CSET Social Science Subtest
3: Government fully solved &
updated(graded A+)
Purpose of Government - answer 1. Maintain social order
2. Provide public services
3. Provide security and defense
4. Provide for the economy
Maintain Social Order - answer John Locke's (1632-1704) social
contract theory claims that people need government to maintain
social order because they have not yet discovered a way to live in
groups without conflict. (Purpose of Government)
Provide Public Services - answer Abraham Lincoln identified this
purpose of government in 1854 by saying that the government
should do for a community whatever they need to have done to
promote the general welfare. (Purpose of Government)
Provide National Security - answer Government should protect the
people against attack by other states or from threats such as
terrorism. (Purpose of Government)
Make Economic Decisions - answer Governments use their power to
reduce conflicts such as material scarcity, pass laws that shape the
economic environment of a nation, and make choices that distribute
benefits and public services among citizens. (Purpose of
Government)
Evolutionary Theory - answer State evolved from the family. The
head of the primitive family was the authority that served as the
government.
, Force Theory - answer Government emerged when all the people of
an area were brought under the authority of one person or group.
Divine Right Theory - answer God created the state and that God
had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule.
Social Contract Theory - answer The belief that the people agree to
set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist
or remove rulers who act against those purposes. (Locke and
Hobbes)
Three Major Economic Decisions - answer 1. What and how much
should be produced.
2. What goods and services should be produced.
Who gets the goods and services that are produced.
Capitalism - answer Economic system in which private citizens own
and use the factors of production in order to generate profits.
Pure Capitalism - answer 1. private ownership and control of
property of economic recourses.
2. Free enterprise.
3. Competition among businesses.
4. Freedom of choice.
5. Possibility of profits.
Adam Smith - answer Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of
political economics. Seen today as the father of Capitalism. Wrote
On the Wealth of Nations (1776) One of the key figures of the
Scottish Enlightenment.
3: Government fully solved &
updated(graded A+)
Purpose of Government - answer 1. Maintain social order
2. Provide public services
3. Provide security and defense
4. Provide for the economy
Maintain Social Order - answer John Locke's (1632-1704) social
contract theory claims that people need government to maintain
social order because they have not yet discovered a way to live in
groups without conflict. (Purpose of Government)
Provide Public Services - answer Abraham Lincoln identified this
purpose of government in 1854 by saying that the government
should do for a community whatever they need to have done to
promote the general welfare. (Purpose of Government)
Provide National Security - answer Government should protect the
people against attack by other states or from threats such as
terrorism. (Purpose of Government)
Make Economic Decisions - answer Governments use their power to
reduce conflicts such as material scarcity, pass laws that shape the
economic environment of a nation, and make choices that distribute
benefits and public services among citizens. (Purpose of
Government)
Evolutionary Theory - answer State evolved from the family. The
head of the primitive family was the authority that served as the
government.
, Force Theory - answer Government emerged when all the people of
an area were brought under the authority of one person or group.
Divine Right Theory - answer God created the state and that God
had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule.
Social Contract Theory - answer The belief that the people agree to
set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist
or remove rulers who act against those purposes. (Locke and
Hobbes)
Three Major Economic Decisions - answer 1. What and how much
should be produced.
2. What goods and services should be produced.
Who gets the goods and services that are produced.
Capitalism - answer Economic system in which private citizens own
and use the factors of production in order to generate profits.
Pure Capitalism - answer 1. private ownership and control of
property of economic recourses.
2. Free enterprise.
3. Competition among businesses.
4. Freedom of choice.
5. Possibility of profits.
Adam Smith - answer Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of
political economics. Seen today as the father of Capitalism. Wrote
On the Wealth of Nations (1776) One of the key figures of the
Scottish Enlightenment.
