Civics Flashcards
Use the passage, which is part of a speech delivered to the English Parliament in 1610 C.E., to answer the question that follows.
“God has power to create or destroy, make or unmake at his pleasure, to give life or send death, to judge all, and to be [neither] judged nor accountable to none; to raise low things, and to make high things low at his pleasure, and to God are both soul and body due. And the like power have kings: they make and unmake their subjects; they have the power of raising and casting down, of life and of death; judges over all their subjects and in all cases, and yet accountable to none but God only…. And to the king is due both the affection of the soul and the service of the body of his subjects. . . .”
The speech is best understood as an argument in favor of which of the following forms of government?
Autocracy
Use the list to answer the question that follows.
Ballot initiative
Town meeting
Recall election
Popular plebiscite
The political processes listed are best described as examples of which of the following?
Direct democracy
Use the excerpt from the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence to answer the question that follows.
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.”
Which of the following best describes the officers mentioned in the passage?
Tax collectors
Which of the following most directly influenced the ratification of the Third Amendment to the United States Constitution?
The experiences of American colonists under British military occupation
The Great Compromise provided for which of the following types of government structures?
A bicameral legislature with representation based on the population of states in the lower house and equal representation of states in the upper house
Which of the following issues was a source of significant controversy during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ?
How much power and independence the president should have
Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) ruling?
The ruling overturned a federal law that limited how much money corporations and unions could spend on political speech.
Which of the following accurately describes an effect the electoral college can have on presidential elections?
The electoral college could prevent the candidate with the highest percentage of the national popular vote from winning the election.
Which of the following electoral processes is the most commonly used by state political parties to select delegates during the United States presidential nomination process?
Primary election
Which of the following sections of the Constitution was interpreted in ways that most substantially expanded the scope of protected civil rights during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries?
The “due process” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Which of the following best characterizes the purpose of special interest groups in the United States?
Influencing changes in public policy and legislation
Political scientists sometimes use the term “engaged citizenship” to describe a particular approach to civic participation. Which of the following best describes how engaged citizenship differs from traditional or duty-based models of civic participation?
Engaged citizenship involves a wider range of activities outside the electoral process.
Which of the following is a typical feature of parliamentary governments?
Multiparty coalitions
Unlike the United States, most contemporary European democracies feature which of the following?
Multiparty and coalition political party systems
Which of the following countries has been headed since 1979 by an appointed chief executive, the Supreme Leader, who is tasked with ensuring that domestic and foreign policy are in line with Islamic law?
Iran
