Civics Chapter 1 Test Review

a state without government and laws

• democracy

• communism

• anarchy

• socialism

The idea that government evolved from family

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract

The idea that government emerged when all the people of an area were brought under the authority of one person or group.

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract

The idea that people are chosen by a god or gods to rule

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract

theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract

a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government

• nation

• state/country

• sovereignty

• county

the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries to rule one's self

• nation

• state/country

• sovereignty

• county

What type of government is ruled by one person, usually the child of the previous ruler?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

What type of government is characterized by the rule of a small number of elite people?

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Parliamentary

What is a type of government in which all eligible members are able to vote on key issues and/or for elected representatives?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Authoritarian