Government Chapter 1 Review

Section 1 1. Who was a scholar from ancient Greece and was one of the first students of gov’t? 2. What are the 4 essential features of a state? 3. Which of these 4 is the most obvious and most needed? 4. Which of these 4 means that a state has supreme and absolute power within its boundaries? 5. Which of these 4 is a institution that allows states to keep order, provide public services, and enforce decisions that assist the people?

Section 1 Theories on origins of the State 6. Which theory states, the state evolved from the family? 7. Which theory states, all people are under the control of one person or group? 8. Which theory states, gods have chosen certain people to rule? 9. Which theory states, by contract, people surrender their rights to the state and the state agrees to protect the citizens?

Social Contract 10. Who was one of the first to theorize about social contract? 11. Who said that without the ability to protect one person from another life was, “cruel, brutish, and short?” “cruel, brutish, and short?” 12. Who took Hobbes’ idea a step farther?

Purposes of Gov’t 13. What are the 4 purposes of gov’t? 14. What does maintain social order mean? 15. What is a public service? 16. National security?

Section 2 Gov’t Systems 17. Name the 2 systems of gov’t. 18. Define unitary system. 19. Define federal system. 20. The U.S. first formed a or a loose union of independent states. 21. What provides the plan and the rules for gov’t? 22. What statement in a constitution sets forth goals and purposes? 23. What is the 23. What is the supreme law of the land? 24. To influence the conduct and policies of gov’t is called?

Section 3 Major Types of Gov’t 25. The power to rule is in the hands of a single person. 26. The power to rule is in the hands of a small group of people. 27. Rule by the people. 28. What are the 2 types of democracy? 29. Which type does the U.S. have, and what is its definition? 30. What is a secret ballot?