stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
HonGov-Ch1 Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
HonGov-Ch1
HonGov-Ch1
50 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
257 plays
US Gov't: Democracy in Action Ch 1
Flashcards
50 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
50
Answers
1
Totalitarian dictatorship is a form of this type of government
Autocracy
Republic
Democracy
Oligarchy
2
Students who began Food from the 'Hood are examples of
free trade movements
entrepreneurs
command economy
traditional economy
3
Which is an independent state or country?
nation
state
constitutional government
national security
4
Network of voluntary associations
Oligarchy
Civil society
Democracy
Political Parties
5
Abraham Lincoln said that one of the important purposes of government is to
attack other states
provide essential services
control people
control individual economic decisions
6
In this type of economy, the gov't owns the basic means of production
capitalism
socialism
laissez-faire
free market
7
Divides power
Confederacy
Federal system
Unitary system
8
This statement in the constitution sets forth the goals & purposes
preface
prelude
prologue
preamble
9
The opposite of competition, this exists when an industry includes only one seller
oligopoly
command economy market
entrepreneurship
monopoly
10
Free enterprise system
Capitalism
laissez-faire economy
workers
Communist Economy
11
This is the institution through which the state maintains social order.
politics
government
sovereignty
republic
12
traditional, market, & command are?
scarcity
command economy
a free enterprise system
economic systems
13
Rule by one person
Oligarchy
Democracy
Autocracy
14
You are taking part in this when you ask people to vote for school taxes
constitutional interpretations
constitutional law
politics
a confederacy
15
This economic system allows buyers & sellers to act in their individual interests
market
mixed
command
traditional
16
What is one of the tasks of government?
national security
Aristotle
nation
state
17
Ruled by many persons
Oligarchy
Autocracy
Democracy
18
Ruled by a few persons
Autocracy
Democracy
Oligarchy
19
Some argue that this type of economic system hinders economic growth
free market economy
laissez-faire economy
capitalism
socialism
20
Defining the extent & limits of government power & rights of citizens is the purpose of
politics
constitutional law
confederacy
federal system
21
a hands-off economy
capitalism
workers
laissez-faire economy
capitalists
22
The difference between the amount of money taken in and the amount needed to run a business is
factors of production
loss
gross income
profit
23
One of the first students of government
Socrates
Aristotle
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
24
What is a political community?
confederacy
nation
state
national security
25
Nations depending on one another
Federal system
Confederacy
Unitary system
Interdependence
26
Capitalism is?
factors of production
a free enterprise system
scarcity
command economy
27
Democrats & Republicans are?
Political Parties
Democracy
Civil Society
Oligarchy
28
Adam Smith provided a philosophy for this type of economic system
mixed-market
free market
socialism
communism
29
The United States has this form of government
monarchy
Representatice democracy
parlimentary system
Oligarchy
30
National government has key powers
Confederacy
Unitary system
Federal system
31
Like in a dictatorship, these governments usually suppress political opposition
democracies
republics
oligarchies
constitutional monarchy
32
This is NOT needed for democracy to prosper
an uneducated public
a civil society
free enterprise
a social consensus
33
Habit & custom dictate the rules for all economic activity in this system
traditional
mixed economy
command
market
34
This term means a state has supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boundaries.
sovereignty
social contract
democracy
consensus
35
Loose union of independent states
Unitary system
Federal system
Confederacy
36
The United States has this type of economic system
socialism
mixed-market economy
democratic socialism
command economy
37
This is NOT a theory of the origin of the state.
ruler's right theory
evolutionary theory
divine right theory
social contract theory
38
Who came up with the idea of government being a SOCIAL CONTRACT?
Thomas Hobbes
Aristotle
Abraham Lincoln
Socrates
39
This plan provides rules for the government
Constitution
Preamble
Politics
Confederacy
40
bourgeoisie
workers
capitalists
41
resources of an economic system
free enterprise
command economy
scarcity
factors of production
42
In which form of government do individuals have the most freedom?
monarchy
democracy
autocracy
oligarchy
43
proletariat
capitalist
workers
44
The United States is an example of
a developing nation
an industrialized nation
a unitary gov't
a confederacy
45
Karl Marx believed that under this economic system one class would evolve
capitalism
free market
communism
socialism
46
A fundamental economic problem
economic systems
scarcity
factors of production
command economy
47
command economy
laissez-faire economy
Communist economy
capitalism
traditional economy
48
American colonies declared their independence based on:
Aristotle's theory of the polis
John Locke's political writings
the Aztec's divine right theory
consensus of the population
49
has a central authority?
command economy
factors of production
free enterprise system
economic systems
50
Limited government
Unitary system
Constitutional government
Interdependence
Confederacy
