Gov. Ch. 1- People and Government

This ancient Greek scholar was one of the first students of government.

• Aristotle

• John Locke

• Karl Marx

• Adam Smith

This is NOT a feature of all the states in today's world.

• population

• democracy

• territory

• government

This is NOT a way the United States has extended its territory.

• purchase

• divine right

• negotiation

• war

This system of government gives all key powers to the national government.

• federal

• anarchy

• confederacy

• unitary

A loose union of independent states is a

• federal system

• constitutional government

• confederacy

• unitary system

The effort to control or influence the conduct of government is called

• politics

• constitutional law

• laissez-faire

• free market

This is NOT one of Aristotle's classifications of governments.

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• totalitarian dictatorship

• democracy

Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called

• an autocracy

• a democracy

• a monarchy

• an oligarchy

The form of democracy we have in this country is called:

• direct democracy

• socialistic democracy

• constitutional democracy

• representative democracy

Communist countries have a

• command economy

• free enterprise economy

• capitalist economy

• laissez-faire economy