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Questão 1

Questão
__________ is best defined as a set of beliefs that include a limited role for the national government in helping individuals and in the economic affairs of the nation, and support for traditional values and lifestyles.
Responda
  • Capitalism
  • Conservatism
  • Progressivism
  • Liberalism
  • Socialism

Questão 2

Questão
Generally, government serves at least three essential purposes: it resolves conflict, it defends the nation and its culture against other nations, and it __________.
Responda
  • directs the creation of critical infrastructure
  • regulates industry
  • enforces the law
  • provides a national currency
  • provides public services

Questão 3

Questão
The founders of the United States believed that direct democracy __________.
Responda
  • would require too many elections
  • might lead to voter apathy
  • would deteriorate into mob rule
  • might cost too much to operate
  • would ignore the opinions of the majority

Questão 4

Questão
Most politicians who might have called themselves __________ in the past have labeled their philosophy progressivism instead.
Responda
  • socialists
  • liberals
  • libertarians
  • conservatives
  • tea partiers

Questão 5

Questão
The term theocracy means
Responda
  • "rule by the people"
  • "rule by the best"
  • "government by the wealthy"
  • "rule of law"
  • "rule by the deity"

Questão 6

Questão
__________ has a constitutional monarch.
Responda
  • North Korea
  • The United States
  • China
  • The United Kingdom
  • Iran

Questão 7

Questão
__________ defines politics as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.
Responda
  • President James Madison
  • North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un
  • Political Philosopher John Locke
  • President Lyndon Johnson
  • Political Scientist Harold Lasswell

Questão 8

Questão
The Magna Carta clearly established the principle of __________.
Responda
  • theocracy
  • a right to privacy
  • totalitarianism
  • limited government
  • divine right

Questão 9

Questão
__________ can best be defined as the individuals and institutions that make society's rules and also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules.
Responda
  • A republic
  • Government
  • Parliament
  • Democracy
  • Autocracy

Questão 10

Questão
The word democracy comes from the Greek demos, meaning __________, and kratia, meaning __________.
Responda
  • "demonstrate"; "power"
  • "mob"; "rights"
  • "the people"; "rule"
  • "representative"; "congress"
  • "direct"; "elections"

Questão 11

Questão
The __________ Plan that was proposed at the Constitutional Convention favored small states. It called for a legislature in which each state would have only one vote.
Responda
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Connecticut
  • Virginia
  • Massachusetts

Questão 12

Questão
America's first written constitution, the __________, called for the laws to be made by an assembly of elected representatives from each town.
Responda
  • Fundamental Order of Connecticut
  • Massachusetts Body of Liberties
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Pennsylvania Charters of Privileges
  • Pennsylvania Frame of Government

Questão 13

Questão
In a compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention, it was agreed that each slave would count as __________ of a person in determining representation in the House of Representatives.
Responda
  • one-half
  • three-fifths
  • one-third
  • two-thirds
  • four-fifths

Questão 14

Questão
After the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, James Otis, Jr. __________.
Responda
  • declared that there could be "no taxation without war"
  • wrote Common Sense
  • proposed that the colonies impose a sugar tax on Britain
  • declared that there could be "no taxation without representation"
  • wrote A Handbook for Dumping Tea

Questão 15

Questão
The first permanent English settlement in North America was __________.
Responda
  • founded in Plymouth, Massachusetts
  • the Massachusetts Bay Colony
  • in what is now Connecticut
  • in Jamestown, in what is now Virginia
  • founded in Pennsylvania

Questão 16

Questão
On April 19, 1775, Redcoats fought against Minutemen in the towns of __________ and __________, the first battles of the American Revolution.
Responda
  • Washington; Philadelphia
  • Baltimore; Albany
  • Plymouth; Jamestown
  • Lexington; Concord
  • Boston; Richmond

Questão 17

Questão
__________ classic pamphlet, Common Sense, presented a rousing argument in favor of independence and helped serve any remaining ties of loyalty to the British monarch.
Responda
  • Alexander Hamilton's
  • Thomas Jefferson's
  • Benjamin Franklin's
  • Roger Sherman's
  • Thomas Paine's

