Government 1.1

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

The institution through which a society makes and enforces it’s public policies.

Question 2

What is government made up of?

Answer 2

People who exercise it’s powers, all those who have authority and control over people

Question 3

What are the public policies of government?

Answer 3

They are all of the things a government decides to do.

Question 4

What do public policies cover?

Answer 4

Matters that range from taxation, defense, education, crime, healthcare, transportation, environment, civil rights, and working conditions

Question 5

Why must government have power

Answer 5

To make and carry out public policies. Power is the ability to commmand or prevent action, the ability to achieve a desired end.

Question 6

What are the three different types of power the government has?

Answer 6

It was legislative, executive, and judicial power

Question 7

What is a constitution =?

Answer 7

It is the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government

Question 8

How may the powers be held?

Answer 8

By a single person, or by a small group (as a dictatorship)

Question 9

In a dictatorship what happens?

Answer 9

Those who rule cannot beheld responsible to the will of the peolpe.

Question 10

What is a democracy?

Answer 10

It is when the responsibility for the exercise of these powers rests with a majority of the people.

Question 11

When did government appear (not a date, but like an idea)

Answer 11

When people realized that they could not survive without some way to regulate their own actions

Question 12

The earliest knwn evidences of government date back to when?

Answer 12

ancient Egypt,2300 years ago,

Question 13

What is the state?

Answer 13

It is defined as a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically., and with the power to make and enforce law without consent of a higher authority

Question 14

What kind of thing does the term ‘state’ describe?

Answer 14

It describes a legal entity

Question 15

What does nation refer to?

Answer 15

It is an ethnic term that refers to races or other large groups of people

Question 16

What does the word country refer to?

Answer 16

It refers to a particular place, region, or are aof land

Question 17

What are the four characteristics of a state?

Answer 17

1. Population
2. Territory
3. Sovereignty
4. Government

Question 18

What is the force theory?

Answer 18

It is a theory that describes the formation of a state . In this theory, scholars believe that the state was born out of force. They claim that one person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced everyone to submit to them

Question 19

What is the evolutionary theory?

Answer 19

A population formed out of primitive families. The heads of these families became the government. When these families settled in one territory and claimed it as their own, they became a sovereign state

Question 20

What is the divine right theory?

Answer 20

It is the theory that explains that God created the sttae making it sovereign. The government is made up f those chosen by God to rule a certain territory. The people must obey the ruler

Question 21

What is the social contract theory?

Answer 21

A population in a given place (territory ) gave up as much power to a government as needed to promite the well being of all. IN doing so, they created a sovereign state

Question 22

What are the purposes of government (remember the preamble)

Answer 22

1. To form a more perfect union
2. To establish justice
3. Insure domestic traquility
4. Provide for the Common Defense
5. Promise the General Welfare
6. Secure the blessings of liberty