American Government 120 critical Exercise #1

The scale of a graph

All of the answers are correct.

Why is the ability to think critically important ?

All of these reasons why critical thinking is important

what is the most famous example of a confederacy today?

European Union

The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 essays written primarily by which three individuals?

Hamilton, Madison, and Jay

Which of the following is NOT synonymous with critical thinking?

assuming

Which of the following is NOT a type of graph?

figure

The first step to read a chart or graph is to

identify the subject matter of the chart or graph.

according to the speaker in the podcast, the articles of the confederation is remembered for

weakness

which of the following are strategies for evaluating information from a source that is not familiar or recognizable?

all of these are strategies for evaluating an unfamiliar source

All of the following behaviors, EXCPT which, fall under the broad concept of critical thinking

using emotions feelings to evaluate arguments

What percentage of presidents since 1900 have been Republican?

62 percent

After reading the headline or statement "president Obama's final approval/ disapproval rating ( January 2017) is 59% approval", which of the considerations or interpretations below would NOT be an example of critical thinking?

A majority of Americans approve of President Obama through his presidency.

Of the three delegates sent to the Constitutional Convention by New York, which individual was the one who did not walk out and was the one who did not walk out and was positive about the constitution?

Alexander Hamilton

Cato is a pseudonym for someone who wrote a cautionary oped about the constitution in the days after the convention. in reality, Cato

a politician in ancient ROme who killed himself because he did not want to live in julius Caesar's new government, and he was all about defending the Roman Republic

which of the following would be considered " fake news"?

a story that is internationally fabricated

When seeking sources which of the following would a critical thinker consider?

both the need to find multiple sources and their own ideological or partisan bias

based on the name or web address which of the following sources is most likely to share stories that are biased and intended to promote a particular viewpoint

conservativetribune.com

which of the following is NOT true about the exposure to "fake news"?

exposure to fake news should have little or no impact on American opinion or attitudes about politics and government

The y-axis

is vertical.

All of the newly formed states were in agreement in that they had a strong desire to avoid a story central government. Thus, that articles are referred to, in the language of their articles, a firm.

league of friendship

In Federalist 78, Hamilton wrote on the importance of an independent judiciary. He thought that the judiciary would be the weakest because they had

neither the force of the sword nor the pen in terms of enforcing their judgments.

The Articles of Confederation had one branch of government and it was the legislative branch called the COnfederation Congress with a leader called.

president

The opponents of the Federalists were called the Anti-Federalists, because they were not in favor of a centralized federal government that works with state and local governments. Instead of Anti-Federalists, they probably would have called themselves

pro-republicans.

Why does the speaker call the time period before the adoption of the Articles of Confederation "The War of Independence" not the revolutionary War?

we were not trying to overthrow King George with a revolution. we just wanted out freedom

which of the following websites may indicate that the information or news shared by the source id fake?

www.nbcnews.com.co