Government test 1

Question 1

all of the things the government decides to do

Answer 1

Public policies

Question 2

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

Answer 2

constitution

Question 3

a body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically with the power to make and enforce laws

Answer 3

state

Question 4

the land, with known recognized boundaries

Answer 4

territory

Question 5

form of government where those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people

Answer 5

dictatorship

Question 6

the institution through which society makes and enforces its public policy

Answer 6

government

Question 7

a state’s supreme and absolute power within its own territory

Answer 7

sovereighnty

Question 8

the number of people in a particular state or other area

Answer 8

population

Question 9

a form of government in which the legal system is based on religious law and usually has a religious leader to head the state

Answer 9

theocracy

Question 10

a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited power

Answer 10

autocracy

Question 11

a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small elitist group (usually self-appointed)

Answer 11

oligarchy

Question 12

the belief of the poeple that a government has the right to make public policy

Answer 12

legitimacy

Question 13

a loosely organized system in which powerful lords divided their land among other lesser lords in return for loyalty and soldiers

Answer 13

feulalism

Question 14

an economic and political theory emphasizing money as the chief source of wealth to increase the power of the nation

Answer 14

mercantilism

Question 15

the control one nation had over foreign lands

Answer 15

colonialism

Question 16

an economic system characterized by private ownership, individual making, and free market

Answer 16

free enterprise

Question 17

three basic powers every government holds

Answer 17

judicial, executive, and legislative powers

Question 18

what are the four defining characteristics of a state?

Answer 18

population, sovereignty, government, territory

Question 19

four theories that attempt to explain the origin of the state

Answer 19

Force- man or people took control by force
evolutionary- family started developed from there
divine right of kings- god given right to rule
social contract- citizens voluntarily gave power

Question 20

purposes of government in the U.S. and other countries

Answer 20

provide common defense, general welfare, establish Justice, and insure domestic tranquility

Question 21

government systems based on “who can Participate”

Answer 21

democracy and dictorship

Question 22

government systems based on “Geographic Distribution of Power”

Answer 22

unitary, Federal, confederate

Question 23

governments based on the relationships between the legislative and the executive

Answer 23

parliamentary, and presidental

Question 24

adolf hitler is referred to as a dictator. under what circumstances would it be accurate to call him an autocrat?

Answer 24

Those in power hold absolute and unchallenged authority over the people

Question 25

what words are commonly used to describe present day dictatorships?

Answer 25

authoritarian, and totalitarian, militaristic

Question 26

why do discussions of the origin of democratic government often look back at Greece and Rome?

Answer 26

athens is the birthplace of democracy, Rome is the one who spread democracy

Question 27

explain how governments gain legitimacy

Answer 27

personality, follow rule of law, tradition

Question 28

why did many European countries turn to colonialism?

Answer 28

the trade and money brought them power more than land did

Question 29

five basic concepts of our Democracy

Answer 29

individual worth, equality of people, majority rule-minority rights. necessity of compromise, and insistence upon individual Freedom

Question 30

difference between a duty and responsibility?

Answer 30

duty- have to do it
responsibility- should do it

Question 31

how does the economic system reflect the respect for the individual that is key to our political system?

Answer 31

individual freedom, can make there own decisions, individual freedom to make action