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Government 1.1
Test Description: Foundations of American Government
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT one of the four essential features of a state?
A
economy
B
territory
C
sovereignty
D
population
2) What government features rule by one single person?
A
autocracy
B
oligarchy
C
theocracy
D
democracy
3) What government is characterized by rule by many people?
A
democracy
B
theocracy
C
oligarchy
D
autocracy
4) Which system contains a feature for citizens to make decisions directly?
A
oligarchy
B
representative democracy
C
direct democracy
D
junta
5) Which theory of the origins of a state espouses that the state emerged from the family?
A
force theory
B
evolutionary theory
C
divine right theory
D
social contract theory
6) Which Theory on the origin of the state said that people were made to form states in order to form protection from evil people?
A
Force Theory
B
Social Contract Theory
C
Evolutionary Theory
D
Divine Right Theory
7) Which Social contract theorist, author of the Two treatises of government, liked life, liberty, and property?
A
Jean Jacques Rousseau
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
Baron de la Montesquieu
D
John Locke
8) What is an example of an oligarchy
A
prime minister
B
monarchy
C
presidency
D
junta
9) What is an example of autocracy?
A
dictator
B
president
C
junta
D
prime minister
10) Which Social contract theorist believed in Separation of powers?
A
Rousseau
B
Locke
C
Montesquieu
D
Hobbes
11) What is a group of people who share a common trait
A
country
B
state
C
nation
D
province
12) What is rule by a small group?
A
democracy
B
autocracy
C
monarchy
D
oligarchy
13) Who was the first to study government?
A
Aristotle
B
Locke
C
Rousseau
D
Hobbes
14) What is a system where people elect delegates to make decisions (example U.S. government)?
A
Autocracy
B
representative democracy
C
direct democracy
D
oligarchy
15) Theory on the origin of the state that stated the idea that people agree to be governed in order to protect life, liberty, and property
A
Theory of Divine Right
B
Evolutionary Theory
C
Force Theory
D
social contract theory
16) What is the term for the authority to rule?
A
autocracy
B
territory
C
sovereignty
D
junta
17) Who was the first Social contract theorist and author of Leviathan
A
Montesquieu
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
Jean Jacques Rousseau
D
John Locke
18) What is another word for country?
A
state
B
province
C
principality
D
republic
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