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(1) Governments is best defined as the

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a. Institutions and procedures by which territory and its people are ruled

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(2) Members of Congress engaging in discussions and conflicts over the best policies to address an economic recession is an example of

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d. Politics

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(3) Which of the following statements about government is true?

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a. Government is able to provide public goods, like defense or regulation of air quality, that citizens need but are likely unable to provide for themselves.

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(4) Suppose in a closely divided Senate, there are two senators whose support for policies is pivotal for those policies to pass. These senators have

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b. Political Power

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(5) A government that is not constrained by legal limits and also seek to eliminate any challenges to its authority is known as a(n)___ government.

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b. Totalitarian

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(6) The willingness to be restrained by the power of social institutions, but not by political or legal institutions, is a hallmark of (a)n ___ regime.

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b. Authoritarian

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(7) A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called

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b. Constitutional

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(8) Which of the following is an example of a country under totalitarian rule?

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b. North Korea

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(9) Which of the following describes a system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in governmental process, usually through the election of key public officials?

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c. Democracy

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(10) Which of the following describes a system of government in which the populace selects representatives who play a significant role in governmental decision making?

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d. Representative Democracy

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(11) Which of the following comes closest to describing the political system found by the American Founders?

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c. A system of representative democracy in which the ability to vote for elected representatives would be limited to the middle and upper classes.

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(12) A country has called a constitutional convention and wishes to write a consistent forming a new democracy. Which of these would be absolutely necessary for the government to be considered a democracy?

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c. Popular Sovereignty

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(13) Politics can be defined as

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a. Conflicts over the leadership, structure, and policies of government

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(14) Through the United States is a ___ at the federal level, there are provisions for ___democracy at the state and local levels.

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b. Representative democracy; Direct

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(15) Which of the following is an example of the process of direct democracy?

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a. Citizens in a state approving the use of medical marijuana through referendum

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(16) As a result of the Senate, Americans living in urban areas are

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b. Underrepresented within the national political system

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(17) A set of broadly shared values, beliefs, and attitudes about how government should function is known as

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c. Political Knowledge

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(18) Which of the following terms is often used to describe freedom from government control?

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d. Liberty

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(19) The essential documents of the American Founding are the ___ and the ___.

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a. Declaration of Independence; Constitution

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(20) ____ are the three core values in American politics

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a. Liberty, equality, and justice

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(21) The Stamp Act was a

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a. tax on many printed items in the colonies, such as newspapers

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(22) Colonial protesters of the Stamp act and the Sugar Act rallied around which slogan?

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a. “No taxation without representation”

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(23) A __ is a system of government in which member states retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body

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b. Confederation

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(24) The United States’ first written constitution was called the

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c. Articles of Confederation

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(25) The Boston Tea Party was largely a response to the

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a. British government’s decision to grant the East India Company a monopoly on the export of tea for Britain

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(26) The philosophical view articulated in the Declaration of Independence was most heavily influenced by the work of liberal theorist

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c. John Locke

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(27) Which of the following documents summarized its philosophy toward the national government by stating “each state retains it’s sovereignty, freedom, and independence “ ?

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d. the Articles of Confederation

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(28) When was the Articles of Confederation ratified by all the states?

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c. 1781

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(29) Under the Articles of Confederation, it was left to the ___ to execute laws passed by the Continental Congress

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a. States

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(30) What was the agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that stipulated that for apportionment of congressional seats, only a portion of enslaved people would be counted?

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a. the Three-Fifths Compromise

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(31) How does unicameral legislation differ from a bicameral legislation?

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d. A unicameral legislation consists of only one chamber while a bicameral legislature consists of two chambers

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(32) At the Constitutional Convention, the proposed plajnto create congress where representation was distributed according to population was called the __ Plan.

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a. Virginia

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(33) The agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population but linked representation in the House of Representatives to population is known as the

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b. Great Compromise

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(34) ___ is the mechanism through which each branch of government is able to participate in and influence the activities of the other branches.

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a. Checks and Balances

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(35) Under the Constitution, state governments are

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a. prohibited from coining money or entering into treaties with other nations.

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(36) When President Biden vetoes a bill passed by the House and the Senate, this is good example of

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c. Checks and Balances

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(37) The electoral college is

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b. designed to select the president of the United States

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(38) The three branches of government is created by the Constitution are

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b executive, legislative, and judicial

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(39) Which of the following described a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments?

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c. Federalism

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(40) Which of the following statements about the amending process is correct?

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c. Successful constitutional amendments concern broader structure or composition of government, not specific policies.

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(41) The ___ clause in the U.S. Constitution affirms that national laws and treaties are “ the supreme Law of the Land.”

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c. supremacy

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(42) Federalism is best defined as a system of government

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b. in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments.

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(43) The specific powers granted to Congress in Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution are called the ___ powers.

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b. expressed

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(44) What is it called when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own local affairs?

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a. home rule

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(45) In a federal system, government responsibilities are

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d. shared by both state and federal governments

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(46) The processes by which local, state, and federal governments negotiate and compromise over policy responsibilities is called

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c. intergovernmental relations

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(47) Which amendment preserves a strong role for the states in the American federal republic?

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d. Tenth

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(48) The inclusion of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was most strongly supported by the

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b Antifederalists

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(49) ___ powers exist when both the state and national government share authority in certain domains.

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d. Concurrent

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(50) A state government’s authority to regulate the safety, health, and morals of its citizens is called a(n) ___ power.

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a. police

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(51) The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution requires the

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b. states to honor each other’s public acts and legal decisions.

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(52) Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?

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d. reserved

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(53) If the federal government passed a law that did not provide money to the sate and local governments but required then to construct wheelchair lifts at all trains stations, it would be an example of a(n)

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c. unfunded mandate

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(54) In 2023, the state of Arizona switched to a flat income tax rate, meaning that all taxpayers pay the same tax rate on their income. Taxpayers must also pay federal income tax, which remains graduated (people with higher incomes pay a higher percentage). The ability to collect income taxes is an example of what kind of powers?

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d. Concurrent

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(55) In December 2022, the government passed the new Financial Data Transparency Act, which requires local governments to be in compliance with new financial reporting standards within five years. Several interest groups objected to the legislationon the grounds that it did not provide money to help local governments in becoming compliant. We therefore might consider the aFDTA an example of a(n)

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d. unfunded mandate

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(56) What is the difference between a block grant and a categorical grant?

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a. A black grant gives states more discretion over how to spend the funds than a categorical grant does.

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(57) Which has the devotion of responsibilities in running welfare programs led to reductions in benifits.

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a. As states assumed more control of the programs, they often cut funding ir made it harder to become eligible in order to save funds.

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(58) ___ compels state government to obey federal regulations but does not reimburse those costs.

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b. An unfunded mandate

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(59) Using block grants to return power to the states was part of ___ during the Nixon (1969-1974) and Reagan (1981-1989) administrations.

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c. New Federalism

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(60) ____delegates authority to a lower level of government.

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c. Devolution

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(61) What is the Bill of Rights?

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a. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

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(62) ___are aspects of personal freedom constitutionally protected from the government interference.

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d. Civil Liberties

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(63) Which of the following is an example of a civil liberty stated in the U.S. Constitution?

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b. freedom of speech

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(64) How do civil liberties differ from civil rights?

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a. While civil rights define what government must do to ensure people are treated equally under the law, civil liberties define actions that government cannot take in order to uphold individual freedom.

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