Government Unit 1 Test
Before it could take effect, the Constitution had to be ratified by __________ states.
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One result of the Second Continental Congress was
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
The power of the president to veto laws is an example of
Checks and balances
The basic standard of substantive democracy is that government must guarantee
Civil rights and liberties
Americans are likely to think of freedom and equality as
Complementary
Deciding on the legality of marijuana through ballot propositions is an example of
Direct democracy
Suppose that top government jobs for both political parties are filled only from an inner circle of top corporate leaders. This would be evidence for
Elite theory
When one person has the same chance to succeed in life as another, this is called
Equality of opportunity
Supporters of the Constitution named themselves
Federalists
Franklin Roosevelt's four freedoms included all of the following except
Freedom from inequality
A citizen's group gathers enough signatures on a petition to force a popular vote on a statewide lottery proposal. This proposal would represent a(n)
Initiative
Any organization of individuals formed on the basis of common interest to influence public policy is called a(n)
Intrest group
The key principle argued in the case Marbury v. Madison was
Judicial review
Protection of private property is NOT a valid objective of government according to
Karl Marx
Article I of the Constitution refers to the
Legislative Branch
Established procedures and organizations that translate public opinion into government policy, like elections, are known as institutional
Mechanisms
An important problem with the procedural view of democracy is that it can clash with
Minority rights
Amendments to the constitution may be proposed by two-thirds votes in both the House and the Senate or by a
National convention
A form of government that puts power in the hands of an elite is a(n)
Oligarchy
A consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government is a(n)
Political ideology
_________ theory implies that a group should determine what the majority of its participants want to do.
Procedural
_____ addresses the questions "Who should participate in decision making? and How many votes are needed to reach a decision?"
Procedural democratic theory
Services that benefit all citizens and are not likely to be produced by the voluntary acts of individuals are known as
Public goods
Although the United States is a capitalist country, the government does intervene in the economic arena, primarily through
Regulating private business
Originally, the Constitutional Convention's purpose was to
Revise the articles of confederation
Hobbes state of nature refers to
Society without government
Freedom of religion or freedom of speech are _________ principles.
Substantive
Which document proclaimed, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"?
The Declaration of Independence
The plan presented at the Constitutional Convention generally favored by large states was
The Virginia plan
Using the state to redistribute income is a policy based on
The philosophy of Karl Marx
According to the New Jersey Plan, how was representation to be structured in Congress?
There would be one house, and all states would have equal representation in it.
Which political philosopher expressed the sentiment that life in a state of nature would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?"
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke's views on government are expressed in
Two Treatises of Government
According to procedural theory, the government should do
Whatever the majority wants
A confederation can best be described as
a loose association of independent states.
National sovereignty is defined as
a political entity's externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs.
Thomas Hobbes's ideal form of government was
a single ruler with unquestioned authority.
The Great Compromise provided for
a two-chamber legislature with equal representation for all states in one chamber and population-based representation in the other.
Whether a political system is "democratic" is chiefly defined by which of the following?
cannot be simply defined as it is not a "yes or no" question
In a system of participatory democracy,
citizens govern themselves, without electing representatives
The original draft of the Declaration of Independence
condemned the king's support of the slave trade
The text suggests that the United States struggled to promote democracy in countries that
could not accept high degree of tolerance and freedom allowed to all groups in society.
Social order is usually defined as
established patterns of authority and traditional modes of behavior.
The constitutional amendment process requires
extraordinary majorities
The main disadvantage of the pluralist model is that it
favors groups who need help the least.
One similarity between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was that both plans
left unspecified how many people might comprise the executive
The broad, basic definition of government given by the text is
legitimate use of force within specified geographic boundaries to control human behavior.
All of the following are principles of procedural democracy except
minority rights
An autocracy is a political system ruled by
one individual
New England town meetings are an example of
participatory democracy
Each citizen having one vote demonstrates
political equality
Democratization is the
process of transition as a country attempts to move from an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one.
The three-fifths compromise resolved the issue of
representation of slaves
A republic is a government
resting on the consent of the governed through their representatives.
The notion that governmental authority springs from the consent of the governed is derived from
social contract theory.
Western Europe's experience with democratic socialism demonstrates that
socialism can be practiced along with personal freedoms and democratic participation.
A government pursuing laissez-faire policies would
take a hands-off attitude toward the economy
An example of a government policy that promotes social equality without redistributing income is
the U.S Supreme Court holding that state laws banning same-sex marriage were unconstitutional.
The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is
the authoritative allocation of values for a society.
The chief objective of the First Continental Congress was to
restore peaceful relations between the colonies and Great Britain.
