Government Unit I Practice Test

Believed that deception and fear was the best way to rule. The ends justify the means.

• Locke

• Plato

• Machiavelli

• Montesquieu

Believed that people had natural rights including: Life, Liberty, and Property. Also to overthrow the government if it was too big or corrupt.

• Plato

• Machiavelli

• Locke

• Richelieu

Believed that people must give up some of their rights in exchange for being protected by the government.

• Hobbes

• Richelieu

• Machiavelli

• Rousseau

Believed that a system of laws would prevent despotism while serving as an intermediary for the people.

• Paine

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

Thought that the people themselves were the ones who should make the law through direct democracy.

• Montesquieu

• Plato

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

Which form of government is based on religious texts or God?

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

Which of the following is a government defined as being ruled by a small group?

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

The belief of the people that the government has the right to make public policy.

• Power

• Authority

• Legitimacy

A government where a single person holds all the power.

• Republic

• Aristocracy

• Authoritarian Dictatorship

• Technocracy

If a government cannot enforce laws within its borders then it doesn't have ________________

• Sovereignty

• Power

• Legitimacy