic keep its power?

• Through force
• Through media
• Through the people
• Through a ruling process

Belief that States evolved from families

• social contract theory

• divine right theory

• force theory

• evolutionary theory

Identify the most obvious feature of any State.

• population

• territory

• sovereignty

• government

Identify the scholar who felt life was "nasty, short, and brutish" thus people contracted with government for protection.

• Aristotle

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Socrates

A. Federal System is a

• division of power shared between the national and state governments.

• centralized power in one location.

• every level of government has the same authority.

• when leadership is based on lineage.