Government Final Exam Review
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is due process? ✔✔Constitutional protection against unfair governmental actions and laws
What are natural rights? ✔✔life, liberty, property, pursuit of happiness
What is consent of the governed? ✔✔People are the source of any and all governmental power
What is a representative government? ✔✔A government where members are elected by the
people.
What is republicanism? ✔✔the idea that governments should be based on the consent of the
people
What type of government does the US have? ✔✔representative democracy
What is the "rule of law"? ✔✔No one is above the law
,What is separation of powers? ✔✔an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial
powers of government in separate bodies.
What is a social contract? ✔✔an implicit agreement among the members of a society to
cooperate for social benefits
What are the 5 functions of government? ✔✔ensure national security, maintain order, resolve
conflict, provide services, provide for the public good
What are the 4 essential features of a state? ✔✔1. Population
2. Territory
3. Sovereignty
4. Government
What is a unitary system? ✔✔A government that gives all key powers to the national or central
government
What is a confederate system? ✔✔A loose union of independent states
, What is a federal system? ✔✔a system that divided powers between the states and the federal
government
What is a monarchy? ✔✔A type of government in which the head of state is a king or queen
What is a theocracy? ✔✔a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a
god.
What is a democracy? ✔✔a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible
members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
What are the 14 principles of democracy? ✔✔Citizen Participation, Regular Free and Fair
Elections, Accepting the Results of Elections, The rule of law, Majority rule with minority rights,
Accountability, Transparency, Limited government, Control of the Abuse of Power, Economic
Freedom, Equality, Individual Rights
Who is John Locke? ✔✔Believed in social contract between people and government
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is due process? ✔✔Constitutional protection against unfair governmental actions and laws
What are natural rights? ✔✔life, liberty, property, pursuit of happiness
What is consent of the governed? ✔✔People are the source of any and all governmental power
What is a representative government? ✔✔A government where members are elected by the
people.
What is republicanism? ✔✔the idea that governments should be based on the consent of the
people
What type of government does the US have? ✔✔representative democracy
What is the "rule of law"? ✔✔No one is above the law
,What is separation of powers? ✔✔an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial
powers of government in separate bodies.
What is a social contract? ✔✔an implicit agreement among the members of a society to
cooperate for social benefits
What are the 5 functions of government? ✔✔ensure national security, maintain order, resolve
conflict, provide services, provide for the public good
What are the 4 essential features of a state? ✔✔1. Population
2. Territory
3. Sovereignty
4. Government
What is a unitary system? ✔✔A government that gives all key powers to the national or central
government
What is a confederate system? ✔✔A loose union of independent states
, What is a federal system? ✔✔a system that divided powers between the states and the federal
government
What is a monarchy? ✔✔A type of government in which the head of state is a king or queen
What is a theocracy? ✔✔a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a
god.
What is a democracy? ✔✔a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible
members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
What are the 14 principles of democracy? ✔✔Citizen Participation, Regular Free and Fair
Elections, Accepting the Results of Elections, The rule of law, Majority rule with minority rights,
Accountability, Transparency, Limited government, Control of the Abuse of Power, Economic
Freedom, Equality, Individual Rights
Who is John Locke? ✔✔Believed in social contract between people and government
