Fundamentals of Government

Which theory holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state?

• social contract theory

• natural law

• natural rights

• divine right of kings

The supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called

• policy.

• legitimacy.

• sovereignty.

• legislative power.

Which of the following is another name for the term general welfare?

• public good

• social contract

• social good

• public needs

a government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique control

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• none of these

A government that limits opposition to it and uses force or the threat of force to enable it to survive is known as

(a)  

Every student must pray for the leader in the morning before school can start.

• Representative democracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

What type of government would you live in if it was mandatory that you attend a weekly parade to honor your leader?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

Competition is a central feature of free enterprise.

• True

• False

Jefferson (and John Locke) believed that governments derive their powers from 

• God, the creator

• The consent of the governed

• The laws of nature

• The King of Great Britain

it either has a king, queen, emperor, or empress. its passed down to heirs

• monarchy

• dictator

• oligarchy

• none of these