US GOV Chapter 1 Section 1 (Purpuses of Govvernment)

What are the three components typically found in a government?

• authorities, duties, and responsibilities

• Officials, citizens, and laws

• People, powers, and policies

• Laws, territories, and sovereignty

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a state?

• Territory

• Military

• Government

• Population

What is the supreme power to act within a state's own territory called?

• Jurisdiction

• Authority

• Sovereignty

• Legitimacy

Which function of government involves establishing laws to protect people and property?

• Ensuring national security

• Maintaining order

• Providing services

• demarcating territories

How does a government typically resolve its internal conflicts?

• By enforcing laws

• By providing services

• Through diplomacy

• Through politics

What is an example of a government providing for the public good?

• Funding defense forces

• Regulating food safety

• Enforcing laws

• Providing subsidies to a private corporation

What is the idea that rulers are seen as right and proper by important segments of a nation's population called?

• Authority

• Jurisdiction

• Sovereignty

• Legitimacy

Which philosopher is NOT associated with social contract theory?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Plato

What is the process by which government makes and carries out decisions as to whose interests will be served in society?

• Legislation

• Politics

• Diplomacy

• Judiciary

What is the term for a system of rules derived from the natural world that includes the idea that individuals possess natural rights?

• Legitimacy

• Natural law

• Social contract theory

• Divine right of kings