Review for Government Unit 1

Which of the following best describes force theory?

• God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule

• One person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within to submit to that person’s or group’s rule

• Claims the state developed naturally out of the earliest group unit, the family

• People voluntarily came together and created the state.

What is a state created by God and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Chaos Theory

This theory claims the state developed naturally out of the earliest group unit, the family

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

This states that people voluntarily came together to create a state.

• Force theory

• Evolutiuonary theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract theory

What is the role of Government?

• Provides order

• Prevents chaos

• Is an institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies

• All of these

An autocracy may consist of

• A dictator

• A king

• A queen

• All of these

 Out of these, the best example of an oligarchy is

• China

• The United States

• Africa

• Russia

Out of these, the best example of an autocracy is

• Japan

• Russia

• The United States

• North Korea

Democracy requires all of the following to prosper EXCEPT

• A large powerful upper class

• Public school system

• A network of social services

• Citizen participation through voting

True or False: The United States is a direct democracy.

• True

• False