UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL WORLD
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● the federal governement consists of
Answer: 10 million employees, including contractors and postal service
workers
●● the idea of health care for all citizens is based on which american
political value?
Answer: equality
●● _____ are likely to disappear quickly fromt he political agenda,
while _____ often take a long time to resolve
Answer: consensus issues; conflictual issues
●● a system of checks and balances:
Answer: gives each branch of the national governemnt some power over
the others
●● for James Madison, the notion that government is necessary
depended strongly on
, Answer: his belief that people are self interest and could not be trsuted to
rule themselves
●● the greek philosopher aristotle developed a classification scheme for
governments that was based on three distinguishable types
Answer: monarchy, aristocracy, and polity
●● a free rider problem occurs when
Answer: everyone fails to work toward a common goal
●● Which of these groups tends to vote for Republicans more often than
for Democrats?
Answer: Cuban Americans
●● The melting pot approach to racial and ethnic relations holds that:
Answer: racial and ethnic groups should leave their customs behind
when they immigrate to the United States.
●● If one group took power and established an official state religion,
James Madison would likely describe the situation as:
Answer: an example of the tyranny of a faction imposing its will on the
rest of the nation.
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● the federal governement consists of
Answer: 10 million employees, including contractors and postal service
workers
●● the idea of health care for all citizens is based on which american
political value?
Answer: equality
●● _____ are likely to disappear quickly fromt he political agenda,
while _____ often take a long time to resolve
Answer: consensus issues; conflictual issues
●● a system of checks and balances:
Answer: gives each branch of the national governemnt some power over
the others
●● for James Madison, the notion that government is necessary
depended strongly on
, Answer: his belief that people are self interest and could not be trsuted to
rule themselves
●● the greek philosopher aristotle developed a classification scheme for
governments that was based on three distinguishable types
Answer: monarchy, aristocracy, and polity
●● a free rider problem occurs when
Answer: everyone fails to work toward a common goal
●● Which of these groups tends to vote for Republicans more often than
for Democrats?
Answer: Cuban Americans
●● The melting pot approach to racial and ethnic relations holds that:
Answer: racial and ethnic groups should leave their customs behind
when they immigrate to the United States.
●● If one group took power and established an official state religion,
James Madison would likely describe the situation as:
Answer: an example of the tyranny of a faction imposing its will on the
rest of the nation.
