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Introduction to Government

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  • One person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within to submit to that person’s or group’s rule
    Force Theory
  • What economy is based on decisions based on customs, traditions, and beliefs?
    Traditional
  • A network of volunteer organizations is necessary in order for a democracy to prosper.
    True
  • A government in which all the powers are held by a central agency which then gives out the remainder of the powers to local government for its own convenience.
    Unitary
  • God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule.
    Divine Right Theory
  • A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group
    Oligarchy
  • What is social ownership (often by the government) or control of major industries; aims to reduce inequality?
    Socialism
  • Claims the state developed naturally out of the earliest group unit, the family.
    Evolutionary Theory
  • Type of government where citizens elect leaders to represent them in government
    Representative Government
  • A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
    Autocracy
  • Government provides:
    Provides order, prevents chaos, institution that enforces public policy
  • What economy is based on a blend of market and command elements?
    Mixed Economy
  • Slow decisions is one down-side to direct democracy
    True
  • In a theocracy, the head of the religion is also head of the state.
    True
  • The supreme political authority rests with the people and the citizens themselves
    Democracy
  • What economy is based on the government makes all major economic decisions?
    Command economy
  • A country refers to a population who may or may not be homogeneous.
    True
  • In a democracy, we make decisions based on majority rule, with no limitations.
    False
  • What is a classless society with common ownership of all means of production; no private property?
    Communism
  • A government in which the president is directly elected by the people.
    Presidential
  • People voluntarily came together and created the state for protection and cooperation.
    Social Contract Theory
  • An alliance of independent states.
    Confederacy
  • What economy is based on decisions are driven by individual choices and voluntary exchange with little government intervention?
    Market economy
  • America conducts direct democracy elections
    False
  • What is private ownership ofresources; competition drivesinnovation and efficiency?
    Capitalism