CHAPTER 1 FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
FREQUENTLY TESTED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
anarchy
ANSWER
a state without government or laws
Question 2.
government
ANSWER
is an institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people
under its control
Question 3.
what are the functions of the government?
ANSWER
1. maintaning order
2. public services
3. national security
4. economic security
Question 4.
nation
ANSWER
a group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion
Question 5.
state
ANSWER
a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
Question 6.
country
ANSWER
a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
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, Question 7.
sovereignty
ANSWER
the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries
Question 8.
what are essential features of a state?
ANSWER
1. population
2. territory
3. sovereignty
4. government
Question 9.
what are the theories of the origin of the state?
ANSWER
1. evolutionary theory
2. force theory
3. divine right theory
4. social contract theory
Question 10.
evolutionary theory
ANSWER
the notion of the state evolved from the family...people governed according to family and clan
traditions person or group by use of force
Question 11.
divine right theory
ANSWER
the idea that people are chosen by god or gods to rule
Question 12.
social contract theory
ANSWER
the theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and
the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens
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FREQUENTLY TESTED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
anarchy
ANSWER
a state without government or laws
Question 2.
government
ANSWER
is an institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people
under its control
Question 3.
what are the functions of the government?
ANSWER
1. maintaning order
2. public services
3. national security
4. economic security
Question 4.
nation
ANSWER
a group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion
Question 5.
state
ANSWER
a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
Question 6.
country
ANSWER
a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
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, Question 7.
sovereignty
ANSWER
the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries
Question 8.
what are essential features of a state?
ANSWER
1. population
2. territory
3. sovereignty
4. government
Question 9.
what are the theories of the origin of the state?
ANSWER
1. evolutionary theory
2. force theory
3. divine right theory
4. social contract theory
Question 10.
evolutionary theory
ANSWER
the notion of the state evolved from the family...people governed according to family and clan
traditions person or group by use of force
Question 11.
divine right theory
ANSWER
the idea that people are chosen by god or gods to rule
Question 12.
social contract theory
ANSWER
the theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and
the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens
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