Questão 18

Questão
For the most part, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were __________.
Responda
  • representative of the population as a whole
  • uneducated
  • poor
  • from the best-educated and wealthiest classes
  • ordinary farmers and merchants

Questão 19

Questão
The president checks Congress by __________.
Responda
  • exercising the power of judicial review
  • controlling taxes and spending
  • appointing federal judges
  • holding a veto power
  • exercising the power of impeachment

Questão 20

Questão
A federal official may be impeached by the __________.
Responda
  • Supreme Court
  • Senate
  • House of Representatives
  • attorney general
  • president

Questão 21

Questão
[blank_start]Federalism[blank_end]: A system of shared sovereignty between two levels of government, one national and one subnational, occupying the same geographic region.
Responda
  • Federalism
  • Unitary System
  • Confederal System
  • Division of Powers
  • Expressed Powers
  • Police Powers
  • Supremacy Clause
  • Fiscal Federalism

Questão 22

Questão
[blank_start]Unitary System[blank_end]: A centralized governmental system in which local and subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government.
Responda
  • Unitary System
  • Federalism
  • Confederal System
  • Division of Powers
  • Expressed Powers
  • Police Powers
  • Supremacy Clause
  • Fiscal Federalism

Questão 23

Questão
[blank_start]Confederal System[blank_end]: A league of independent sovereign states, joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them.
Responda
  • Confederal System
  • Federalism
  • Unitary System
  • Division of Powers
  • Expressed Powers
  • Police Powers
  • Supremacy Clause
  • Fiscal Federalism

Questão 24

Questão
[blank_start]Division of Powers[blank_end]: A basic principle of federalism established by the U.S. Constitution, by which powers are divided between the national and state governments.
Responda
  • Division of Powers
  • Federalism
  • Unitary System
  • Confederal System
  • Expressed Powers
  • Police Powers
  • Supremacy Clause
  • Fiscal Federalism

Questão 25

Questão
[blank_start]Expressed Powers[blank_end]: Constitutional or statutory powers that are expressly provided for by the U.S. Constitution; also called enumerated powers.
Responda
  • Expressed Powers
  • Federalism
  • Unitary System
  • Confederal System
  • Division of Powers
  • Police Powers
  • Supremacy Clause
  • Fiscal Federalism

Questão 26

Questão
[blank_start]Police Powers[blank_end]: The power of a government body that enables it to create laws for the protection of the health, safety, welfare, and morals of the people.
Responda
  • Police Powers
  • Federalism
  • Unitary System
  • Confederal System
  • Division of Powers
  • Expressed Powers
  • Supremacy Clause
  • Fiscal Federalism

Questão 27

Questão
[blank_start]Supremacy Clause[blank_end]: Article VI, Clause 2, of the Constitution, which makes the Constitutional and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws.
Responda
  • Supremacy Clause
  • Federalism
  • Unitary System
  • Confederal System
  • Division of Powers
  • Expressed Powers
  • Police Powers
  • Fiscal Federalism

Questão 28

Questão
[blank_start]Fiscal Federalism[blank_end]: The allocation of taxes collected by one level of government (typically the national government) to another level (typically state or local governments).
Responda
  • Fiscal Federalism
  • Federalism
  • Unitary System
  • Confederal System
  • Division of Powers
  • Expressed Powers
  • Police Powers
  • Supremacy Clause

Questão 29

Questão
Political scientist Harold Lassell defined __________ as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.
Responda
  • government
  • power
  • politics

Questão 30

Questão
When the government's ability to exercise power is widely viewed as legitimate, we say that the government __________.
Responda
  • has authority
  • presidential
  • direct

Questão 31

Questão
The system of government in the United States is best described as a __________ democracy.
Responda
  • parliamentary
  • presidential
  • direct

Questão 32

Questão
The principle difference between an absolute monarchy and a dictatorship is that __________.
Responda
  • unlike a dictatorship, an absolute monarchy allows freedom of speech and religion
  • dictators may be women, but monarchs never are
  • an absolute monarchy is based on traditional, but a dictatorship is not

