US Gov Unit 1 Exam Review

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

• Government

• Communism

• The State

• Domestic Policy

• None of these

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

• Population

• Territory

• Sovereignty

• Democracy

• Government

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

• Population

• Territory

• Sovereignty

• Democracy

• Government

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

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

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:

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

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

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

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.

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

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

• The Preamble

• Article I

• Article 2

• Amendment 10

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

• By who can participate

• By geographic distribution of power

• By the relationship between the Legislative and Judicial branches

• By the relationship between the Legislative and Executive Branches

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

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• direct democracy

• indirect democracy