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Unit 1 Vocabulary
Test Description: Important terms and vocabulary from Unit 1.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Term to describe the institution created by society to create and enforce public policy
A
Religion
B
Economy
C
Government
D
Contract
2) A choice that government makes in response to a political issue
A
Conflict Resolution
B
Economic Stability
C
Executive Order
D
Public Policy
3) People who share a culture and a territory
A
pen pals
B
internationals
C
contract
D
society
4) Term which describes an agreement
A
Plan
B
Conflict
C
Contract
D
Society
5) Theory which says that an individual or small group used force (or violence or the threat of violence) to gain control of people; the people will be forced to submit to their will.
A
Force
B
Social Contract
C
Evolution
D
Divine Right
6) Theory that says the first government evolved naturally from the family
A
Divine Right
B
Force
C
Evolution
D
Social Contract
7) Theory that says the right to rule came directly from God
A
Social Contract
B
Force
C
Divine Right
D
Evolution
8) Theory that says society and government enter into a contract explaining what the government could and could not do; the right to rule comes from the people
A
Force
B
Divine Right
C
Social Contract
D
Evolution
9) Jacques Bossuet wrote, It is God who establishes kings. Which theory of the origin of government would he support?
A
divine right theory
B
evolution theory
C
force theory
D
social contract theory
10) Which theory is most closely associated with John Locke and the Enlightenment?
A
divine right theory
B
force theory
C
social contract theory
D
evolution theory
11) Imagine that a group of people attack and defeat another group. The first group's leader becomes the ruler of the defeated group. This example best illustrates which theory?
A
evolution theory
B
divine right theory
C
social contract
D
force theory
12) Order, protection, public services, economic stability and which choice below are the five purposes of government?
A
conflict resolution
B
trade
C
commerce
D
elections
13) If a nation experiences rioting in its major cities, which purpose has the government failed?
A
social services
B
order
C
economic stability
D
protection
14) If a nation has half of the population out of work, what purpose has its government failed to perform?
A
conflict resolution
B
social contract
C
order
D
economic stability
15) Which term is defined as the ability to control the actions of others?
A
government
B
bureaucracy
C
power
D
elitist theory
16) What do we call the supreme power within a specified territory?
A
government
B
sovereignty
C
privacy
D
contract
17) Who said that power is held by an economic elite, the people who control the means of production?
A
John Locke
B
Max Weber
C
Karl Marx
D
Thomas Jefferson
18) Who said that power is concentrated among a power elite made up of leaders from the military, government, and business.
A
C. Write Mills
B
John Locke
C
Karl Marx
D
Thomas Jefferson
19) A ruler that seizes the government by force but has no rightful claim to leadership is an example of...
A
power but not authority
B
sovereignty but not power
C
legitimacy but not authority
D
power but not legitimacy
20) The United States is a democracy, a presidential government, a federal system, and what?
A
oligarchy
B
limited government
C
anarchy
D
autocracy
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