Questão 33

Questão
Which of the following best describes a social contract?
Responda
  • The set of ideas, values, and attitudes about government and politics held by a community or a nation
  • A voluntary agreement among individuals to create a government and to give that government adequate power to secure the mutual protection and welfare of all individuals
  • An economic system based on the private ownership of wealth-producing property, free markets, and freedom of contract

Questão 34

Questão
Because of the political value of __________, Article I, Section 9, of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from granting titles of nobility.
Responda
  • equality
  • liberty
  • multiculturalism

Questão 35

Questão
Today's Republican Party differs from the party that existed a century ago in that it __________.
Responda
  • no longer has strong support from business interests
  • is less reliant on the support of religious conservatives
  • no longer enjoys the support of most African Americans

Questão 36

Questão
American liberalism took its fully modern form in the __________.
Responda
  • 1960s, during the administration of Lyndon Johnson
  • 1990s, during the administration of Bill Clinton
  • 2000s, during the administration of Barack Obama

Questão 37

Questão
The majority of American colonist came from__________.
Responda
  • Germany and Spain
  • France and Ireland
  • England and Scotland

Questão 38

Questão
Before the mid-1700s, the majority of American colonist were __________.
Responda
  • secretly planning to declare their independence from Britain
  • loyal to the British monarch and viewed Britain as their homeland
  • politically indifferent

Questão 39

Questão
Under the Articles of Confederation, the new nation ___________.
Responda
  • could not declare war
  • could enter into treaties and alliances
  • could regulate interstate commerce

Questão 40

Questão
The three-fifths compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention had to do with __________.
Responda
  • how slaves would be counted in determining representation in Congress
  • the imposition of export taxes
  • the regulation of commerce

Questão 41

Questão
All of the existing amendments to the Constitution have been proposed ___________.
Responda
  • by a two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives
  • by a vote in three-fourths of the state legislatures
  • at national constitutional conventions

Questão 42

Questão
In a unitary system, __________.
Responda
  • subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government
  • sovereign states are joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them
  • there are no local or subdivisional governments

Questão 43

Questão
There are __________ governmental units in the United States today.
Responda
  • 51
  • nearly 3,000
  • almost 90,000

Questão 44

Questão
Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution enumerates twenty-seven powers that Congress may exercise. Two of these __________ powers are the power of coin money and the power to regulate interstate commerce.
Responda
  • concurrent
  • expressed
  • inherent

Questão 45

Questão
The relationships among the states in our federal system of government are sometimes referred to as __________ federalism.
Responda
  • picket-fence
  • cooperative
  • horizontal

Questão 46

Questão
The era of __________ federalism came to an end in 1930s.
Responda
  • dual
  • new
  • competitive

Questão 47

Questão
The welfare reform legislation passed by Congress in 1996 is an example of __________ federalism.
Responda
  • dual
  • cooperative
  • new

Questão 48

Questão
Block grants __________.
Responda
  • are targeted for specific purposes by law
  • are federal grants given to a state for broad areas, such as criminal justice or mental-health programs
  • give the states less discretion that categorical grants over how funds will be spent

Questão 49

Questão
The prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments" is included in the
Responda
  • Fourth Amendment
  • Fifth Amendment
  • Sixth Amendment
  • Eight Amendment
  • Tenth Amendment

Questão 50

Questão
The right to bear arms described in the Second Amendment was incorporated in
Responda
  • 1868
  • 1925
  • 1949
  • 1965
  • 2010

Questão 51

Questão
According to the additional readings, in all, _____ of the thirteen colonies had established official religions by the time of the American Revolution.
Responda
  • three
  • five
  • seven
  • nine
  • eleven

Questão 52

Questão
_____ are limitations on government action, setting forth what the government can not do.
Responda
  • Bills of attainder
  • Civil rights
  • The Miranda warnings
  • Ex post facto laws
  • Civil liberties

Questão 53

Questão
The _____ provides the right to have the "Assistance of Counsel" in criminal prosecutions.
Responda
  • Fifth Amendment
  • Sixth Amendment
  • Seventh Amendment
  • Eight Amendment
  • Ninth Amendment

