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Background Of Governments
Test Description: Background of Governments
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1) Theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens
A
Divine Right Theory
B
Force Theory
C
Evolutionary Theory
D
Social Contract Theory
2) Government that gives all key powers to the national or central government
A
Federal system
B
Democracy
C
Nation-state
D
Unitary System
3) Group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, sometimes, religion
A
Anarchy
B
Autocracy
C
State
D
Nation
4) The supreme absolute authority within territorial boundaries
A
Nation
B
State
C
Government
D
Sovereignty
5) A country in which the territory of both the nation and the state coincide
A
Sovereignty
B
State
C
Nation-state
D
Consensus
6) Political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from a higher authority
A
Anarchy
B
Nation
C
Nation-State
D
State
7) The institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, enforces binding decisions on citizens
A
Economics
B
Government
C
Autocracy
D
Unitary system
8) An agreement about basic beliefs
A
Consensus
B
Autocracy
C
Preamble
D
Constitution
9) A government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern
A
Constitutional Government
B
Oligarchy
C
Constitutional Law
D
Monarchy
10) A loose union of independent states
A
Politics
B
Federal System
C
Unitary System
D
Confederacy
11) A law that involves the interpretation application of the U.S. Constitution state constitutions
A
Constitutional Law
B
Politics
C
Preamble
D
Free Enterprise
12) A plan that provides the rules for government
A
Preamble
B
Constitution
C
Politics
D
Political Party
13) The effort to control or influence the conduct policies of government
A
Sovereignty
B
Consensus
C
Politics
D
Political Party
14) A government that divides the powers of government between the national gov state or provincial gov
A
Democracy
B
Unitary System
C
Confederacy
D
Federal System
15) A statement in a constitution that sets forth the goals purposes of government
A
Autocracy
B
Republic
C
Social Contract Theory
D
Preamble
16) A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual
A
Autocracy
B
Oligarchy
C
Democracy
D
Monarchy
17) A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual
A
Democracy
B
Monarchy
C
Autocracy
D
Oligarchy
18) A government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power
A
Autocracy
B
Monarchy
C
Democracy
D
Oligarchy
19) The opportunity to control one’s own economic decisions
A
Economics
B
Communism
C
Free Enterprise
D
Socialism
20) Autocracy in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government
A
Democracy
B
Oligarchy
C
Theocracy
D
Monarchy
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