American Government Unit 1 Quiz
34 Questions
| Total Attempts: 412
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Questions and Answers
- 1.The text suggests that politics is
- 2.Politics exists in
- 3.In a direct democracy
- 4.The term that the Framers of the Constitution used to describe our form of democracy was
- 5.A government's legitimacy is based on its
- A.
Willingness to use power.
- B.
Sense of responsiveness and honor
- C.
Right to use power.
- D.
Disregard external forces.
- 6.In a parliamentary system, all power is invested in the national
- 7.The prime minister can rule as long as he or she
- 8.One notable feature of parliamentary government is that
- A.
The govenor is elected by the legislature.
- B.
The courts rarely interfere with the other branches.
- C.
The legislative branch controls the bureaucracy
- D.
Elections are held every year.
- 9.In a presidential system, the bureaucracy reports to
- 10.The text suggests that decisions about public policy usually
- A.
Emerge out of complicated struggles among many different interests
- B.
Depend on the relationship between unions and big business
- 11.Pluralism asserts that political resources are
- 12.Most people holding elective national office are
- 13.It is important to remember that the business of lobbyists is protected by the Amendement
- 14.The texts suggests that the American system stimulates
- 15.It is possible to be highly critical of government and yet passionately defend its principles.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.When states allow citizens to vote on issues, they are practicing a form of direct democracy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.It is incorrect to say that voters decide policies in the United States.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Democracies always feature presidential systems.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.State and local governments play an important role in American politics.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.In 1935, most Americans paid no federal income tax.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.There is a sense of rivalry between the president and Congress even when they are from the same party.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.American politics is adversial.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Identify and explain four factors in American politics that render it adversial in nature.
- 24.The liberties that the colonists fought to protect in the Revolutionary War were based on
- 25.For most Americans, the Revolution was about
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