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Political Science, Test One Practice

Questão 1 de 69

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Who said it?
"Who gets what, when and how"

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Harold Lasswell

  • Lenin

Explicação

Questão 2 de 69

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Who said it?
"who could do what to whom"

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Harold Lasswell

  • Lenin

Explicação

Questão 3 de 69

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Who said it?
"The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions. "

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Wilson

  • Wasserman

Explicação

Questão 4 de 69

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Who said it?
"The ability to influence another’s behavior."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Wilson

  • Wasserman

Explicação

Questão 5 de 69

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When was the Declaration of Independence written?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • June, 1776

  • July, 1776

  • August, 1776

Explicação

Questão 6 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

Our makes it .

Explicação

Questão 7 de 69

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When were the Articles of Confederation written?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 1777

  • 1776

Explicação

Questão 8 de 69

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Which of these are definitions of "politics"?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • "Who gets what, when and how." --Harold Lasswell

  • "The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions." --Wilson

  • "Who could do what to whom." --Lenin

  • “Should."

Explicação

Questão 9 de 69

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Which of these are definitions of "power"?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • "The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions."--Wilson

  • "The ability to influence another’s behavior."--Wasserman

  • "Who could do what to whom."--Lenin

  • "Should."

  • Power, like money is a means to other ends.

Explicação

Questão 10 de 69

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Which of these is not a definition of "authority"?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • The right to use power.

  • Legitimate power

  • Being able to force someone to do something, either through force or with charisma.

  • Legal basis

  • Accepted as right

  • "Should"

  • Deserves obedience

  • An efficient form of power (no need for force if you should obey)

Explicação

Questão 11 de 69

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"Democracy" is derived form the Greek words "demos" (authority) and "kratos" (the people).

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 12 de 69

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A democracy made the framers nervous.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 13 de 69

1

Who said it?
"A system of government in which ultimate political authority is vested in the people ."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Wasserman

  • Wilson

  • Schmidt

Explicação

Questão 14 de 69

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Which form of government is this quote referring to?
"A system of government in which ultimate political authority is vested in the people ."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Democracy

  • Republic

Explicação

Questão 15 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

There are two types of Democracy: and .

Explicação

Questão 16 de 69

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Who said it?
"A form of government in which representatives elected by the people make and enforce laws and policies."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Schmidt

  • Wasserman

  • Wilson

Explicação

Questão 17 de 69

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Where are we guaranteed a republican form of government?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Article 7, section 3

  • Article 5, section 2

  • Article 4, section 4

  • Article 4, section 2

Explicação

Questão 18 de 69

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A Republic means representation, with the consent of the sovereign governed.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 19 de 69

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Who said it?
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Mrs. Klein

  • Wilson

  • Schmidt

  • Winston Churchill

Explicação

Questão 20 de 69

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Who said it?
"Perhaps the biggest problem with modern Democracy is that then people may get exactly the government that they deserve."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Winston Churchill

  • Wilson

  • Mrs. Klein

  • Schmidt

Explicação

Questão 21 de 69

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A Democratic Republic does not derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 22 de 69

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Which of these are "The E's"?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Egalitarianism: All men are created equal…

  • Entropy: Nothing will be made to get worse.

  • Elite Power Theory: society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power in their self interest. (Schmidt)

  • Energy: An ever growing democratic republic

  • American Elites: What makes us different: We believe we all have the potential to become elites if we work hard enough. Our elites aren’t born, they are MADE.

  • Elites: Those who get more than others of the values society has available. (Wasserman)

Explicação

Questão 23 de 69

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Which of these documents is this excerpt from?
"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Declaration of Independence

  • The Articles of Confederation

Explicação

Questão 24 de 69

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Check all the weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • The government had no power to enforce laws.

  • It was too complicated.

  • Every state got one vote.

  • Each state had an independent army.

  • Congress could not levy taxes.

Explicação

Questão 25 de 69

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Which dates did these events take place on?
Philadelphia
____ – A small meeting at Mt. Vernon plans…
____ – A poorly attended Trade Conference in Annapolis. They decide to try again in…
____ – Philadelphia to hold a convention to Amend the Articles of Confederation.
Four months, and many speeches, prayers and political compromises later –
A CONSTITUTION!

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 1785, 1786, 1787

  • 1785, 1786, 1788

  • 1786, 1787, 1788

  • 1785, 1788, 1788

Explicação

Questão 26 de 69

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Our Constitution was not the FIRST Constitution IN the US – in 1776, eight states had Constitutions.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 27 de 69

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John Locke, a British Political Philosopher, thought that:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Government possesses the power and the duty to mold human behavior

  • Government needs to take whatever actions necessary for the greater good--even if it means taking away some rights.

  • Government draws its authority from the divine

  • Government is to protect from human behavior (including the behavior of the government) – life, liberty and property

  • Unchecked power is tyranny

Explicação

Questão 28 de 69

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Federalists thought that the government needed more control, while the anti-federalists thought it needed to remain not so powerful.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 29 de 69

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The Constitution addressed slavery, but the idea was quickly shot down by the southern representatives.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 30 de 69

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The nature of man is:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Evil to the core.

  • Wants to do good, but we fail.

  • Sinful, but redeemable.

Explicação

Questão 31 de 69

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The Constitution must control our “lesser angels” and keep our appetites in check.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 32 de 69

1

Who said it?
"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Wilson

  • Wasserman

  • Winston Churchill

  • Thomas Jefferson

Explicação

Questão 33 de 69

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The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Democratic Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 34 de 69

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A federal system is like what type of relationship?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Club

  • Children

  • Marriage

Explicação

Questão 35 de 69

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A Unitary Nation State is like what type of relationship?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Club

  • Children

  • Marriage

Explicação

Questão 36 de 69

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A Confederation is like what type of relationship?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Club

  • Children

  • Marriage

Explicação

Questão 37 de 69

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The four main constitutional principles are:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Peace

  • Freedom

  • The Separation of Powers, and Checks and Balances

  • Federalism

  • Judicial Review

  • A Limited Government with a Living Constitution

Explicação

Questão 38 de 69

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Separation of Powers: The principle that the powers of government should be separated and put in the care of different parts of the government.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 39 de 69

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If men were angels, then government would still be necessary.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 40 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

Separation of Powers – The

Explicação

Questão 41 de 69

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Legislative Function:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Interpreting the laws

  • Passing laws

  • Congress

  • Carrying out, executing, implementing laws

Explicação

Questão 42 de 69

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Executive Function:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Passing laws

  • Congress

  • Carrying out, executing, implementing laws

  • President

Explicação

Questão 43 de 69

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Judicial Function:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Congress

  • Carrying out, executing, implementing laws

  • Interpreting the laws

  • Supreme Court

Explicação

Questão 44 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

Bicameralism: Separating the body into two houses – The and

Explicação

Questão 45 de 69

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Which of these are true about Federalism?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Calls for political authority to be distributed between a central government and the government of the states. (“Shared Power”)

  • Both the federal and state governments may act directly on the people

  • Both the federal and state governments have some exclusive powers

  • Political authority is spread out to prevent power from being concentrated in any one group

Explicação

Questão 46 de 69

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The Great Compromise was just about large states vs. small states.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 47 de 69

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The 3/5ths Compromise had to do with how many votes a state got.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 48 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

Legislature:
House
Popular Election
Population based representation
House
Selection by State Legislatures
2 Per State

Explicação

Questão 49 de 69

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The Bill of Rights was for the Federalists.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 50 de 69

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12 amendments sent out in 1789
10 amendments ratified by 1791
Became known as the Bill of Rights
Amendment #27 was finally ratified in 1992!

