Citizens and Nations Quiz

What is the term for the increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world?

• Government

• Order

• Globalization

• National sovereignty

Nations around the world have police and judicial systems that use firearms and imprisonment to help control erratic human behavior. What term is used to denote this legitimate use of force?

• Government

• Socialism

• Anarchism

• National sovereignty

What is national sovereignty?

Why are most citizens willing to surrender their freedom to the control of the government?

• To demonstrate support for their leaders

• To prevent dissent and rebellion

• To obtain the benefits from the government

• To regulate the central economy

Which of the following choices does the rule of law accomplish?

What is the basic purpose of government according to John Locke?

Which of the following examples is a public good?

• Grocery stores

• National parks

• Automobiles

• Small Liberal Arts Colleges

Which two models of democratic government can be used to evaluate the American governmental process?

• Activist and populist

• Majoritarian and pluralist

• Conservative and liberal

• Freedom and order

Freedom of religion, speech, and press represent which form of freedom?

• The absence of constraints on behavior

• The immunity from fear and want

• The preservation of life and property

• The equal chance for success

President Lyndon B. Johnson believed that the government should have policies that redistribute wealth and status so that equality can be achieved. Which idea does this demonstrate?

• Political equality

• Equal rights

• Equality of opportunity

• Social equality