Review Unit 1 Advanced Government

What is government?

• The services provided a community, such as police protection, fire protection, and public heath

• the laws that protect peoples' rights and ensure the safety of a state's citizens

• the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• the process by which public officials are elected to and removed from office

Which of the following lists the three basic powers a government must have?

• executive power, legislative power, military power

• legislative power, executive power, judicial power

• economic power, judicial power, legislative power

• judicial power, diplomatic power, executive power

A group of people who are united by common  bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes, religion

• Country

• Nation

• State

• City-state

Term for a political community(population) that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with sovereign power.

• Country

• Government

• State

• Nation

How does population of a state impact its stability?

• The larger populations have more stability

• When the populations are concentrated in cities and focused on industry, it creates stability

• Population does not impact the stability of a state

• When there is consensus over values and beliefs among the population, it creates stability

A state's boundaries can change through purchase.

• True

• False

This is a government origin theory in which citizens give up some rights in exchange for protection, so long as natural rights are guaranteed

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

This government origin theory states that the state formed from when heads of families became the government, they settled in a territory claiming it as their own.

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

A state has supreme authority and can determine it's own policy.  This is known as ...

• Democracy

• Sovereinty

• Absolutism

• Anarchy

The 50 states that make up the USA are not considered independent "states".

• True

• False