Chapter 1 Section 3

Question 0

List the 4 main purposes or functions of government:

Answer 0

1. Keep order (making and enforcing laws)
2. Provide security (military and police)
3. Provide public services (schools, libraries, hospital, parks, sanitation, roads, mail, etc.)
4. Guide the community (public policy/creating budgets)

Question 1

How did Thomas Hobbes describe life without government?

Answer 1

Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short

Question 2

Which level of government has the most power?

Answer 2

National government (ex. Supreme Court)

Question 3

Which level of government is the closest to Americans?

Answer 3

Local government (ex. schools)

Question 4

Why doesn’t the US have a direct democracy?

Answer 4

Too many people live here

Question 5

What type of government does Great Britain have?

Answer 5

Constitutional monarchy

Question 6

Why did Abraham Lincoln describe our democracy as a government 1) of the people, 2) by the people and 3) for the people?

Answer 6

1) government gets power from the people
2) because the people vote
3) provide/protect the citizens (disease, invaders, economic collapse)

Question 7

What is the best way to tell that a government is democratic?

Answer 7

If the people can vote in 3 fair elections by secret ballot

Question 8

Define absolute monarchy:

Answer 8

King or queen with unlimited power

Question 9

Define dictatorship:

Answer 9

One person or a small group takes power usually by force

Question 10

Name 3 of the most notorious totalitarian leaders in history:

Answer 10

1. Stalin
2. Hitler
3. Mussolini

Question 11

List 4 modern nations that have totalitarian governments:

Answer 11

1. China
2. Vietnam
3. Cuba
4. North Korea