Government Test 1 Quizzes

This part of the Constitution explains each "point" or Constitutional requirement/law.

Section

"Servitude" was used to reference slavery three times in the Constitution. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

Public goods can best be described as benefits and services

provided by government to benefit all citizens.

This policy type of is one that oversees one group being especially taxed and those tax funds being redistributed to others who receive the benefit. This type of policy is used to create social equity.

redistributive

The Constitution has been amended this many times

27

According to the Constitution, the minimum age requirement for the president is...

35

Which word best describes Virginia Colonial leadership throughout the colonial period?

Aristocratic

Which article of the Constitution sets forth the responsibilities of the president?

Article 2

This was the first Constitution of the United States

Articles of Confederation

Why was the phrase, "in order to form a more perfect union" used in the Constitution?

Because the Articles of Confederation hadn't allowed much unity among the states & It is a conciliatory phrase for those who thought the government under the Articles was good and sufficient government

This Lockean position advocates political freedom/empowering government to do more for its people

Classical liberalism

What did James Madison research in the year before the Constitutional Convention?

Confederation failures

What did law need to have, according to Rousseau, in order to be obeyed?

Consent of the governed

This ideological position advocates the support and maintenance of social order

Conservatism

The three main types of government are classified as totalitarian, authoritarian, and

Democratic

This type of poll is conducted after a citizen votes.

Exit

A census is a Constitutional agreement because the government needs to have personal data about party membership. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

A direct democracy is a democratic government where citizens choose representatives to voice their preferences about government. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

England separated the legal relationship between the Church and State by the early 1600s. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

Hobbes ideas were supportive of democracy as a system of government. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

In the original Constitution, presidents could only serve a single term in office. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

The Federalist papers were written to defeat ratification of the Constitution. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

The power of government in the Articles of Confederation was vested in the people, while the power of government in the Constitution is vested in the states. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

The word slave or slavery was used three times in the Constitution. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

Those persons who supported the Constitution were known as Anti-Federalists. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

A direct democracy is a democratic government where citizens choose representatives to voice their preferences about government.

False

Conservatism and libertarianism are the dominant ideologies in the United States.

False

Mob rule has never been considered a serious threat to democracies

False

The Articles of Confederation was not a social contract.

False

The Declaration of Independence was the first law of United States. TRUE or FALSE

False

The Federalist Papers were written to defeat ratification of the Constitution. TRUE or FALSE

False

The War of the Spanish Succession began in the colonies and forced Britain to adopt new economic policies with the American colonies.

False

The three unalienable rights, according to Locke, are: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

False

Which of the following is not considered a secondary political agent?

Family

Which of the following is not a primary political value in the United States?

Fraternity

A state of being capable of making decisions without external control is the definition for

Freedom

The state of nature refers to life without what?

Government

This is the formal vehicle through which policies are made and affairs of state are conducted.

Government

What did Aristotle examine in Politics?

Greek city-states' governments. What government practices actually were compared to what a government said it was (Both B and C)

What type of liberty did the Chesapeake colonies (especially Virginia) advocate during colonization?

Hegemonic--the more power you had in society, the more liberty you possessed.

Because slavery existed, what had to be determined for proportional representation purposes?

How or if slaves would be counted towards representation

This activity concerning slaves was allowed to continue for 20 years after Constitutional ratification

Importation

This activity concerning slaves was allowed to continue for 20 years after Constitutional ratification.

Importation

This is defined as "an organized group that influences public policy."

Interest group

Which of the following is not true of Common Sense?

It had little influence on American public opinion.

What type of coalition did James Madison put together to support his plan?

Large States

This ideological position values freedom more than order, but not more than equality.

Liberal

According to Hobbes, what was meant by the "social contract"?

Members of society contract with each other to live under the authority of a sovereign or Leviathan

According to this philosopher, government has three functions: legislating, executing, and adjudicating.

Montesquieu

Another name for unalienable right is what?

Natural Right

Which of the following conditions did Hobbes not associate with the state of nature?

Peaceful

What term indicates one person, one vote and equal treatment under the law?

Political equality

The process whereby one becomes aware of politics, learns political facts, and forms political values is called

Political socialization

The first political institution that young children tend to focus on is the

President

Polling is used to measure what concept?

Public Opinion

This group of settlers hoped to purify the English Church of Catholic practices.

