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Unit 1 Review - Principles of Government

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The institution that a society creates to make and carry out policies.

a)

Government

b)

Anarchy

c)

Bureaucracy

d)

Corporation

2.

Which of the following is not one of the five purposes of government?

a)

Public Services

b)

Social Order

c)

Protection

d)

Commerce

3.

"If a man has destroyed the eye of another free man, his own eye shall be destroyed" is a law found in which document?

a)

The U.S. Constitution

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

The Magna Carta

4.

Which theory about the origins of government holds that government was first imposed by force?

a)

Evolution Theory

b)

Divine Right Theory

c)

Force Theory

d)

Social Contract Theory

5.

Which thinker/writer is associated with the social contract theory of government?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Max Weber

c)

Aristotle

d)

John Locke

6.

The ability to control the actions of others is known as . . .

a)

Power

b)

Legitimacy

c)

Independence

d)

Bureaucracy

7.

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of a nation-state?

a)

It has a flag.

b)

Members of its population all speak the same language.

c)

It has a government, defined territory, and population.

d)

It has elections.

8.

True or false: Human societies have always been organized into nation-states.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What theory of government argues that power is held by a small group of people?

a)

Pluralist Theory

b)

Elite Theory

c)

Democratic Theory

d)

Socialist Theory

10.

Which writer/thinker argued that those who control the "means of production" have the most power in government?

a)

John Locke

b)

Aristotle

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Thomas Hobbes

11.

What is the type of government in which citizens have political power?

a)

Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Oligarchy

12.

What is the name for the form of government where power is held by one person?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Democracy

d)

Autocracy

13.

Which of the following is not one of the eight tenets of American democracy?

a)

Individual freedom

b)

Divine Right Theory

c)

Limited government

d)

Majority Rule

14.

What is the term for a government in which the legislature and the executive are distinct and separate and check each other's power?

a)

Presidential government

b)

Parliamentary Government

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Confederate government

15.

What is the term for a government where power is carefully divided between a central government and several regional or provincial governments?

a)

Unified or central government

b)

Confederate government

c)

Federal government

d)

Republican government