Government Test #1

Question 0

Politics

Answer 0

A process, whereby collective decisions are made

Question 1

Major problems faced by man and the solution to these problems?

Answer 1

1.survival
2.getting along with society
Solution: government

Question 2

Basic Principles of Government

Answer 2

1. It is the only legitimate institution that can exert force.
2. government can obtain compliance through force
3. Individuals must lose some kind of freedom under a government.

Question 3

Basic objections to government

Answer 3

1. Certain groups are neglected
2. In an emergency government assumes to much power
3. Citizens lose individual freedoms.

Question 4

Why do we have government?

Answer 4

1. Maintain social order
2. To provide national security
3. Provide for the collective good

Question 5

Common assumptions about government

Answer 5

1, public officials operate within the law.

2. Government decisions are responsive to public need.
3. Public officials are accountable
4. Government belong to the people

Question 6

What does it take to be a state?

Answer 6

1. population
2. territory
3. government
4. sovreignty

Question 7

What is the problem with government?

Answer 7

How to balance individual freedom against the collective good of all citizens

Question 8

Factors that influence government

Answer 8

1. Nationalism
2. religion
   - can reinforce nationalism
   - can provide an ideology for conquest
   - can set limits on wants
3. private property
   - discourages riots and revolution
4. popular culture
   - gives a sense of belonging
5. education
   - workers are voters
   - shapes peoples values
6. participation and cooperation

Question 9

The force theory (Origins of the State)

Answer 9

Some people by sheer force took controll of the other people around them

Question 10

Evolution Theory (Origins of the State)

Answer 10

Family tree grew majorly and the leader of the family evolved into the leader of a nation

Question 11

Social contract theory (origins of the state)

Answer 11

Government started as an agreement among the people

Question 12

Divine theory (origins of the state)

Answer 12

God has chosen a certain person to rule, or the leader of the govt is “god”. Like a pharaoh or Caesar

Question 13

Geographic distribution of power

—–Unitary

Answer 13

All power is in a centralized agency

Question 14

Geographic distribution of power

—-Confederate

Answer 14

• A league of sovereign states grouped around a central government.
• central govt is very weak

Question 15

Geographic distribution of power

—-Federal

Answer 15

1. Mixture of previous two

2. Power is divided by a written constitution between a central and regional government. USA

Question 16

Presidential government

Answer 16

Executive and legislative are seperate and equal

Question 17

Parliamentary government

Answer 17

-executive and legislative are not separate

Question 18

Dictatorship

Answer 18

1. Autocracy - One person w absolute power

2. Oligarchy - A small group has absolute power

Question 19

Democracy

Answer 19

1. Pure- everyone votes on everything, everyone has a say.

2. Republic(USA) - the people choose representatives to vote on their behalf.

Question 20

Foundations of Democracy

Answer 20

1. Every person has worth
2. Equality of all people
   - everyone is equal before to law.
3. Majority rule and Minority rights
4. The necessity of compromise
5. Individual freedom

Question 21

3 Key Ideas of American Democracy

Answer 21

1. Liberty
   - freedoms to do what you want
2. Equality
   - everyone is equal
3. Property
   - people have the right for their property to be protected