SOCIOLOGY

MIDTERMS
Integrated Quiz #4

NAME: _________________________________ BLOCK: _______________ DATE: ______________ SCORE: ________

MODULE 9: GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY
INSTRUCTIONS: Identification. Identify the following terms being described on each item. Write the
correct answer on the space provided. (2 points each). 30 points total

_______________1. The ability to exercise one’s will over others even if they resist.
_______________2. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one’s will on others.
_______________3. Institutionalized power that is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.
_______________4. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.
_______________5. An economic system based on private property in which profit-seeking individuals,
companies, and corporations compete in the marketplace.
_______________6. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are
collectively owned.
_______________7. The principle that people should be able to compete freely, without government
intervention, in the capitalist market.
_______________8. Control of a market by a single business firm.
_______________9. An economic system that combines elements of both capitalism and socialism.
_______________10. The systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of
productivity, such factories and plants.
_______________11. A form of government headed by a single member of a royal family, usually a king,
queen, or some other hereditary ruler.
_______________12. A form of government in which one person has nearly total power to make and
enforce laws.
_______________13. Virtually complete government control and surveillance over all aspects of a
society’s social and political life.
_______________14. Government by the people.
_______________15. A form of government in which a few individuals rule.

ANSWER KEY
1. Power 6. Socialism 11. Monarchy
2. Force 7. Laissez-faire 12. Dictatorship
3. Authority 8. Monopoly 13. Totalitarianism
4. Traditional authority 9. Mixed economy 14. Democracy
5. Capitalism 10. Deindustrialization 15. Oligarchy

Prepared by:
CHRISTIAN ERVHEN S. LAGUATAN
Student Teacher