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