Understanding Government Theories and Types

Which theory claims that the state developed naturally out of the earliest group unit, the family?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

According to which theory did God create the state and give those of royal birth the right to rule?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

Which theory suggests that people voluntarily came together and created the state?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

In which type of government is all the power held by a central agency which then distributes powers to local governments for convenience?

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

• Presidential

• Confederation

What is the term for a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group?

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Confederation

In which type of government is the president directly elected by the people?

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

• Presidential

• Confederation

What is the term for a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power?

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Confederation

Which type of government has supreme political authority resting with the people and the citizens themselves?

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Confederation

What is the term for an alliance of independent states?

• Unitary

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Confederation

Which theory claims that one person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within to submit to their rule?

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory