Sem 2 International Gov. Quiz 1
T/F The state government has the right to make and enforce laws within their home state.
True
T/F Towns can create and maintain local parks.
True
a service to the public such as gas, telephone, water, or electric power.
utility
The government passes laws in order to protect the rights of its citizens:
pluralism
Many people feel that the United States is becoming a(n):
welfare state
that which is brought into a country or state for the purpose of trade.
import
What is the character of being in agreement with the standards of right conduct?
morality
________ is known as the father of political science.
Aristotle
the business and exchange of goods by purchase, trade, or sale.
Commerce
T/F Federal governments will take charge of the street construction in small towns.
False
T/F Only the federal government has the right to regulate mass transportation.
False
T/F The local government has sole responsibility for licensing businesses.
False
The _________ government is the only level of American government that has the right to coin money.
Federal
government formed by a union of smaller groups (states) in agreement.
Federal
Utilities serve the public in such ways as:
Gas Telephone Electric power Water
In reviewing the Bible book of Exodus chapters 15 -18, you will read about __________ setting up a governmental system from its infancy.
Moses
The elimination of personal freedom.
Totalitarianism
T/F Aristotle based his morality on whether the government worked for the people or for themselves.
True
T/F If Habeas Corpus did not exist a person could spend an indefinite period of time in jail waiting for their case to go to trial.
True
T/F Local governments help the citizen by creating libraries, such as in the town of Delmar, Delaware.
True
T/F Public utilities include telephone and electricity supplied to the citizen.
True
A form of government where the leadership have little or no control over the populace.
anarchism
If George Washington had become "King of America" our government might have become:
autocracy
In what type of government does one person have control over all branches of government?
autocracy
Louis XVI was a real-life example of a/an
autocrat
A ________ may rule a country with an iron fist and be totally unrestrained by any law of the land.
dictator
THREE tangible ways that local governments help the citizen is in the creation of:
mass transportation libraries Parks
to control, adjust or govern according to a system.
regulate
Which level of government maintains public utilities, and licenses and oversees businesses?
state
enforcing rules that control conduct within a population
the importance of government
