US Gov Unit 1 Exam Review

The institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies is known as:

Which of these is not one of the four characteristics of a state?

 A term relating to a state’s supreme and absolute power to decide its own foreign and domestic policies is:

Which theory argues that a state evolved naturally out of the early family?

This theory says that one person or a small group took control of an area and forced all within it to submit to that person’s or group’s will:

This theory argues that the state arose out of a voluntary act of free people.

This says that a monarch was given a special ability to rule by God and that their right to rule cannot be questioned by the governed.

 In what part of the Constitution is the main purpose of government of the United States explained?

Which of these is NOT a standard by which governments can be classified?

In a __________________, the will of the people is translated into law directly by the people themselves.