Government Unit I Review - Forms of Government

Author of The Leviathan, which established the idea of social contract theory

Which of the following is NOT a basic feature of authoritarian governments?

System of government in which sovereignty rests in a single national government

A disadvantage of communism is that the goal for profit leads to economic and social inequality

All of the following are economic questions societies must answer EXCEPT

Author of The Communist Manifesto (1847), which introduced the foundations of communism

Presidential democratic systems have fewer political parties than parliamentary democratic systems

An advantage of capitalism is that competition for profit promotes economic efficiency

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main components of government?

Emphasized that people still had natural rights, such as life, liberty, and property, under a government

Parliamentary democratic systems have more checks and balances than presidential democratic systems

A government headed by one person who exercises supreme authority

Which of the following is NOT one of the four factors of production?

System of government in which government power is split between national and regional governments

A disadvantage of socialism is that it requires higher taxes to fund government social welfare programs

Dictatorship that is led by a small group of people

Ideal economic system in decisions are made by the government

Supreme power of a state to act within its territory and control its external affairs

An absolute monarchy is a government in which the monarch is a ceremonial head of state

Ideal economic system which is based on custom

According to Divine Right, rulers' power (legitimacy) comes from

Laissez-faire, the idea that government should be minimally involved in the economy, roughly translates to 'hands off'

Which of the five functions of government deals with representing the majority and protecting the minority?

Author of The Wealth of Nations (1776), which detailed the foundations of capitalism

Karl Marx used the term 'bourgeoisie' to describe the working class

The formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people

All of the following are characteristics of a state EXCEPT

Prime ministers must choose their official advisers from among their fellow legislators