- Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic characteristics of a state?
Your answer:
population
government
military forces
territory
- Power and authority are not the only reasons people comply with the policies of their government – people most often follow governmental policies because they believe it has _____?_____, and they accept the rule of their government.
Your answer:
a divine right to rule
sovereignty
legitimacy
allegiance
- The beginnings of civilization and organized government took place over five millennia ago. In which of these places did this NOT occur?
Your answer:
in Mesopotamia, in western Asia
in the British North American colonies
on the Yellow River plains in northern China
along the Indus River Valley in northeast India
- The theory of government which holds that royal power comes from God is known as _____?_____.
Your answer:
sovereignty
the social contract
the state of nature
divine right
- The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote “The Leviathan,” in which he suggested that
Your answer:
kings and queens have a “divine right” to rule and this kind of government should never be questioned by the mass of people being ruled
the earliest humans lived in a “state of nature” but came together to create government to improve their “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short” lives
humans are destined to live in communities governed by those who have the most brute strength
“life, liberty and property” are rights that cannot be taken away from the people by any government
- John Locke is generally most notable because of his belief _____?_____.
Your answer:
that government is inherently (in and of itself) evil, and should be done away with so that people could enjoy their freedoms
that people have “natural rights,” including the right to life, liberty and property
that people do not ever voluntarily take part in creating a state
that communities of people get together to share the benefits of civilized life
- Outlawing slavery or child-marriage is an example of a government policy that _____?_____.
Your answer:
provides public services
enforces the social contract
keeps public order
promotes social standards
- Consistent, uniform policies are the main advantage of _____?_____.
Your answer:
a confederation
a unitary government
a federal system
a communist system
- Under which type of system does each state retain its sovereignty while giving very limited powers to a central government?
Your answer:
democracy
oligarchy
confederation (confederacy)
federal system
- A government that tries to fundamentally reshape society to conform with an idea or master plan and controls the daily lives of its citizens is known as _____?_____.
Your answer:
authoritarian
oligarchic
totalitarian
autocratic
- Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a dictatorship?
Your answer:
suppression of opposition through strict controls of the people’s lives
acquire and maintain leadership through fear and force
gain power legally during times of crisis, when people are willing to accept a strong ruler as a necessity
maintain their power through the people’s acceptance of their legitimacy and a general agreement that the government is supplying “life, liberty and property”
- The first recorded example of a democratic form of government was located
Your answer:
in the ancient Roman empire
in Beijing (ancient China)
in Athens (ancient Greece)
in ancient Missouri
- Another term for "equality under the law" is _____?_____.
Your answer:
civil liberties
individual worth
civil rights
democracy
- Which of the following is likely to be MOST restrictive of people’s activities, freedoms and rights?
Your answer:
an oligarchy
a totalitarian dictatorship
a republic
an autocracy
- "A government of laws, and not of men" is a government _____?_____.
Your answer:
in which public officials receive special treatment
run by the people
under which no person is above the law
in which there is no written constitution
- The basic principles of American democracy include all of the following EXCEPT the idea that _____?_____.
Your answer:
government power must be limited
the people have the right to elect their representatives
all citizens must vote
all citizens abide by majority decisions
- The constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" was the _____?_____.
Your answer:
First
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Thirteenth
- Jus soli is a legal principle meaning that a person's citizenship is determined by _____?_____ .
Your answer:
a formal declaration of choice
place of birth
the citizenship of his or her father
the citizenship of his or her parents
- In order to be eligible for naturalization, immigrants must meet which of the following requirements?
Your answer:
They must understand the laws of every state.
They must be free of any medical problems.
They must be able to speak English.
They must have at least one immediate relative who is a citizen.
- In order to be capable of creating public policies, governments must have three things. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Your answer:
d) Territory – a geographic area within a definite, recognizable boundary
c) Legitimacy – when people accept government’s authority and right to lead them
a) Authority – the right to make decisions that others will follow
b) Power – the ability to make decisions that others will follow
- Naturalized citizens may lose their citizenship if they _____?_____.
Your answer:
have lied about themselves during the naturalization process
leave the United States for a period of ten or more years
move around from one state to another
are convicted of felony crimes
- Sovereignty is best defined as a _____?_____.
Your answer:
unitary government
monarchical form of government
renunciation of citizenship
nation-state's right to act independently
- In modern times, an independent political unit is called a _____?_____.
Your answer:
polis
confederation
state
territory
- The government of the United States is an example of _____?_____.
Your answer:
an oligarchy
a representative democracy
a direct democracy
an autocracy
- Aristotle was the first person to _____?_____.
Your answer:
establish an oligarchy
study the workings of government
visit the North Polis
write about ethics and morality
- Any course of action directed toward a national goal is called a _____?_____.
Your answer:
political socialization
government subsidy
public opinion
public policy
- A governmental system where political authority is divided between a national government and its political subdivisions is called _____?_____.
Your answer:
federalism
socialism
centralization
nationalism
- A government in which the ruler acquires his or her position through inheritance or family ties is a _____?_____.
Your answer:
confederation
democracy
totalitarian dictatorship
monarchy
- A small group of military officers who seize a state and establish their own government is a _____?_____.
Your answer:
constitutional democracy
junta
republic
federalist system
- Here are three main characteristics of dictatorships. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Your answer:
often gain power legally, during times of crisis
equal rights and equal opportunity for all citizens, under the law
maintain their power through suppressing opposition and strict controls on people’s lives
power is sometimes gained and maintained through fear and force
- Collective naturalization happens when
Your answer:
A large group of people are granted civil rights at the same time
A large group of people are guaranteed life, liberty, and property under the law
A large group of people are guaranteed the right to vote
A large group of people are granted citizenship at the same time
- Under which of the following examples might a person be “expatriated”?
Your answer:
All of these are circumstances under which a person might be expatriated.
when they request a change of citizenship to another nation-state
when they become a citizen of another country
when government officials discover they lied on their immigration application papers