Questão 54

Questão
The protection against "Unreasonable searches and seizures" is found in the
Responda
  • Third Amendment
  • Fourth Amendment
  • Fifth Amendment
  • Eight Amendment
  • Tenth Amendment

Questão 55

Questão
In the 1947 ruling on the establishment clause (Everson v. Board of Education), the Supreme Court
Responda
  • Upheld a New Jersey law that allowed the state to pay for bus transportation of students who attended parochial schools.
  • Ruled that the state of New Jersey could no longer require the teaching of evolution in the public schools.
  • held that the First Amendment prohibits clergy of different religions from serving in each branch of the armed forces.
  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is constitutional under the First Amendment.
  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is prohibited under the First Amendment.

Questão 56

Questão
A _____ punished individuals for committing an act that was legal when the act was committed.
Responda
  • bill of attainder
  • "National Security Letter"
  • writ of habeas corpus
  • ex post facto law
  • warrant based on probable cause

Questão 57

Questão
Which of the following is not part of the test the Supreme Court developed in California v. Miller (1973) to determine if a book or film is legally obscene?
Responda
  • The work tends to excite an "unwholesome sexual desire," under present-day community standards.
  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious literary or artistic value.
  • The work depicts or describes, in an offensive way, a form of sexual conduct specifically prohibited by law.
  • The work taken as a whole is offensive or disturbing.
  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious political or scientific value.

Questão 58

Questão
A _____ is an order requiring that an official bring a specified prisoner into court and show the judge why the prisoner is being held in jail.
Responda
  • ex post facto law
  • writ of habeas corpus
  • bill of attainder
  • warrant based on probable cause
  • exclusionary rule

Questão 59

Questão
In _____, the Supreme Court held that the "right to privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy," subject to certain regulations.
Responda
  • Roe v. Wade (1973)
  • Miller v. California (1973)
  • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
  • Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
  • Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Questão 60

Questão
Many of our liberties were added by the _____ ratified in 1791.
Responda
  • ex post facto laws
  • writes of habeas corpus
  • Bill of Rights
  • bills of attainder
  • Miranda Warnings

Questão 61

Questão
The Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution in
Responda
  • 1776
  • 1787
  • 1791
  • 1896
  • 1925

Questão 62

Questão
_____ requires that illegally obtained evidence not be admissible in court.
Responda
  • The Miranda warnings
  • The exclusionary rule
  • Probable cause
  • Double jeopardy
  • National Security Letters

Questão 63

Questão
"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms..." is found in the _____ to the U.S. Constitution.
Responda
  • Second Amendment
  • Third Amendment
  • Fifth Amendment
  • Eighth Amendment
  • Tenth Amendment

Questão 64

Questão
The Fourteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution in
Responda
  • 1776
  • 1787
  • 1791
  • 1868
  • 1925

Questão 65

Questão
The reserved powers of the states are derived from the
Responda
  • Second Amendment
  • Third Amendment
  • Seventh Amendment
  • Ninth Amendment
  • Tenth Amendment

Questão 66

Questão
The Sixth Amendment
Responda
  • prohibits cruel and unusual punishments
  • guarantees the right to counsel at various stages in some criminal proceedings.
  • includes a protection against self-incrimination.
  • prohibits double jeopardy
  • establishes the exclusionary rule

Questão 67

Questão
The First Amendment to the Constitution
Responda
  • addresses the right to bear arms
  • states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech."
  • guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial
  • addresses the right of trial by jury
  • states that "Congress shall protect the right to privacy of all persons"

Questão 68

Questão
_____ is a published report of a falsehood that tends to injure a person's reputation or character.
Responda
  • libel
  • slander
  • symbolic speech
  • seditious speech
  • obscenity

Questão 69

Questão
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in _____, giving women the right to vote.
Responda
  • 1848
  • 1869
  • 1918
  • 1920
  • 1936

Questão 70

Questão
A law based on a suspect classification is subject to _____ scrutiny by the courts.
Responda
  • ordinary
  • intermediate
  • exacting
  • strict
  • minimal

Questão 71

Questão
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Responda
  • granted freedom to the slave
  • required an end to segregation
  • established the separate-but-equal doctrine
  • outlawed "Jim Crow" laws
  • granted former slaves the right to vote.

Questão 72

Questão
Nancy Pelosi was the first woman to
Responda
  • be elected to the U.S. Senate
  • serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
  • run for vice President of the United States
  • serve as a governor
  • be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives

Questão 73

Questão
The Supreme Court established the separate-but-equal doctrine in
Responda
  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
  • Brown II (1955)
  • United States v. Virginia (1996)
  • Craig v. Boren (1976)

Questão 74

Questão
One of the tactics used by the civil rights protestors in the 1960s was _____, the deliberate and public refusal to obey laws considered unjust.
Responda
  • "Jim Crow"
  • suffrage
  • affirmative action
  • civil disobedience
  • internment

Questão 75

Questão
Racial segregation that occurs not as a result of deliberate intentions but because of social and economic conditions and residential patterns is called _____ segregation.
Responda
  • de facto
  • de jure
  • de minimis
  • ex post facto
  • de novo

Questão 76

Questão
"Jim Crow" laws
Responda
  • were segregation laws, separating the white community from the black community.
  • were justified by the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).
  • were prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment
  • required an end to segregation
  • were designed to achieve racial equality

Questão 77

Questão
Our First Amendment rights are considered _____ rights.
Responda
  • contingent
  • suspect
  • conditional
  • fundamental
  • tentative

Questão 78

Questão
In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the Supreme Court held that segregation by race _____ was unconstitutional.
Responda
  • on buses
  • in restaurants
  • in public education
  • in housing
  • on railroads

Questão 79

Questão
AARP promotes the interest of
Responda
  • consumers.
  • manufacturers.
  • labor.
  • senior citizens.
  • gun owners.

Questão 80

Questão
The Right to Life organization is a _____ interest group.
Responda
  • consumer
  • identity
  • ideological
  • single-issue
  • government

Questão 81

Questão
The largest and most powerful labor interest group today is
Responda
  • the AFL-CIO
  • AARP
  • the NAM
  • the NRA
  • MADD

Questão 82

Questão
There are various reasons why people join interest groups. Some people find that they gain considerable satisfaction in taking action from within that group. Such satisfaction is referred to as a _____ incentive.
Responda
  • free-rider
  • purposive
  • pluralist
  • solidary
  • material

Questão 83

Questão
It has become increasingly common for those who leave positions with the federal government to become lobbyists or consultants for the private interest groups they helped to regulate. This is called
Responda
  • the "heroes to zeroes" complex
  • the "free rider" problem
  • "Potomac fever."
  • the "revolving door" syndrome
  • "lobbying addiction"

Questão 84

Questão
Some people enjoy the camaraderie and sense of belonging that comes from associating with other people who share their interests and goals. That enjoyment can be called a _____ incentive for joining an interest group.
Responda
  • free rider
  • purposive
  • pluralist
  • solidary
  • material

Questão 85

Questão
Individuals who can enjoy the outcome of an interest group's efforts without having to contribute are called
Responda
  • social loafers
  • lobbyists
  • social climbers
  • entrepreneurs
  • free riders

Questão 86

Questão
The _____ is a professional interest group.
Responda
  • National Farmers Union
  • Club for Growth
  • National Rifle Association
  • American Medical Association
  • National Urban League

Questão 87

Questão
A purposive incentive for joining an interest group is best described as
Responda
  • pleasure in associating with like-minded individuals
  • satisfaction resulting from working for a cause in which one believes
  • a practical benefit such as discounts, subscriptions, or group insurance.
  • the ability to enjoy the outcome of a group's efforts without having to contribute.
  • the opportunity to compete for public office.

Questão 88

Questão
The right to form interest groups and to lobby the government is protected by the _____ right of the people "to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Responda
  • First Amendment
  • Third Amendment
  • Fifth Amendment
  • Seventh Amendment
  • Ninth Amendment

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