Chapter 1 Test - Power, Authority, Government

Question 1

Which of the following correctly lists the four features of a state?

Accepted Answer

Population, Territory, Sovereignty, Government

Question 2

Government ruled by the wealthy and educated (upper class).

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Aristocracy

Question 3

Which is an example of a monarchy?

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Kings and Queens of Europe and Egypt

Question 4

Which government system concentrates power in the national or central government?

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Unitary

Question 5

Which is NOT one of the 4 theories of origin of the state?

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Social Demand Theory

Question 6

What theory says the state comes from the idea that god or gods have chosen people to rule?

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Divine Right Theory

Question 7

Govt. where small group of people hold all of the power. Power comes from wealth, military power, and social position

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Oligarchy

Question 8

Which is an example of a republic?

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Ancient Rome and the United States

Question 9

King, queen, or emperor exercise supreme powers of government. Power is usually inherited and rule through divine right.

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Monarchy

Question 10

One thing governments do is provide ways for group members to resolve conflicts

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True

Question 11

What theory says the state emerged when people of an area were brought under the authority of one person or group?

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Force Theory

Question 12

What is a political community that occupies a definite territory, has organized govt., and has sovereignty?

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State

Question 13

Govt. where ruling party is following a religious doctrine or ruling according to the beliefs of a particular religion

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Theocracy

Question 14

What is the quality of being accepted as an authority called?

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Legitimacy

Question 15

A government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling attitudes values and beliefs

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Totalitarian

Question 16

What type of economic system has the government answer the 3 basic economic questions (North Korea)?

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Command

Question 17

Which is an example of a totalitarian government?

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North Korea and Fascist Italy

Question 18

What theory says people agree to give power to governments to protect them or their rights?

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Social Contract Theory

Question 19

Which is an example of a (direct) democracy?

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Ancient Greece and Switzerland

Question 20

What type of economic system is a blend reliance of market forces with some government involvement in marketplace?

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Mixed

Question 21

What is the legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules called?

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Authority

Question 22

Which of the following is an example of service the government provides to improve community life?

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Law Enforcement/Police Forces, Public Transportation, Road Maintance, Social Security

Question 23

Which is an example of a Presidential Democracy?

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U.S. and Indonesia

Question 24

What is the central concern for all governments?

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Power

Question 25

What is a sovereign state whose citizens are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent?

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Nation-State

Question 26

A government where voters choose a president to lead the government and lawmakers to represent them in the legislature.

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Presidential Democracy

Question 27

What are some examples of threats government must protect or assist us with?

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National Disasters, Social Unrest, Military, Terrorism

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of a state?

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China

Question 29

A government in which voters elect lawmakers to represent them in the nation’s parliament. Winning party picks admin.

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Parliamentary Democracy

Question 30

A government in which a single person or group exercises supreme power by controlling the military and police

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Dictatorship

Question 31

What are the two sources of government authority?

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Ability and willingness to use coercive force, Their legitimacy

Question 32

Which system of government divides power between national and regional governments?

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Federal

Question 33

What is any sizeable group of people united by common bonds of race, language, customs, and traditions?

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Nation

Question 34

Which is NOT one of the three natural rights listed by Locke?

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Pursuit of Happiness

Question 35

What type of economic system relies on time-tested methods to answer the 3 basic questions (Inuit of Canada)?

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Traditonal

Question 36

Which of the following are the correct 5 sources of power?

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Legitimate, Referent, Rewards, Coercion, Expertise

Question 37

The 5 Purposes of Government are: Leadership, Social Order, Public Services, National Security, and Economic Systems

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True

Question 38

Who is the English philosopher who wrote the "Leviathan" and said people give up power to maintain social order?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hobbes

Question 39

Govt. where all citizens participate directly in government and the power of the government comes from the people.

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Democracy

Question 40

Which is an example of a Parliamentary Democracy?

Accepted Answer

United Kingdom and India

Question 41

Which government system concentrates power in the regional government as independent states?

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Confederal

Question 42

What type of economic system allows consumers and producers to answer the 3 basic questions (U.S. and Japan - sort of)?

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Market

Question 43

Which is an example of a single-party state?

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China and Burma

Question 44

What theory says the state evolved from the family?

Accepted Answer

Evolution Theory

Question 45

What is the ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do called?

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Power

Question 46

Which is an example of an autocracy?

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Saudi Arabia and Qatar

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT a government system?

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Traditional

Question 48

Government where power and authority are in the hands of a single individual

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Autocracy

Question 49

Which is an example of an oligarchy?

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Triumvirates of Rome and Earliest Soviet Russia

Question 50

Which is NOT one of the 3 basic economic questions?

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How much will goods and services cost consumers?

Question 51

Which is an example of a dictatorship?

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Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia

Question 52

Who was the Greek philosopher considered the father of political science?

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Aristotle

Question 53

Which is an example of a theocracy?

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Iran and the Vatican City

Question 54

Govt. where voters elect representatives who are responsible to the people that exercise that power.

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Republic

Question 55

A government where the constitution allows only one political party to govern power is exercised by the leading members

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Single-Party State

Question 56

Governments don't lead people toward the completion of complex tasks

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False

Question 57

Which is an example of an aristocracy?

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France Prior to the French Revolution and 14th Century Russia

Question 58

What are institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy called?

Accepted Answer

Government

Question 59

Who is the English philosopher who wrote "The Two Treatises of Govt." and said people had 3 natural rights?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Chapter 1 Test - Power, Authority, Government

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Chapter 1 Test - Power, Authority, Government

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