Darby Notes

Which of the following 4 options is NOT a purpose of government:

• Maintaining Social Order

• Providing Public Services

• Providing National Security

• Making Ergonomical Decisions

According to our text, to provide national security means to protect people from the threat of attack by other ________, or from internal subversion.

• Nations

• states

• countries

• planets

Politics = the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of __________.

• government

• citizens

• states

• elections

According to our text, "Through politics, conflicts in society are __________."

• eliminated

• managed

• increased

• entertaining

Autocracy

• rule by one person

• rule by a few individuals

• rule by the people

• rule by law

Oligarchy

• rule by one person

• rule by the people

• rule by a few individuals

• rule by law

Democracy

• Rule by one person

• rule by a few individuals

• rule by "the people"

• rule by "the law"

Which system of government is governed by a deity or religious texts?

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

In a __________, the power is in the hands of a single person who has total control.

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

Which of the following is a primary function of government?

• Entertainment

• Providing Education

• Regulating Marriages

• None of the above