AP Government

"In a pure democracy the people are the sovereign, and their will is declared by themselves; for this purpose they must all come together to deliberate, and decide. This kind of government cannot be exercised, therefore, over a country of any considerable extent; it must be confined to a single city, or at least limited to such bounds as that the people can conveniently assemble, be able to debate, understand the subject submitted to them, and declare their opinion concerning it." Based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?

Participatory democracy does not work in large countries

Which of the following aspects of the US Constitution best illustrates the concept of elite democracy?

The original wording of the Constitution regarding the selection of US senators

Republic

A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting

Dictatorship

A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority (Hitler)

Unitary

A nation-state that has a centralized government and administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the state

Democracy

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Federal

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

Absolute Monarchy

A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power

Presidential

A system of government in which the president is constitutionally independent of the legislature

Confederal

A system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government

Parliamentary

A system of government where power lies with the legislative body and the leader of the country is part of the legislature

Which of the following best illustrates the concept of "separation of powers" in the US Constitution?

Congress has authority over the federal budget, while the president appoints Supreme Court justices

Participatory democracy is best defined as which of the following?

Direct individual participation by citizens in political decisions that affect their daily lives

"All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the wellborn, the other the mass of the people. . . . The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and as they cannot receive any advantage by a change, they therefore will ever maintain good government." Which of the following models of democracy is the author advocating?

Elite Democracy

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Elite Democracy

The National Rifle Association (NRA) testifies in front of Congress to advocate for several laws, including one that would protect gun manufacturers from lawsuits concerning violence committed with weapons they made.

Pluralist Democracy

"When land-forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel, shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct, and all vacancies shall be filled up by the State which first made the appointment." Which of the following is a consequence of the policy described in the passage above?

The federal government did not have the power to create a centralized military during peace times