Final Exam Government & Politics A 23/24

The ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do is…

• Legitimacy
• Power
• Sovereignty
• Politics

What is coercive power?

• Power that comes from personal characteristics
• Power that comes from one's organizational role or position
• The ability to grant a reward
• The ability to take something away or punish someone

What is sovereignty?

• The ability to rule absolutely within a territory
• The principle that all states are considered equal
• The organization inside a state that controls actions and policies
• The ability to purchase territory from other states

What is a social contract?

• An agreement between two countries
• An agreement between two individuals
• An agreement between people and their government
• An agreement between businesses

The papal state is ruled by religious leaders, what form of government is this?

• direct democracy.
• true republic
• communist
• theocracy.

How do monarchs usually come to power in a monarchy?

• Through elections
• By inheritance through their family line
• By overthrowing the previous monarch
• By appointment from a council of leaders

In a presidential system, the chief executive is chosen by…

• Directly by the people through voting
• By the monarch
• By god
• By the largest party in the legislature

In a representative democracy, who does the work?

• Citizens
• Monarchs
• Dictators
• Elected representatives

This system of government has all power in the central government.

• confederate government
• federal government
• unitary government
• parliamentary government

Why is Michigan not a nation-state?

• There are people of numerous nationalities living here
• Michigan cannot make its own criminal laws.
• The federal government is above the state's.
• Michigan does not have a constitution.