Test Bank For Keeping the Republic Power and Citizenship in American Politics (Brief Edition) 11th Edition By Christine Barbour, Gerald Wright

Keeping the Republic Power and Citizenship in American Politics (Brief Edition) 11e Christine
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Chapter 01 TestBank - Easy
Questions & Answers

1. According to the text, politics is defined as ______.
A. the process by which societies resolve, reduce, or eliminate conflict
B. the way we organize and live our collective lives
C. who gets what, when, and how




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D. the ability to get others to do what you want




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Correct Answer: C. who gets what, when, and how

2. ______ can be described as a system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of
people.




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A. Political partisanship
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B. Federalism




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C. Power
D. Government
Correct Answer: D. Government
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3. When those in government exercise power recognized by citizens as right and legitimate, they
are exercising ______.
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A. authority
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B. leadership
C. justice
D. status
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Correct Answer: A. authority

4. What are organizations called where government power is exercised?
A. institutions
B. capitalist economies
C. monarchies
D. democracies
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Correct Answer: A. institutions

5. ______ refers to a particular view of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives.
A. Authoritarianism
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B. Social order
C. Politics
D. Authority
Correct Answer: B. Social order




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6. According to the text, power is defined as ______.
A. a type of totalitarianism
B. the ability to get other people to do what you want
C. the use of force to obtain desired goals
D. the essential quality of leadership
Correct Answer: B. the ability to get other people to do what you want

7. The market controls economic decisions in a/an ______ economy.
A. socialist




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B. totalitarian




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C. authoritarian
D. capitalist
Correct Answer: D. capitalist




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8. Government assurances that the rules will work smoothly and treat everyone fairly, with no
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promises of particular outcomes, are ______.
A. regulations
B. promises
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C. procedural guarantees
D. the social contract
Correct Answer: C. procedural guarantees
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9. Government assurances of particular outcomes or results are ______.
A. socialist
B. democratic
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C. procedural guarantees
D. substantive guarantees
Correct Answer: D. substantive guarantees

10. Some countries in Western Europe follow the theory of ______, which is a hybrid system
combining a capitalist economy and a government that supports equality.
A. Jeffersonian democracy
B. Italian fascism
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C. social democracy
D. Marxism
Correct Answer: C. social democracy
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11. A political system in which the state holds all power over the social order is a/an ______.
A. theocracy
B. republic
C. authoritarian government




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D. social monarchy
Correct Answer: C. authoritarian government

12. A ______ government combines an authoritarian government with a socialist economy.
A. totalitarian
B. monarchical
C. libertarian
D. anarchic
Correct Answer: A. totalitarian




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13. A society in which government allows people complete economic freedom but maintains
stringent social regulations to limit noneconomic behavior is ______.
A. authoritarian socialism
B. communist democracy




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C. totalitarianism
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D. authoritarian capitalism
Correct Answer: D. authoritarian capitalism

14. A theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of
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their lives is ______.
A. elite democracy
B. pluralist democracy
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C. anarchy
D. participatory democracy
Correct Answer: D. participatory democracy
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15. The role of citizens is limited to choosing among competing leaders in the ______ theory of
democracy.
A. pluralist
B. elite
C. participatory
D. economic
Correct Answer: B. elite
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16. Individuals who are obliged to submit to a government authority against which they have no
rights are ______.
A. elitists
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B. pluralists
C. citizens
D. subjects
Correct Answer: D. subjects




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17. The doctrine that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed in
which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others is called ______.
A. elite democracy
B. pluralistic democracy
C. social democracy theory
D. social contract theory
Correct Answer: D. social contract theory

18. Individuals born in the United States are American citizens, even if their parents are not,
following the principle of ______.




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A. free movement
B. children’s rights
C. jus prudence
D. jus soli




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Correct Answer: D. jus soli
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19. Jus soli is the legal principle that defines citizenship by the right of ___
A. blood
B. law
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C. free speech
D. the soil
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Correct Answer: D. the soil
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20. Citizens or subjects of other countries who come to the United States to live or work are known
as ______.
A. American emigrants
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B. naturalized citizens
C. illegal aliens
D. immigrants
Correct Answer: D. immigrants

21. The legal process of acquiring citizenship for a person who was not born a U.S. citizen is known
as ______.
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A. immigration
B. jus soli
C. habeas corpus
D. naturalization
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Correct Answer: D. naturalization

22. Individuals who come to the United States seeking asylum are known as ______.
A. illegal aliens




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