CLASSIFYING FORMS OF GOVERNMENT & THEORIES OF ORIGIN

Question 1

This indicates that one or a few have a voice in making decisions:

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autocracy

Question 2

When markets fail to protect values like clean water and child labor, the American solution is

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government regulation of business

Question 3

Theory which had greatest influence on our Founding Fathers' views:

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social contract theory

Question 4

Form of government in which government is NOT accountable to the people:

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autocracy

Question 5

A person whose role is to OBEY & PAY, not to provide input or demand government accountability

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subject

Question 6

Presidents have fixed terms. The American president's term is ___ years.

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four

Question 7

Three common bases for classifying government:

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all of these

Question 8

Montesquieu insisted that without this, any form of government, would be a bad one:

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separation of powers

Question 9

Type of government we have in the United States (relationship of leg & exec):

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presidential

Question 10

In this type of government, everybody gets to vote on everything -- think ancient Athens:

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direct democracy

Question 11

The chief executive is elected BY the legislature from WITHIN the legislature:

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parliamentary

Question 12

Synonym for REPUBLIC:

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indirect democracy

Question 13

All power which the government has is concentrated in the central organ:

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unitary

Question 14

The 22nd Amendment limits American presidents to

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2 terms or 10 years

Question 15

It's a loose association of independent and sovereign states; power lies with regional gov'ts.

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confederate

Question 16

Americans who want an equal chance to beome unequal (to get ahead) are concerned with equality

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of opportunity and under the law, but NOT of condition

Question 17

The classic example of a unitary system given by Magruder's:

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Great Britain

Question 18

Which is NOT a theory of the origin of government?

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popular sovereignty

Question 19

The majority of governments (now and in the past) are____in nature.

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unitary

Question 20

Governments tax citizens in order to

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provide public goods and services.

Question 21

The forms of government classified by geographic locus of power:

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unitary, federal, and confederate

Question 22

Type of government we have in the U.S. (# who may participate):

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democracy

Question 23

He drew heavily on Locke's ideas when he wrote the Declaration of Independence:

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 24

In this form of government the executive is a subset of the legislature:

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parliamentary

Question 25

Which way is the world moving -- toward autocracy or democracy?

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democracy

Question 26

Form of government in which power lies in the hands of a small group (usually with guns & $$)

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oligarchy

Question 27

It is inefficient and ineffective because all you have to do to subvert it is nothing:

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confederate

Question 28

Form of gov with a hereditary ruler whose power is NOT ABSOLUTE but limited by the RULE OF LAW:

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constitutional monarchy

Question 29

Its chief executive serves a fixed term:

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presidential

Question 30

Type of government we have in the United States (geographic distrib. of power):

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federal

Question 31

To our Founding Fathers, it was a dirty word, a synonym for MOB RULE!

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democracy

Question 32

Philosopher whose work had the greatest influence on American government:

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John Locke

Question 33

Which is NOT a basic principle of democracy?

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All of these are basic principles of democracy!

Question 34

Type(s) of AUTOCRATIC or AUTHORITARIAN government:

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all of these

Question 35

The chief executive is called the PRIME MINISTER:

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none of these

Question 36

The founding fathers added this to keep government's powers separate:

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checks and balances

Question 37

In this form of government, lots of people have a say:

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democracy

Question 38

Form of gov't in which hereditary rulers wield absolute power over everybody:

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monarchy

Question 39

Type of government created in our Constitution:

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republic

Question 40

In this form of gov., the people elect representatives to pass their laws and govern them.

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a republic

CLASSIFYING FORMS OF GOVERNMENT & THEORIES OF ORIGIN

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CLASSIFYING FORMS OF GOVERNMENT & THEORIES OF ORIGIN

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