Question 16.67 pts
What is a government?
Group of answer choices

A. A small group of people that exercise executive authority in an effort to improve the lives of the citizens within a state or community

B. An institution by which public policies are implemented.

C. A system to protect people’s inalienable rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness

D. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

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Question 26.67 pts
One of the government models embraced by the politically inventive Greek city-states was the tyranny. A tyranny was a government run by a single ruler who didn't have constitutional authority to rule. It wasn't something evil or bad, it was just a different way of running the government.

---Excerpt from Study.com



Which theory on the origin of the state does this excerpt best support?

Group of answer choices

A. divine right theory

B. evolutionary theory

C. force theory

D. social contract theory

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Question 36.67 pts
A small group of people rule in the country of Fakelandia. Which kind of government do they most likely have?
Group of answer choices

A. parliamentary

B. unitary

C. oligarchy

D. confederation

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Question 46.67 pts
A government in which one person is in control is known as ____.
Group of answer choices

A. autocracy

B. oligarchy

C. unitary

D. direct democracy

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Question 56.67 pts
Power divided between local and central branches of government is a definition of what term?
Group of answer choices

A. Legislative oversight

B. Checks and balances

C. Bicameralism

D. Federalism

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Question 66.67 pts
A government in which sovereign states come together on certain issues best describes which form of government.
Group of answer choices

A. confederal

B. unitary

C. parliamentary

D. indirect democracy

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Question 76.67 pts
Rights that naturally belong to people.
Group of answer choices

A. consent of the governed

B. natural rights

C. Bill of Rights

D. rights of the common

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Question 86.67 pts
The idea that no person is above the law.
Group of answer choices

A. rule of law

B. representative government

C. separation of powers

D. consent of the governed

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Question 96.66 pts
Countrytopia is a small island country. Every six years they hold elections for representatives to serve in their legislature. The legislature then chooses the Minister that leads the country. Local governments exist purely by the will of the legislature and only help carry out functions not practical for the national government to do.

Which of the following governments structures can be found in Countrytopia. (choose 3)

Group of answer choices

A. parliamentary

B. presidential

C. unitary

D. confederal

E. direct democracy

F. representative democracy

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Question 106.67 pts
Which philosopher first wrote about the idea of a social contract theory under the power of an absolute ruler?
Group of answer choices

A. Charles Montesquieu

B. John Locke

C. Thomas Hobbes

D. Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Question 116.67 pts
Which nation provided the foundation for the concept of limited government that is embodied in the U.S. Constitution?
Group of answer choices

A. England

B. France

C. Greece

D. Spain

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Question 126.66 pts
The phrase in the Declaration of Independence stating "that governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" illustrates the principle of
Group of answer choices

A. federalism.

B. judicial review.

C. equality before the law.

D. the Social Contract theory.

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Question 136.66 pts
The Articles of Confederation represented the Americans' distrust of
Group of answer choices

A. the British.

B. states rights.

C. any governing authority.

D. a strong central government.

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Question 146.66 pts
The first government of the United States was the
Group of answer choices

A. Constitution.

B. Mayflower Compact.

C. Articles of Confederation.

D. Declaration of Independence.

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Question 156.66 pts
How did Shays' Rebellion contribute to the writing of the Constitution?
Group of answer choices

A. It proved the Constitution was working, but needed the Bill of Rights added.

B. It proved the Bill of Rights was needed, which then secured ratification of the Constitution.

C. The people rioted and protested until the Constitution was written.

D. It proved the Articles of Confederation were too weak and a stronger government was needed.