US Government: Chapter 1 Section 1 Review

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1 Class: Date: US Government: Chapter 1 Section 1 Review Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. This ancient Greek scholar was one of the first students of government. a. Aristotle c. Karl Marx b. John Locke d. Adam Smith 2. When the territory of both the nation and the state coincide, the country is a a. republic. c. nation-state. b. polis. d. sovereignty. 3. The four essential features of a state, or nation, include government, population, territory, and a. command economy. c. sovereignty. b. confederacy. d. democracy. 2

2 4. This territory, acquired by the United States in 1898, was granted independence in a. Virgin Islands c. Puerto Rico b. Guam d. Philippines 5. This territory, acquired in 1947, was the last acquisition of the United States. a. Louisiana Purchase c. Virgin Islands b. Trust Territory of Pacific Islands d. Red River Basin 6. Study the map of United States Acquisitions. Which of the following did the United States acquire in 1867? a. Alaska c. Oregon b. Texas d. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 2

3 7. He wrote that, in its natural state, the life of humankind would be "nasty, brutish, and short." a. James Madison c. Aristotle b. Thomas Hobbes d. Thaddeus Stevens 8. Choose the sequence which matches the correct origin of state theory with its proper name. a. A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1 c. A=4, B=2, C=3, D=1 b. A=2, B=1, C=3, D=4 d. A=1, B=2, C=4, D=3 3

4 9. Which origin of state theory is depicted in this chart? a. force c. divine right b. social contract d. evolutionary Men being, as has been said, by Nature, all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of this Estate, and subjected to the Political Power of another, without his own Consent. The only way whereby any divests himself of his Natural Liberty, and puts on the bonds of Civil Society is by agreeing with other Men to joyn [join] and unite into a Community.... John Locke, In John Locke s Two Treatises of Government, he explains this theory. a. divine right c. social contract b. evolutionary d. force 4

5 11. Complete the graphic organizer defining the purposes of government. a. maintain international peace c. create national library b. provide for economical goods d. maintain social order The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do for themselves, government ought not to interfere. 12. Read the quote from President Abraham Lincoln. Which of the four purposes of the government was Lincoln referring to in this quote? a. provide public services b. provide for national security and a common defense c. maintain social order d. provide for and control the economic system 5

6 13. Which purpose of government is fulfilled by this sign? a. provide for a common defense b. provide national security c. provide for and control the economic system d. provide public services Completion Complete each statement. 14. wrote that in a "state of nature," no government existed and life was "cruel, brutish, and short." Matching Match each item with the correct statement below. a. provide essential services f. laissez-faire b. representative democracy g. evolutionary theory c. command economy h. socialism d. sovereignty i. a form of autocracy e. majority rule j. preamble 15. supreme and absolute authority 16. state originated in the family 17. one purpose of government 6

7 Match each item with the correct statement below. a. constitution f. evolutionary theory b. monarchy g. Karl Marx c. mixed-market economy h. constitutional law d. helps democracy to prosper i. John Locke e. freedom of choice j. Adam Smith 18. the state evolved from family Short Answer Critical Thinking 19. Finding the Main Idea Contrast the social contract theory of government with the force theory. What type of government would result from each theory? 7