This quiz contains different questions related to the foundations of American Government. Various multiple-choice questions are added in the quiz for the effective learning of students.
Which of the following is not a function of our government?
Keep Order
Provide leadership
Provide Church Services
Provide Security
Which of the following is not an example of Providing Security?
Preventing Crime
Protecting Citizens from foreign attacks.
Making sure our military is properly equipped
Building a library.
What is government?
An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control
A group of people who collect taxes to help pay for their luxury vehicles
An organization whose goal is to prepare citizens for menial jobs
An institution created to spread the religion throughout the nation
Which of the following theories expresses the belief that the state developed naturally out of family and tribal organizations?
Force Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Divine Right Theory
Social Contract Theory
A person or group gains control over an area and forces all within it to submit to their rule -
Divine Right Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Force Theory
Social Contract Theory
Type of government in which one person rules
oligarchy
absolute monarch
democracy
theocracy
In a democratic government, the questions of "how should we govern" and "what should government do" are controlled by
the leaders
the military
the elected representatives
the people
How does the government pay for public structures?
requesting money from congress
taking taxes from citizens
taking money from state governments
taking funds from other projects
Why do we have a government?
To help people be safe and To keep people working together
To keep people safe and To help people work together
To keep or communities safe and help people in trouble
To help the world be a better place
Type of government in which many people rule.
Oligarchy
representative democracy
autocracy
totalitarian dictatorship