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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
sovereignty
B
population
C
economy
D
territory
2) What government features rule by one single person?
A
theocracy
B
autocracy
C
democracy
D
oligarchy
3) What government is characterized by rule by many people?
A
autocracy
B
democracy
C
theocracy
D
oligarchy
4) Which system contains a feature for citizens to make decisions directly?
A
direct democracy
B
oligarchy
C
junta
D
representative democracy
5) Which theory of the origins of a state espouses that the state emerged from the family?
A
divine right theory
B
force theory
C
social contract theory
D
evolutionary 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
Social Contract Theory
B
Force 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
John Locke
B
Baron de la Montesquieu
C
Thomas Hobbes
D
Jean Jacques Rousseau
8) What is an example of an oligarchy
A
junta
B
prime minister
C
monarchy
D
presidency
9) What is an example of autocracy?
A
prime minister
B
dictator
C
president
D
junta
10) Which Social contract theorist believed in Separation of powers?
A
Montesquieu
B
Hobbes
C
Locke
D
Rousseau
11) What is a group of people who share a common trait
A
country
B
province
C
state
D
nation
12) What is rule by a small group?
A
democracy
B
monarchy
C
oligarchy
D
autocracy
13) Who was the first to study government?
A
Hobbes
B
Aristotle
C
Locke
D
Rousseau
14) What is a system where people elect delegates to make decisions (example U.S. government)?
A
representative democracy
B
Autocracy
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
social contract theory
B
Evolutionary Theory
C
Force Theory
D
Theory of Divine Right
16) What is the term for the authority to rule?
A
sovereignty
B
junta
C
territory
D
autocracy
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
principality
B
republic
C
province
D
state
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