Principles of Government Review

Match the following

• Evolutionary Theory

• 1. The theory about the origins of the state that claims that state developed naturally out of the early family. 

• Divine Right Theory

• 1. The theory about the origins of the state that says the state was born of force. One person or a small group claimed control overran an area or forced all within it to subject to that person’s or group’s rule. 

• Social Contract Theory

• The theory about the origins of the state that held that God created the state and that God had given those of a royal birth a “divine right” to rule.

• Force Theory

• 1. The theory about the origins of the state that states that in order to overcome unpleasant conditions, the people agree with one another to create a state. 

1. What are states also called?

• Provinces

• Territories

• Countries

An economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government intervention.

• Command Economy

• Market Economy

• Mixed Economy

The American economic system is often called this.

• Free Enterprise System

• Command System

• Socialist System

The leader of the majority party in a Parliamentary Government is:

• The President

• The Chief Justice

• The Prime Minister

In this type of  government, the executive and legislative branches of government are separate, independent of one another and coequal.

• Presidential

• Republic

• Parliamentary

The closest approach to a Confederation today is:

• The Soviet Union

• The European Union

• NAFTA

Exercising complete power over nearly every aspect of human affairs.

• Democratic

• Utopian

• Totalitarian

An alliance of independent states.

• Confederation

• Unitary Government

• Federal Government

A government where one person holds all the political power.

• Republic

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy