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Important Terms And Vocabulary From Unit 1.
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Term to describe the institution created by society to create and enforce public policy
a) Religion
b) Government
c) Economy
d) Contract
A choice that government makes in response to a political issue
a) Public Policy
b) Economic Stability
c) Conflict Resolution
d) Executive Order
People who share a culture and a territory
a) internationals
b) contract
c) pen pals
d) society
Term which describes an agreement
a) Plan
b) Contract
c) Conflict
d) Society
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) Evolution
b) Divine Right
c) Force
d) Social Contract
Theory that says the first government evolved naturally from the family
a) Social Contract
b) Force
c) Evolution
d) Divine Right
Theory that says the right to rule came directly from God
a) Evolution
b) Divine Right
c) Force
d) Social Contract
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) Evolution
b) Force
c) Divine Right
d) Social Contract
Jacques Bossuet wrote, It is God who establishes kings. Which theory of the origin of government would he support?
a) force theory
b) social contract theory
c) evolution theory
d) divine right theory
Which theory is most closely associated with John Locke and the Enlightenment?
a) force theory
b) social contract theory
c) evolution theory
d) divine right theory
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) force theory
b) evolution theory
c) divine right theory
d) social contract
Order, protection, public services, economic stability and which choice below are the five purposes of government?
a) commerce
b) conflict resolution
c) trade
d) elections
If a nation experiences rioting in its major cities, which purpose has the government failed?
a) protection
b) social services
c) order
d) economic stability
If a nation has half of the population out of work, what purpose has its government failed to perform?
a) order
b) social contract
c) conflict resolution
d) economic stability
Which term is defined as the ability to control the actions of others?
a) power
b) government
c) elitist theory
d) bureaucracy
What do we call the supreme power within a specified territory?
a) government
b) sovereignty
c) privacy
d) contract
Who said that power is held by an economic elite, the people who control the means of production?
a) Karl Marx
b) Max Weber
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) John Locke
Who said that power is concentrated among a power elite made up of leaders from the military, government, and business.
a) Karl Marx
b) John Locke
c) C. Write Mills
d) Thomas Jefferson
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) legitimacy but not authority
c) sovereignty but not power
d) power but not legitimacy
The United States is a democracy, a presidential government, a federal system, and what?
a) oligarchy
b) autocracy
c) anarchy
d) limited government
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