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US Government Chapter 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All are the functions of government except?

a)

Prevents anarchy

b)

Provides Leadership

c)

National Security

d)

Provide UBI

2.

Who is attributed on coining the "state"?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Cicero

3.

What are the theories of the origins of the state?

a)

Evolutionary Theory

b)

Force Theory

c)

Divine Right Theory

d)

Social Contract Theory

e)

Revolutionary Theory

4.

What system of government has a strong central government with weak local governments?

a)

Unitary System

b)

Confederate System

c)

Federal System

d)

Monarchy System

5.

What system of government has strong local or state government, but a weak central government?

a)

Confederate System

b)

Unitary System

c)

Federal System

d)

Monarchy System

6.

What system of government divides power between the central government and the local or state government?

a)

Federal System

b)

Unitary System

c)

Confederate System

d)

Monarchy System

7.

What major three major ideas make a constitutional government?

a)

Sets out ideals

b)

Establishes a basic structure of government

c)

Provides the supreme law of the country

d)

Establishes authority over resources

8.

ALL constitutional governments apply constitutional values.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What are the major types of government?

a)

Authoritarian, Monarchy, and Democratic.

b)

Monarchy, Democratic, and Dictatorship

c)

Totalitarian, Democracy, and Republic

d)

Monarchy, Dictatorships, and Republic

10.

What economic system emphasizes private property, freedom of choice, and individual incentives?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

d)

Mixed Economy

11.

What economic system combines elements of capitalism and socialism?

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

12.

What economic system has the central government have total control over the economy?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Mixed Economy

13.

Who are the bourgeoisie?

a)

Capitalists who own the means of production

b)

Workers who produced the goods

c)

An 18th century french political party

d)

A fancy hamburger

14.

Who are the proletariat?

a)

Capitalists who own the means of production

b)

Workers who produced the goods

c)

An 18th century french political party

d)

A fancy hamburger

15.

Who is the father of free enterprise?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson