Government~ Test Study Guide: Chapters 1 ~9/5/13

Government Test Study Guide:  Chapters 1 

Test Wednesday (September 11, 2013)

Chapter 1
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/ose/usgovdia/2006/docs/ch01.pdf

Terms to know:

·         Define vocabulary: state, nation, nation-state, consensus, sovereignty, government, social contract, autocracy, monarchy, oligarchy, democracy, republic, theocracy, anarchy, unitary system, federal system constitution, constitutional government,

Concepts to know:

·         Features of a State

·         Theories of the Origin of the State

·         Government Systems (unitary vs. federal)

·         Differences between developing vs.  industrialized nation

·         Major types of governments

·         4 Characteristics of Democracy

·         5 Soils of Democracy   

Possible Essay Questions:

1.       Identify four major purposes of government and give an example of each?

2.       Demonstrate how the force theory is used today?

3.       Compare the social contract theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.

4.       What are some similarities and differences a constitutional government and government with a constitution?

5.       List Aristotle’s three classifications and rules of government.

6.       What characteristics of democracy distinguish it from other forms of government?

7.       Evaluate how The Lord of the Flies which government theory it could relate to. Why?