Government

Question 1

What is Government?

Answer 1

Is a system that helps run a country or community. it makes and enforces laws.

Question 2

What are the main functions of Government?

Answer 2

To maintain order, to provide leadership for its people, raises revenue, maintaining foreign currency, defend the nation state, produce laws and sanctions and upholds the constitution.

Question 3

What is Revenue?

Answer 3

The money that the government collects to pay for the services that it provides for the people.

Question 4

What are the other Government Revenues?

Answer 4

Royalties, Foreign Investment Earnings, International Funding, Licenses and Passports, Court Fines, Tariffs, Custom fees and Remittances.

Question 5

What is Royalties?

Answer 5

Payment made to the government for the use of its resources, property or intellectual property.(oil, land, copyright)

Question 6

What is Foreign Investment Earnings?

Answer 6

Income received from investments made by foreign individuals, companies or governments in its assets or business.

Question 7

What is International Funding?

Answer 7

Financial resources provided by foreign governments, international orgs/private entities.

Question 8

What is a Court fine?

Answer 8

Money collected through fines imposed by courts.

Question 9

What are Tariffs?

Answer 9

Taxes or duties imposed on goods and services that are imported or exported across borders.

Question 10

What are Custom fees?

Answer 10

Charges on goods tat are imported into or exported out of a country.

Question 11

What are Remittances?

Answer 11

Money sent by migrant workers abroad to their families or communities in their home land.

Question 12

What is Tax?

Answer 12

A compulsory payment to be made by the citizen to the government for which he receives no direct benefit in return.

Question 13

What is Direct Tax?

Answer 13

Tax you pay straight to the government based on your income or property.

Question 14

Examples of Direct Tax:

Answer 14

Income tax, property tax, corporate tax, stamp duty, land tax and company tax.

Question 15

What is Indirect Tax?

Answer 15

Tax that you pay when you buy things, but it’s included in the price, so you don’t pay it directly to the government.

Question 16

Examples of Indirect Tax:

Answer 16

VAT, Purchase tax, Excise duty, Sales tax and customs duty.

Question 17

What are government expenditures?

Answer 17

Development & planning, national security, housing, education, agriculture, and health and wellness.

Question 18

What are the systems of government?

Answer 18

Unitary, Federal, Autocracy, Democracy, Theocracy, Monarchy, Dictatorship, Aristocracy, Proletariat, Republic, Oligarchy and Tyrany.

Question 19

What is Unitary?

Answer 19

One government which rules all the people.

Question 20

What is Federal?

Answer 20

A system of government where the powers are divided up between a national government and a local state.

Question 21

What is Autocracy?

Answer 21

A system of government in which one person holds absolute power

Question 22

What is Democracy?

Answer 22

Government by the majority of people.

Question 23

What is Theocracy?

Answer 23

Government by region.

Question 24

What is a Monarchy?

Answer 24

Government by a King or Queen.

Question 25

What is DIctatorship?

Answer 25

Government by one man who holds power by force.

Question 26

What is Aristocracy?

Answer 26

Government by the wealthy.

Question 27

What is Poletariat?

Answer 27

Government by the workers.

Question 28

What is Oligarchy?

Answer 28

Government by a few.

Question 29

What is a Republic?

Answer 29

Government by the people without a Monarch.

Question 30

What is Tyrany?

Answer 30

Government by one person for his own private interest.

Question 31

What are the three branches of government?

Answer 31

Legislature, Executive and Judiciary branch.

Question 32

Define the Legislature branch:

Answer 32

Makes the laws of the country and consists of the House of Representatives, the Senate and the President or Governor General.

Question 33

Define the Executive branch:

Answer 33

Makes policies for the various ministries and drafts laws for the country. Consists of the Cabinet, prime Minister and other Ministers.

Question 34

Define the Judiciary branch:

Answer 34

Ensures that laws are fairly applied, interpreted and administered. Consists of the various law courts with magistrates and judges.

Question 35

What is the main difference between OR & CC Government?

Answer 35

The main difference between OR and CC government is that the OR gave locals political control with elected assemblies whereas CC gave Britain more direct control.

Question 35

Who owns the islands of the Caribbean belonging to Great Britain?

Answer 35

The Crown or Monarch owns the islands of the Caribbean belonging to Great Britain.

Question 36

Who did the King put in control of the islands when he did not want that responsibility?

Answer 36

The King left the Lord Proprietor in control of the islands when he did not want that responsiblitiy.

Question 37

How did the Lord Proprietor make money from the colonists?

Answer 37

The Lord Proprietor made money from the colonists by taxing them.

Question 38

What did the King decide to do when the colonies where becoming profitable?

Answer 38

The King decided to take direct control over the colonies when they were becoming profitable.

Question 39

By what time were almost all the islands Crowned Colonies?

Answer 39

Almost all the islands were crowned colonies by the end of the 19th century.

Question 40

What did the locals do when the assemblies were made up mainly of white planters?

Answer 40

The locals protested when the assemblies were made up mainly of white planters and merchants who ruled in their own interests.

Question 41

What does limited franchises mean?

Answer 41

Limited franchise means a restrcted agreement which sets boundaries on business operations.

Question 42

What does Universal Adult Suffrage mean?

Answer 42

Universal Adult Suffrage means that any citizen of sound mind could vote once he or she reached the legal age to do so.

Question 43

What is another name for Crowned Colonies?

Answer 43

Another name for Crowned Colonies is Royal Colony.