Government Chapter 1 & 2 Quiz

What is the definition of government?

• An organization that provides goods and services

• The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• A type of economic system

• A form of artistic expression

The state can be defined as having what 4 characteristics?

• Population, Territory, Government, Sovereignty

• Economy, Culture, Language, Religion

• Democracy, Monarchy, Oligarchy, Anarchy

• Law, Order, Justice, Freedom

What theory states that one person or a small group takes control of an area and forces all within it to submit to that person’s or group’s rule?

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

What theory states that God created the state and that God gives those of royal birth a divine right to rule?

• Divine Right of Kings

• Social Contract Theory

• Marxist Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

What theory states that the state arose out of a voluntary act of free people?

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Force Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

The main purposes of government are described in the _________ of the ____________ of the United States.

What type of government has the supreme political authority resting with the people?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

What type of government is where those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Republic

What type of government has all powers held by a single, central agency?

• Federal government

• Confederate government

• Unitary government

• Parliamentary government

What type of government is an alliance of independent states?

• Confederation

• Federation

• Unitary State

• Monarchy