American Government Section 1

Which of the following are characteristics of a state?

• population and sovereignty

• sovereignty and a military

• public projects and a government

• a territory and a legal system

The supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called

• policy.

• legitimacy.

• sovereignty.

• legislative power.

Which of the following is not one of the four basic characteristics of a state?

• Population

• Territory

• Government

• Democracy

An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control?

• Government
• Economics
• Socialism
• Oregon

A group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion? 

• Nation
• State
• Government
• Economics

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

• Country
• anarchy
• nation
• government

This plan provides the rules for government.

• constitution

• confederacy

• Preamble

• politics

This statement in the Constitution sets forth the goals and purposes to be served by the government.

• Prologue

• Preamble

• Preface

• Prelude

An area with a population, a defined territory, a government, and the ability to make decisions for itself is a...

• state

• nation

• territory

• region

A group of people who share a common culture and identity as a group are called a ___.

• nation state

• nation

• state

• country