Introduction to US Government Quiz

God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule.

• force theory

• divine right theory

• evolutionary theory

• social contract theory

If a country is sovereign, it

• has supreme and absolute power within its territory.

• may be controlled by a stronger central government.

• has a government like the 50 states.

• non of the above

Which of the following is a duty of all citizens

• volunteer

• pay taxes

• be informed

• respect diversity

 An alliance of independent states

• presidential

• unitary

• parliamentary

• confederation

The supreme political authority rest with the people and the citizens themselves

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• parliamentary

A government in which the president is directly elected by the people

• parliamentary

• presidential

• unitary

• confederation

A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

A government in which all the powers are held by a central agency which then gives out the remainder of the powers to local government for its own convenience

• Parliamentary

• Unitary

• Presidential

• Confederation

Government...

• Provides order

• Prevents chaos

• Is an institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies

• all of the above