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Sovereign State

Quiz by Jana Moore

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9 questions
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  • Q1
    What is a state?
    A body of people, living in a defined space, with power to make and enforce laws, and an organization to do so.
    Texas, Oregon, and California are examples of states.
    A body of people, living in a defined space, that checks with a higher authority in order to make and enforce laws.
    30s
  • Q2
    What is a population?
    A group of people who speak the same language.
    A group of people who live in the rural or urban areas of a state.
    A group of people who are generally wealthy members of a state.
    A group of people who are the members or citizens of a state.
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a territory?
    An area of land purchased after a war.
    The area in which a state's rule applies.
    An area in which a state's rule applies that does not have to be set.
    30s
  • Q4
    What is sovereignty?
    The ability for nation's to rule with a shared foreign policy.
    The ability to rule absolutely within and outside a territory.
    The ability to rule absolutely within a territory.
    30s
  • Q5
    What is a government?
    An organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state.
    An organization outside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state.
    The law enforcement agency that deals with criminal activity.
    An organization separate from the state that determines the actions and policies of the state.
    30s
  • Q6
    Who is responsible for protecting the state?
    The population
    The government
    The sovereignty
    The territory
    30s
  • Q7
    If urban = city, what does rural most likely mean?
    Country/Suburban
    30s
  • Q8
    Which one of these is something the government does not do?
    Separate the population into different groups in order to make better laws.
    Provides services to people in need.
    Provide a military to defend the state.
    Provides rules for how things are run inside the state.
    30s
  • Q9
    Three ways that a territory can be changed are...
    Negotiation, higher population, and purchasing land.
    Purchasing more land, taking it through war, or through cultural traditions
    Negotiation, war, and purchasing of land
    30s

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