AP Gov Chapter 4 test

A political culture exists where

there is a political and sustained was of thinking about political and economic life

Compared to the average European, the average American is more likely to ______

Acknowledge clear standards of right and wrong

Going to the voting booth because a person believes his or her vote can make a difference is an example of _____

Civic Competence

______ is a belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs.

Civic Duty

Which of the following is identified as having the greatest influence on U.S. political party affiliation?

Family

Compared to other nations, Americans are most likely to believe in the value of _______

Hard Work

Which of the following characterizes Max Weber's Protestant ethic?

Hard Work

In the United States, most people, regardless of their job, think of themselves as ______

Middle Class

The general American feeling about religion was apparent in 2002 when a federal appeals court tried to ban the _____

Pledge of Allegiance

In the 1800s, Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States to conduct research on its _______ and he used his findings to help explain the success of democracy in the United States.

Prisons

The text suggests that although there has been no official religion established in the United States, the culture has been influenced considerably by Protestantism, especially in its _______ form.

Puritan

How does the text explain why African Americans were denied rights for so long?

Self-interest and social circumstances helped shape white American behavior.

Scholar Robert Putnam argues that the more ______ a community has, the greater the level of trust among its members, and the easier it is to achieve common goals outside of government.

Social Capital

There is, in fact, less income inequality in Sweden than in the United States because ______

The Government insures that it is so

A classic study of political culture in five nations found that citizens of ______ had the highest sense of civic duty.

The United States

The widely shared commitment to economic individualism is viewed most negatively by the American public when analyzing ______

Those on welfare

Citizens of Sweden believe that legislators and leaders of their country should determine issues on the basis of ____

What is best

________ is the element found in the American view of the political system that says Americans generally feel people ought to help others out when they can.

civic duty

According to surveys, the French and British are more than twice as likely as Americans to believe in the importance of _________ equality for all citizens.

economic

All of the following are basic elements of U.S. political culture EXCEPT

economic equality

Of the five important elements associated with the American view of the political system, the text suggests Americans are "preoccupied" with _______

liberty

The text suggests public confidence in government has been in steady decline since the _____

mid 19600s