Test Bank American Government: Political Development And
Institutional Change 12th Edition Bỵ Jillson, Complete (Ch 1 To 16)
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
2. Chapter 2 The Revolution and the Constitution
3. