SS1 government tutorial
GOVERNMENT
OGO OLUWA GROUP OF SCHOOLS
Government tutorials
1a. Define government as an institution. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. State five functions of government.
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C. Define government as a process or art of governing. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
D. State five importance of government as an academic field of study
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2a. Define a state. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. Highlight five characteristics of a state.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
v._________________________________________________
c. What is a society? State four characteristics of a society.______________________________________________
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i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
c. Define nation. Enumerate five features of a nation
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ii. ____________________________________________________
iii. ____________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
e. State five differences or relationships between state and government.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
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3a. Define power. ____________________________________________________
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b. State four sources of power
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
c. Outline four forms of power.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
4a. What is authority? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. State five sources of authority.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.___________________________________________________
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v.___________________________________________________
c. Describes four forms of authority
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
5a. Define legitimacy __________________________
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b. State five factors that determine legitimacy.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
5a. Define sovereignty. Describe five locations of sovereignty. ____________________________________________________
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ii. ___________________________________________________
iii.________________________
iv.________________________
v._________________________
b. Identify five external limitations to sovereignty.
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ii._________________________
iii.________________________
iv.________________________
v._________________________
C. State four limitations to the sovereignty of a state. I.__________________________________________________
ii._________________________________________________
jii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
6a.define political culture. ____________________________
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b. Identify five determinant of political culture
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ii._________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
v._________________________________________________
7a. What is political socialisation?__________________________________________________________________________________________
b. Identify five agents of political socialisation.
I._________________________________________________
ii._________________________________________________
iii.________________________________________________
iv,_________________________________________________
v._________________________________________________
7.define democracy. State five characteristics of democracy
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ii._________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
v._________________________________________________
8a.State four merits and four demerits of democracy. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Merits
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ii._________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
Demerits
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ii._________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
b. State five factors that promote democratic rule.
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ii.________________________________________________
iii.________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
v._________________________________________________
9a. Define communalism. __________________________
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b. State five features of communalism
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ii. _________________________________________________
iii. ________________________________________________
iv. ________________________________________________
v. ________________________________________________
10a. Define socialism. __________________________
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b. State five features of socialism.
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ii__________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
v._________________________________________________
c. Outline four merits and four demerits of socialism
Merits
i__________________________________________________
ii._________________________________________________
iii.________________________________________________
iv.________________________________________________
Demerits
i__________________________________________________
ii._________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
11a. what is communism. __________________________
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b. Identify five characteristics of communism
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ii. _________________________________________________
iii. ________________________________________________
iv. ________________________________________________
v. _________________________________________________
12a. Define capitalism. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. State five characteristics of capitalism
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ii._________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________
v._________________________________________________
C. State four advantages and four disadvantages of capitalism.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
13a. Define feudalism. State five features of feudalism.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
B. Identify three merits and three demerits of feudalism
MERITS
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
Merits
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ii___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
14a. Define fascism. State five features of fascism
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Features of fascism include;
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ii._________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
15a. What is totalitarianism?_________________________________________________________________
b. Identify five features of totalitarianism
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
15a. Define oligarchy
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B. What is aristocracy? State two merits and two demerits of aristocracy
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MERITS
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
DEMERITS
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
C. Explain the following terms
I)theocracy ii) plutocracy ii) autocracy.
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ii._______________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii.______________________________________________________________________________________________________.
THEME 2. TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GOVERNMENT
1a. Define unitary system of government
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B. Outline five reasons why some West African countries adopt unitary system of government
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
C. State five features of unitary system of government
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
D. Outline three merits and three demerits of unitary system of government.
MERITS
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
DEMERITS i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
2a. Define federal system of government.__________________________________________________________________
b. State five for the adoption of federal system of government by Nigeria.
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
c. Identify five characteristics of a federal state.
i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv___________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
d. State four merits and four demerits of the federal system of government.
MERITS i.___________________________________________________
ii___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
Demerits.
i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
e. State five differences between a unitary state and a federal state.
i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
3a. Define a confederal system of government. Outline five features of a confederal government._____________________________________________________________________________________________.
i.___________________________________________________
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iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
b. State four merits and four demerits of confederal system.
MERITS i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv___________________________________________________
DEMERITS.
i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
c. Identify four differences between a federal state and a confederal state.
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ii._______________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii.______________________________________________________________________________________________________
iv.______________________________________________________________________________________________________
4a. Define presidential system of government. State four characteristics of presidential system of government.
