The Purpose of Government Quiz (unit1)

Define Dictatorship

• A type of government with no central government

• one person has total control over peoples lives

• The power to rule comes from the people

• A king or queen rules the country

Define Democracy

• A type of government with no central leader at all

• One person has total control over peoples lives

• The power to rule comes from the people

• A king or queen rules the country

Define Monarchy

• A type of government with no central leader at all

• One person has total control over peoples lives

• The power to rule comes from the people

• A king or queen rules the country

Define Anarchy

• A type of government with no central power at all

• One person has total control over peoples lives

• The power to rule comes from the people

• A king or queen rules the country

What are the THREE Levels of Government (Choose 3)

• National

• State

• Local

• Regional

What are the 4 major purposes of government? (Choose 4)

• Keep order

• Provide Security

• Provide Services

• Guide the People

• Provide Shelter

Which of the following is true about Thomas Hobbes

• He liked McDonalds

• He believed that people did not have the right to break a Social Contract

• He believed in life, liberty, and the right to property

• He was born in 2005

Which of the following is true about John Locke

• He believed people were born with the right to life, liberty, and property

• He believed people could not break a social contract

• He was in the movie Star Wars

• He was born in 2012

True or False

Social Contract Theory is the idea that a governing body and its people have a written or unwritten contract in which the authority offers protection, so the people accept the authorities rule.

• True

• False

What are the essential features of a state?

• Population, Territory, Sovereignty, Government

• Population, Chicken Nuggets, States, Population

• Population, Social Contract, Sovereignty, Government

• Social order, Public Service, Territory, Government