Government Midterm REVIEW January 2023

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

• A) Force Theory
• B) Evolutionary Theory
• C) Divine Right Theory
• D) Social Contract Theory
• E) Chaos Theory

2) Government was created when people exchanged power for protection.

• A) Force Theory
• B) Evolutionary Theory
• C) Divine Right Theory
• D) Social Contract Theory
• E) Chaos Theory

3) A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group

• C) Oligarchy
• A) Democracy
• B) Autocracy
• D) Parliamentary
• E) Unitary

4) A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

• B) Autocracy
• A) Democracy
• C) Oligarchy
• D) Parliamentary
• E) Unitary

5) The supreme political authority rest with the people and the citizens themselves

• A) Democracy
• B) Autocracy
• C) Oligarchy
• D) Parliamentary
• E) Unitary

6) Out of these, the best example of an oligarchy is:

• A) China
• B) The United States
• C) France
• D) Africa

7) Government:

• A) Provides order
• B) Prevents chaos
• C) Is an institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies
• D) All of the above

8) A government where the people elect others to make decisions for them.

• A) Direct Democracy
• B) Representative Democracy
• C) Absolute Monarchy
• D) Constitutional Monarchy

9) The United States is a direct democracy.

• A) True
• B) False

10) In a democracy, we make decisions based on majority rule, with no limitations.

• A) True
• B) False