POLS 2311: GOVERNMENT OF THE US QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Define government and forms of government Ans✓✓✓Government is
needed to provide those services, sometimes called "public goods," that
citizens need but are not likely to be able to provide adequately for
themselves. There are many different kinds of government. Prior to the
modern era, governments accepted almost no limits on their behavior
and provided citizens with few opportunities to participate in public
affairs. Today, numerous countries, including the United States, are
constitutional democracies. America's democracy provides citizens with
the chance to elect top officials at all levels of government and even
allows them to vote directly on laws in many states and localities.
Services that citizens need but are unlikely to provide for themselves,
such as national defense, maintenance of public order, and a stable
currency, are called Ans✓✓✓public goods
What is the basic difference between an autocracy and an oligarchy?
Ans✓✓✓the number of people who control governing decisions
A government that is formally limited in what it can control and how it
controls it is known as Ans✓✓✓a constitutional government.
A system of government that allows citizens to vote directly on the law
through popular initiatives and ballot referendums is called a
Ans✓✓✓direct democracy
, Government Ans✓✓✓institutions and procedures through which a
territory and its people are ruled
Politics Ans✓✓✓conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of
governments
Autocracy Ans✓✓✓a form of government in which a single
individual—a king, queen, or dictator—rules
Oligarchy Ans✓✓✓a form of government in which a small group—
landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants—controls most of
the governing decisions
Democracy Ans✓✓✓a system of rule that permits citizens to play a
significant part in the governmental process, usually through the election
of key public officials
constitutional government Ans✓✓✓a system of rule in which formal
and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government
authoritarian government Ans✓✓✓a system of rule in which the
government recognizes no formal limits but may nevertheless be
restrained by the power of other social institutions
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Define government and forms of government Ans✓✓✓Government is
needed to provide those services, sometimes called "public goods," that
citizens need but are not likely to be able to provide adequately for
themselves. There are many different kinds of government. Prior to the
modern era, governments accepted almost no limits on their behavior
and provided citizens with few opportunities to participate in public
affairs. Today, numerous countries, including the United States, are
constitutional democracies. America's democracy provides citizens with
the chance to elect top officials at all levels of government and even
allows them to vote directly on laws in many states and localities.
Services that citizens need but are unlikely to provide for themselves,
such as national defense, maintenance of public order, and a stable
currency, are called Ans✓✓✓public goods
What is the basic difference between an autocracy and an oligarchy?
Ans✓✓✓the number of people who control governing decisions
A government that is formally limited in what it can control and how it
controls it is known as Ans✓✓✓a constitutional government.
A system of government that allows citizens to vote directly on the law
through popular initiatives and ballot referendums is called a
Ans✓✓✓direct democracy
, Government Ans✓✓✓institutions and procedures through which a
territory and its people are ruled
Politics Ans✓✓✓conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of
governments
Autocracy Ans✓✓✓a form of government in which a single
individual—a king, queen, or dictator—rules
Oligarchy Ans✓✓✓a form of government in which a small group—
landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants—controls most of
the governing decisions
Democracy Ans✓✓✓a system of rule that permits citizens to play a
significant part in the governmental process, usually through the election
of key public officials
constitutional government Ans✓✓✓a system of rule in which formal
and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government
authoritarian government Ans✓✓✓a system of rule in which the
government recognizes no formal limits but may nevertheless be
restrained by the power of other social institutions