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i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
b. State four advantages and four disadvantages of presidential system of government.
ADVANTAGES
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
DISADVANTAGES
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
c. State five functions of the president in the presidential system of government.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
5a. Define parliamentarianism. Identify four differences between presidential and parliamentary system of government
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ii._______________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii.______________________________________________________________________________________________________
iv.______________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. Enumerate five characteristics of parliamentary system of government.
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
c. State four merits and four demerits of parliamentary system of government.
MERITS
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
DEMERITS.
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
d. Describe four functions of the prime minister in the parliamentary system of government
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
6a. Define republicanism. State five characteristics of Republican system of government.
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i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv___________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
b. Define monarchy. Identify four characteristics of monarchy._______________________________________________________________________________________________
i.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
c. Explain the two forms of monarchyi________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii._______________________________________________________________________________________________________
d. Identify five differences between monarchy and Republican system of government
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ii.___________________________________________________iiii.__________________________________________________
iv___________________________________________________
THEME 4:THE CONSTITUTION
1a. Define constitution. State five sources of constitution.
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ii_________________________
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iv.___________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
b. Define written. State five reasons why some countries adopt written constitution.
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The reasons some countries adopt written constitution include;
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv___________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________
c. Outline four merits and four demerits.
MERITS.
I.___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
DEMERITS.
i___________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
2a. What is unwritten constitution? Outline four advantages and four disadvantages of unwritten constitution.
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ADVANTAGES
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
DISADVANTAGES
i____________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv___________________________________________________
b. Identify three differences between written and unwritten constitutions.
i________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii._______________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii.______________________________________________________________________________________________________
3a. Define rigid constitution. Outline four merits and four demerits of rigid constitution.
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MERITS
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
DEMERITS
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ii.___________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________
b. What is flexible constitution. State four merits and four demerits of flexible constitution.
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MERITS
i____________________________________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
DEMERITS
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ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
c. Identify three differences between rigid and flexible constitutions.
i.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3a. State four advantages and four disadvantages of federal constitution.
ADVANTAGES
i____________________________________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
DISADVANTAGES
i____________________________________________________________________________
ii___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
b. Identify four merits and four demerits of unitary constitution.
MERITS
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ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
DEMERITS
i____________________________________________________________________________
ii. __________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
c. Outline three differences between federal and unitary constitution.
i________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
THEME 5: THE STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION OF GOVERNMENT
1.a Define executive arm of government. State five functions of the executive arm of government
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i___________________________________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
v.__________________________________________________________________________
b. Identify five functions of the legislature.
i___________________________________________________________________________
ii.__________________________________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________________________________
v.__________________________________________________________________________
c. What is bicameralism? Outline four merits and four demerits of bicameral legislature.
i__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
MERITS
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ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.___________________________________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________________________________
DEMERITS
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ii.__________________________________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
d. Define unicameral legislature. State three Merits and three demerits of unicameralism.
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MERITS
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ii.__________________________________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________________________________
DEMERITS
i___________________________________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
6a. Define the concept of parliamentary supremacy.
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b. Identify five limitations to parliamentary supremacy.
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ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________________________________
v.__________________________________________________________________________
c. What is a bill? Outline the process by which a bill becomes law in a presidential system of government.
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i______________________________________________________________________________iii.____________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________________________________
v.__________________________________________________________________________
vi.__________________________________________________________________________
vii.__________________________________________________________________________
7a. Explain the term judicial review. State five ways to protect judicial independence.
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i___________________________________________________________________________
ii.___________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv___________________________________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________________________________.
b. State four factors limiting the independence of the judiciary.
i__________________________________________________________________________
ii.__________________________________________________________________________
iii.__________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
THEME 6: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
1a. Define rule of law. State five limitations to the application of the rule of law
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i___________________________________________________________________________
ii.__________________________________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________________________________
iv._________________________________________________________________________
v.__________________________________________________________________________
b. Outline five factors that promote the principle of the rule of law.
i___________________________________________________________________________
ii.__________________________________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________________________________
iv.__________________________________________________________________________
v.___________________________________________________________________________
2a. state five reasons for the enshrining of the fundamental human rights of the citizens in the constitution of the country.
i.___________________________________________________________________________
ii.__________________________________________________________________________
iii._________________________________________________________________________
iv__________________________________________________________________________
v.__________________________________________________________________________
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