American Government - Unit 1 Review

Choose which of the following is NOT one of the four characteristics of a "State":

• Population

• Territory

• Sovereignty

• Government

• Taxes

Can a country exist and not be a state?

• Yes

• No

Countries like Puerto Rico and Guam are not consider to be true states because they:

• are too far away.

• too small in size.

• not large enough in population.

• not sovereign.

Force theory is:

• One person or group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to obey.

• Developed out of an early family.

• God given right to rule. Ex: Kings, pretty much all monarchies in Europe or other places!

• State developed voluntarily. People created government therefore government serves the people.

This type of government gets its power from the people who believe in individual liberty and majority rule with minority rights.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Anarchy

This system of government has all the key powers and decisions given to the national/central government.

• Unitary

• Binary

• Federal

• Confederate

This system of government has all the key powers and decisions divided between the national, state, and local government.

• Unitary

• Binary

• Federal

• Confederate

This system of government is a loose union of independent states.

• Unitary

• Binary

• Federal

• Confederate

When citizens choose their representatives for government, and those representatives would do all of the governing for them it's called a _____?

• Republic

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Citizenship

The Magna Carte, signed in 1215, introduced the concept of _________ government.

• Limited

• Absolute

• Unlimited

• Constitutional