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AmGov_Chapter 1: The Need for Government

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  • Q1
    The power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes within a society is known as ____.
    Executive Power
    Legislative Power.
    State Powers
    Judicial Power.
    120s
  • Q2
    The structure of a ____ requires that power be divided between a state's central and local levels of government
    Unitary Government
    Monarchy
    Federal Government.
    Anarchist Government
    120s
  • Q3
    _________________is the power to make law and frame public policies.
    Judicial Power
    Federalist Power
    Legislative Power
    Executive Power
    120s
  • Q4
    Independent states that agree to form a ____ may still retain their separate identities.
    monarchy
    anarchy
    Confederation
    oligarchy
    120s
  • Q5
    A federal government is one in which
    the power to rule belong to a few powerful elite
    the leader has absolutely power and authority
    power is divided between a central government and local governments.
    all government powers belong to a single, Central agency
    120s
  • Q6
    Name the four characteristics of a state.
    (1) population, (2) territory, (3) self-sufficiency, (4) government.
    (1) population, (2) territory, (3) sovereignty, (4) government.
    (1) population, (2) state, (3) power, (4) dictatorship.
    (1) people, (2) land, (3) oceans, (4) government.
    120s
  • Q7
    The individual 50 States lack which basic characteristic of a state?
    government
    sovereignty
    population
    land
    120s
  • Q8
    In a democracy, the will of the majority_____________________________.
    cannot be used to elect representatives
    cannot be used to deprive rights to a member of a minority group
    rarely leads to satisfactory policy decisions
    cannot be changed or improved on.
    120s
  • Q9
    Select the stated purposes of government outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution.
    establish Justice
    secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity»
    to form a more perfect Union
    all of the above
    120s
  • Q10
    What specific need does the Internet seem especially suited to satisfy in a democracy?
    the need for a uneducated elite to run the government
    to cast a vote during a presidential election
    to control the lives of the citizens
    to inform about the many different institutions and policies of the government
    120s
  • Q11
    All political powers in a state are concentrated at the central level under which form of government?
    federalist
    monarchy
    unitary
    confederacy
    120s
  • Q12
    According to the social contract theory the contract is___________________.
    a constitution.
    120s
  • Q13
    If you live under a democratic government that conducts its own foreign and domestic policies in an area with a territory of fifty square miles and a population of fifty-thousand that area qualifies as a__________________________.
    state
    nation
    city
    government
    120s
  • Q14
    According to the law of supply and demand if strawberries become scarce due to a drought in berry-producing regions what happens to the price of strawberries?
    The price will drop, and then will rise.
    The price will rise, and then it will drop.
    The price will rise.
    The price will drop
    120s
  • Q15
    For what reason might the ruler(s) in a dictatorship feel threatened by the existence of the Internet?
    The Internet might provide a forum through which people could unite and rebel.
    The Internet might not be accessible to everyone.
    The Internet might provide people too much happiness.
    The Internet can be unreliable.
    120s

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