Chapter 1 Foundations of Government

What is the main characteristic of a representative democracy?

• Power is held by a single person

• Government is elected by the people, for the people

• Power is inherited

• Government is appointed by a monarch

A system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting and electing their policy-makers

• opportunity

• democracy

• mob rule

• equality

The rule of law, which is essential element of democratic republic, means that every citizen is _______ before the law.

• equal

• free

• dignified

• liberal

Placing limits on government (a Bill of Rights) allows for more....

• crime reduction for society

• military strength for the country

• personal freedoms for the people

• economic restrictions to help the lower/middle class

State-centered government where the federal/national government is weak and can only do what state governments dictate to it

• Federation

• Confederation

• Federalism

• constitutional monarchy

What do we call a government run by a small group?

• federation

• confederation

• oligarchy

• democratic republic

How did we define the term sovereignty?

• persons living in a designated area

• the size or territory of a state or country

• authority over

• an institution through which society makes and enforces laws

From the list below, which is NOT a characteristic of a state?

• Government

• Sovereignty

• Territory

• Ideology

What is the supreme law of the land?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

The theory that a ruler's power came from God.

• Force

• Evolutionary

• Divine Right

• Social Contract