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 51 de 69

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The Supremacy Clause is in:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Article 6, section 2

  • Article 4, section 4

Explicação

Questão 52 de 69

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The tenth amendment is about reserved powers.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 53 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

--: to send responsibility and sometimes resources to a lower (more responsive?) level of government

Explicação

Questão 54 de 69

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Devolution is a combination of devolve and revolution.
Negative spin: Reversing an evolutionary trend

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 55 de 69

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The three types of law are:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Constitutional

  • Federal

  • Statutory

  • Common law/Judge made law

Explicação

Questão 56 de 69

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Which of these is not a definition of "precedent?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • The judicial practice by which the courts generally follow previous decisions involving the same issue. (Wasserman)

  • The ability to influence another’s behavior. (Wasserman)

  • A judicial ruling that permits the court ruling settling an old case to govern the rule used to settle a similar new one (G.Q. Wilson)

  • Stare Decisis – to stand on decided cases; the judicial policy of following precedents established by past decisions. (Schmidt)

Explicação

Questão 57 de 69

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Which of these are definitions of Judicial Review?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • The judicial practice by which the courts generally follow previous decisions involving the same issue. (Wasserman)

  • The power of the federal courts to test federal and state legislative enactments and other actions by the standards of what the Constitution grants and withholds. (findlaw

  • Stare Decisis – to stand on decided cases; the judicial policy of following precedents established by past decisions. (Schmidt)

  • The power of the courts to declare acts of the legislature and the executive unconstitutional, and therefore null and void. (Wasserman)

Explicação

Questão 58 de 69

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Preencha o espaço em branco para completar o texto.

Article 6 was directed at assuring that didn’t do anything that conflicted with the supreme national law.

Explicação

Questão 59 de 69

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(1803)
Set the precedent for Judicial Review
Said that a section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 exceeded the constitutional authority granted by Article III
Judicial Review - the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of what the constitution means
Allows the Supreme Court to declare a statute or governmental action “unconstitutional”
This is especially important for the review of state activities for constitutionality

Explicação

Questão 60 de 69

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Preencha o espaço em branco para completar o texto.

(1819)
An expansion of federal powers
Said that the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18) gave Congress the flexibility to create a National Bank as an aid to carrying out its enumerated borrowing and taxing powers and that Maryland's taxation of the bank violated the Supremacy Clause (Article 6, Clause 2)
Laid the groundwork for a significantly more significant federal government!
Answered a pivotal question about who would be the “most equal”
This is especially important in terms of both the size and scope of the federal government and in terms of the balance of powers

Explicação

Questão 61 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

vs. (1824)
Established that the power to regulate interstate commerce was an exclusive national power
Forbade states from enacting any legislation that would interfere with Congress's right to regulate commerce among the separate states

Explicação

Questão 62 de 69

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

v (1857)
First invalidation of a Federal Statute since Marbury vs. Madison
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 is unconstitutional; Congress cannot end slavery in the territories
Oh by the way, slaves aren’t people, I mean citizens

Explicação

Questão 63 de 69

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Only 28 out of over 11,000 submitted amendments have been ratified.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 64 de 69

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Which of these is the only way to directly change the constitution?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Judicial Review and Interpretation - They can change the meaning, but not the language

  • Legislative and Executive Actions - Fleshing out the bones of the blueprint

  • Amendment (or even a Convention)

  • Custom - Which sometimes becomes an amendment!

Explicação

Questão 65 de 69

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Which of these are the indirect ways to change the constitution?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Judicial Review and Interpretation - They can change the meaning, but not the language

  • Amendment (or even a Convention)

  • Legislative and Executive Actions - Fleshing out the bones of the blueprint

  • Custom - Which sometimes becomes an amendment!

Explicação

Questão 66 de 69

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Constitutions are about limiting government power.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 67 de 69

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"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." --

Explicação

Questão 68 de 69

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"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." --

Explicação

Questão 69 de 69

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This political compact means government actions must rest on the rule of law, approved however indirectly, by the consent of the sovereign governed. (Wasserman)

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

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