Chapter 1: Principles of Government

This government features a separation of powers between executive/legislative branches

True/False:  In the USA for democracy to work, every person is equal to all other people

In this government all power is held  by a single central agency, The UK & Parliament 

The number of people living in a state/country.

True/False:  Every state is sovereign, having absolute power within its own territory.  

These are all the things government decides to do:

An alliance of independent states, where central government has limited power given by states

True/False:Another purpose of government in our Constitution is to promote the general welfare

True/False:  In a republic, people vote for the leaders that will represent them in government

True/False:  Government has direct and large impact our day-to-day lives.

True/False:Another purpose of government in our Constitution is to establish justice

In this type of government,powers are divided between a central government & local governements

True/False:In the USA for democracy to work, there must be compromise

True/False:The divine right theory says that God created the state & picked the ruler.

True/False:Another purpose of government in our Constitution is to provide for common defense 

True/False:  One of earliest known governments dates from ancient Egypt in the 6th century BC.

True/False:  The United Kingdom has a president and Congress.

True/False:In the USA for democracy to work, there must be individual freedom protected by law

True/False:  The United States has a representative democracy where people vote for rulers.

True/False: Under the social contract theory people are the ultimate power, state serves people

True/False:  In the USA for democracy to work, every person has worth & dignity

True/False:  The United States has a direct democracy.

True/False:  We study government because government matters, & it impacts our lives daily.

True/False:The force theory holds that the state was born by a forceful leader taking power.  

True/False:  The United States has a parliamentary government and a prime minister 

True/False: Government: paves streets, punishes criminals, protects public health & environment

True/False:  In a democracy, supreme political authority rests with the people.

True/False:The evolutionary theory holds that the state developed naturally out of early family

A body of people living in a defined territory, with a government that makes/enforces laws 

True/False: The social contract theory arose out of a voluntary act of free people,

True/False:  Every state is politically organized and has a government.  

True/False:Another purpose of government in our Constitution is to insure domestic tranquility 

True/False:Another purpose of government in our Constitution is to secure blessings of liberty

True/False:  Government is among the oldest of all human inventions.

Land with known boundaries and borders, a state must have this.

This government features an executive called a prime minister

True/False:  The United States is a democratic republic.

True/False: Under the divine right theory, to disobey the ruler was treason & a sin. 

True/False:In the USA for democracy to work, majority rules, but minority rights are protected

This is the institutions through which a society makes & enforces its public policies.

True/False:One of the purpose of government in our Constitution is to form a more perfect union