Foundations of Government

What is NOT considered the American ideals?

• Liberty

• Equality

• Free Healthcare

• Free enterprise economy

The formal structures and institutions through with decisions are made for a body of people is __________.

• power

• policy

• government

• politics

Any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal is _______________.

• government

• power

• policy

• politics

The process by which government makes and carries out decisions as to whose interests will be served in society is _______________.

• government

• power

• policy

• politics

A political community made up by a group of people that lives within a clearly defined territory _________.

• geographical region

• church

• cultrual region

• state

What best defines a "Social Contract Theory?"

• The supreme power of the state to act within its territory

• The process by which government makes and carries out decisions as to whose interests will be served in society

• rule that says the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state, which in turn would protect and support them

• theory that the king is answerable only to God, not the people he ruled

What is government?

• formal structures through which decisions are made for a body of a people

• formal institutions through which decisions are made for a body of a people

• informal structures through which decisions are made for a boy of a people

• informal institutions through which decisions are made for a body of a people

Why do we need government?

• Without it, chaos would occur

• Without it, disorder would occur

• Without it, success would not occur

• Without it, prosperity would not occur

What is NOT a characteristic of a state?

• territory

• population

• sovereignty

• open borders

How does government resolve conflict?

• Through politics

• Through religion

• Through economy

• Through taxes