Unit 1 Review - Principles of Government

The institution that a society creates to make and carry out policies.

• Government

• Anarchy

• Bureaucracy

• Corporation

Which of the following is not one of the five purposes of government?

• Public Services

• Social Order

• Protection

• Commerce

"If a man has destroyed the eye of another free man, his own eye shall be destroyed" is a law found in which document?

• The U.S. Constitution

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Magna Carta

Which theory about the origins of government holds that government was first imposed by force?

• Evolution Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Force Theory

• Social Contract Theory

Which thinker/writer is associated with the social contract theory of government?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Aristotle

• John Locke

The ability to control the actions of others is known as . . .

• Power

• Legitimacy

• Independence

• Bureaucracy

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of a nation-state?

• It has a flag.

• Members of its population all speak the same language.

• It has a government, defined territory, and population.

• It has elections.

True or false: Human societies have always been organized into nation-states.

• True

• False

What theory of government argues that power is held by a small group of people?

• Pluralist Theory

• Elite Theory

• Democratic Theory

• Socialist Theory

Which writer/thinker argued that those who control the "means of production" have the most power in government?

• John Locke

• Aristotle

• Karl Marx

• Thomas Hobbes