Chapter 1 Foundation Quiz

Use this excerpt from the text to answer the question.

"Some people insist the United States is more properly called a republic rather than a democracy."

The people who support this statement argue that the United States is a republic because in its government

• the people do not have the power to influence the decisions made by the government.

• political power is used indirectly by elected officials, not directly by the citizens themselves.

Based on this image, what primary principal or belief is capitalism built upon?

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  It is based on the concept of individual freedom of what to produce and buy.

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  Governments have have unlimited power to control consumer choices.

What is government?

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

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

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

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  legislative power, executive power, judicial power

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  judicial power, diplomatic power, executive power

Choose the answer that best completes the chart.

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  A government controlled by a single person

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  A government controlled by the people

If more than half the people vote to change a policy, they are exercising

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  unitary power.

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  majority rule.

Which description best belongs with Social Contract?

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  People have no power due to government control over their lives.

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  The population consent to government setting rules for security and prosperity.

Missouri and Vermont are not sovereign states in the international, legal sense. Why not?

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  their territories are too small

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  they are subjects to the Federal government

Besides population and territory what other 2 characteristics are needed to be a state? 

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  government and sovereignty

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  sovereignty and a Constitution

Match the government type to it's correct scenario.

• Direct Democracy

• North Korean's Supreme Leader orders missiles to be launched at South Korea.

• Dictatorship

• During the Covid crisis the Queen of England reassured her country that if we "remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it."

• Theocracy

• All citizens of Athens gather to decide government policies.

• Indirect Democracy

• The Pope declares a curfew for all residents of Vatican City.

• Monarachy

• Waynesville High school's student council voted to make the 2020 class senior prom a 1920's theme.