Puritans

According to this philosopher, mankind was born "free." Governments had become masters and citizens had become slaves.

Rousseau

The Mayflower Compact is the earliest what in the United States?

Social Contract

In Locke's social contract theory, society contracts with _______ to protect __________?

Sovereign, unalienable rights

In Locke's social contract theory, society contracts with _______ to protect _________?

Sovereign; unalienable rights

According to the Constitution, slaves were counted as 3/5s of a person TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

In the United States virtually every activity and function is interrelated with government provides one reason government should be studied by its citizens

TRUE

Natural liberty is a logical ideological component in libertarianism. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

Proportional representation means that states are allocated a number of representatives based upon the size of the population. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

Realism refers to how things are opposed to the way they are expected to be. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

Separation of powers refers not only to the separate functions of the three branches of government, but also the division between national and state government. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

Shay's Rebellion indicated the pressing problem of a need for national defense which did not exist under the Articles of Confederation. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

The Constitutional Framers attempted to create an energetic, empowered president with the freedom to act in times of national emergency. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

The creation of a national judiciary was a unique feature included in the Constitution. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

The difficulty in a majoritarian system of government is supporting the rights of the minority. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

The disagreement over taxation of the colonies and the treatment of Boston promoted the colonial representatives to declare the social contract between the American colonists and British government broken. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

The major issue in American government is determining how much government is necessary to provide what American's demand of their government. TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

This plan/compromise at the Constitutional Convention put in place much of the Constitutional structure of Congress we have today.

The Great Compromise

This part of the Constitution states its' goals and purpose.

The Preamble

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the failure of the Articles of Confederation?

The United States was attacked by Great Britain after the Revolution was over

Pressure on an individual to conform to community values or views is strongest when...

The community is homogeneous

According to Locke, If the social contract is broken by the sovereign, what right does society have?

They may create a new social contract

Which of the following was NOT a position on the Constitution held by some Anti-Federalists?

They wanted it to include political parties.

A confederation is a loose agreement between governments to work together for a common cause

True

According to elite theory, masses follow the desire of elites and elites are motivated to work in their own self-interest, as opposed to what is best for the masses.

True

An excise tax is a direct tax on a single good or service, often included in the price and not itemized in the total cost.

True

An un- or in-alienable right cannot be taken away from a person's humanity.

True

Democracy as a government type vests the source of its power in the people/citizens.

True

Ideological preferences are often associated with party membership.

True

Ideologies in the United States are correlated with what you expect government to do or how it should treat citizens.

True

In the United States virtually every activity and function is interrelated with government provides one reason government should be studied by its citizens.

True

Locke believed that humans had the ability to govern themselves.

True

Locke's social contract theory was used prior to the American Revolution in support of the overthrow of King James II during the Glorious Revolution

True

Natural liberty is a logical ideological component in libertarianism.

True

Ordered liberty was freedom that had to be curbed through social and legal sanctions.

True

Politics concern who gets what, when, and how.

True

Shay's Rebellion indicated the pressing problem of a need for national defense which did not exist under the Articles of Confederation.

True

The Declaration of Independence was a social contract

True

The major issue in American government is determining how much government is necessary to provide what American's demand of their government.

True

Which state dominated at the Constitutional Convention?

Virginia

Which of the following statements concerning gender and political beliefs is incorrect?

Women are more likely to favor going to war

A citizen is

a member of the community. usually defined through law. expected in a democracy to participate in government.

During the early nineteenth century administration of James Monroe, Americans disagreed whether it was a proper function of government to

build interstate roads.

To codify a law means to what?

create a law code, usually written

This term refers to the established structure, organization and rules of government

institution

When the authors say that we live in an era of "globalization," they mean that citizens and nations are increasingly what?

interdependent

This is defined as "an organized group that influences public policy."

interest group

The broad, basic definition of government given by the text is

legitimate use of force within specified geographic boundaries to control human behavior

According to Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan, the proper objective of government is to ensure

order.

This theory suggests that "political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups."

pluralism

The extent to which any socializing agent is influential depends on

prolonged exposure to and good communication with the agent, as well as being receptive to them or it

The number of Senators is determined by statehood. The House of Representatives is determined by what?

proportional representation

Prior to the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation

provided for no independent executive