Unit 1: Foundations of Government

What is government?

• the services provided to a community, such as police protection, fire protection, and public health programs
• the laws that protect peoples' rights and ensure the safety of the state's citizens
• the institution through which a society makes and enforces its laws
• 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, military power
• Legislative power, executive power, judicial power
• Economic power, judicial power, diplomatic power
• Military power, economic power, diplomatic power

Use the following quote to answer the question: "The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Which of the following best summarizes this idea?

• Everyone can use violence to get what they want.
• My rights end, where someone else's begin.
• Everyone has rights, but only those who will use force get to keep them.
• No one has rights unless they are willing to use force to attain them.

Which kind of citizen would MOST LIKELY be picking up trash, recycling, volunteering, and donating to clothing/food drives?

• Personally Responsible Citizen
• Participatory Citizen
• Justice Oriented Citizen

Use the following quote to answer this question: "In other words, if participatory citizens are organizing the food drive and personally responsible citizens are donating food, _________________ citizens are asking why people are hungry." Which of the following types of citizens would BEST fit in the blank above?

• Participatory Citizen
• Personally Responsible Citizen
• Justice Oriented Citizen

Which of the following is the OLDEST and MOST COMMON form of government?

• Dictatorship
• Democracy
• Aristocracy
• Anarchy

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

• Population
• Sovereignty
• Government
• Judicial

Use the Preamble to the Constitution to answer the question: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” —U.S. Constitution, Preamble Which of the following best summarizes the four roles every government must uphold?

• Defence, order, public, works, and maintain social values
• Judicial, maintain social values, defense, and executive
• We the people, unions, constitution, and liberty
• Population, territory, sovereignty, and government

Use the following quotation to answer the question. “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” —James Madison, Federalist No. 51 Which of the following BEST summarizes this idea?

• Government is necessary to make policy, but should not control people.
• Government is necessary, because people do not always behave perfectly.
• Government is not necessary, but people are better off when it exists.
• Government is not necessary, because people are naturally good.

To many people, the most important aspects of government is how many people are able to participate in the process. Which of the following types of government below would BEST fit on the Increasing Integration/Unity side of the spectrum?

• Monarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Federalism
• Anarchy