Question Question 1 5 pts (TCO 1) What is the first exercise in democracy for students in the U.S.?

08 Jun Question Question 1 5 pts (TCO 1) What is the first exercise in democracy for students in the U.S.?

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Question 1 5 pts

(TCO 1) What is the first exercise in democracy for students in the U.S.?

Playing sports

Studying the nation’s history

Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance

Electing or becoming class officers

Speaking out against school policies that seem unfair

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Question 2 5 pts

(TCO 1) Which term is used to describe the ability to get others to want what you want?

Political power

Authority

Hard power

Soft power

Legitimacy

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Question 3 5 pts

(TCO 1) The principle reason to study politics is

national interest.

self-interest.

public interest.

both national interest and self-interest.

both self-interest and public interest.

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Question 4 5 pts

(TCO 1) The question of whether people can exercise power yet remain true to their principles is referred to as

Social Contract Theory.

the dilemma of political economy.

the problem of state sovereignty.

the crisis of normativism.

the problem of dirty hands.

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Question 5 5 pts

(TCO 1) What government agency promotes and preserves media competition in the United States?

Federal Communication Commission

Department of Commerce

Federal Bureau of Inventions

Federal Television Commission

Justice Department 

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Question 6 5 pts

(TCO 1) Which of the following most significantly accelerated the “values divide” between liberals and conservatives?

The election of Ronald Reagan

The rise of the KKK

The Contract with America

The war on terror

The election of Barack Obama

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Question 7 5 pts

(TCO 2) Which of the following is NOT one of the four fundamental political challenges facing developing countries?

Nation-building

Participation

State-building

Secularization

Distribution of wealth, power, and property

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Question 8 5 pts

(TCO 5) Who serves as Britain’s Head of State?

The Prime Minister

The President

The Queen

The House of Lords

The House of Commons

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Question 9 5 pts

(TCO 5) The U.S. Congress and British Parliament both have all of these powers in common EXCEPT the ability to

pass or defeat legislation.

confirm new cabinet members.

bring down the executive office with a vote of no confidence.

play an oversight role.

levy taxes. control budgets.

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Question 10 5 pts

(TCO 2) What is the most basic — but often most challenging — aspect of nation-building?

Expanding agricultural output

Ending illiteracy

Forming a common or group identity

Ending internal rebellions and upheavals

Establishing a democracy

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Question 11 5 pts

(TCO 2) Least developed countries have all of the following problems in common EXCEPT

illiteracy.

political instability.

ethnic conflict.

anarchy.

inequality. 

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Question 12 5 pts

(TCO 3) What did eighteenth-century British writer and legislator Edmund Burke believe?

That elected officials should act as trustees for their constituents

That while representatives must pay careful attention to public opinion, they must also maintain their independence of thought and action

That a natural aristocracy, made up of the best and brightest, should govern

That the trustee theory of representation worked

All of the above

 

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Question 13 5 pts

(TCO 4) What did the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 accomplish?

Prohibited racial discrimination in public accommodations

Held that the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to prohibit both state and private discrimination

Virtually ended racial segregation in the South

Helped legitimize a social system in which blacks were subject to discrimination

Created a punishment system for those who discriminated against others