Government Unit 1 Review Quiz #1

Last Name

First Name

Class Period

• 1
• 2
• 5
• 8

This term means a state has supreme and absolute authority within its territory

• consensus
• sovereignty
• social contract
• democracy

This is the institution through which the state maintains social order

• sovereignty
• republic
• politics
• government

This is NOT a theory of the origin of the state

• divine right theory
• social contract theory
• ruler's right theory
• evolutionary theory

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of government?

• Shape and control the nation's economy
• Provide essential services for people
• Protect people
• Absolute authority

Abraham Lincoln said that one of the important purposes of government is to

• provide essential services
• attack other states
• control people
• control individual economic decisions