Foundations of Government SSCG1-2 Test Review

Who said that life without government was like a war pitting each individual against the other?

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Louis XIV
• Thomas Aquinas

The vast majority of the world's nations have which system of government?

• federal
• unitary
• totalitarian
• confederal

Which of the following is the most common form of authoritarian government?

• totalitarianism
• theocracy
• dictatorship
• communism

Which philosopher argued that government must have great power to force obedience to its laws and to defend itself?

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
• Aristotle

The form of government in which one person controls most of the governing decisions is a(n)

• direct democracy.

• autocracy.

• oligarchy.

• republic.

What does an authoritarian regime become at its most extreme?

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• totalitarian

• republican

A monarchy is a system of government headed by one person whose power is inherited and unlimited,

• true
• false

One form of authoritarian government is a theocracy.

• true
• false

A unitary system of government divides power over people and territory between a national government and regional levels of government.

• true
• false

A dictatorship that is led by a small group of people is called a republic.

• true
• false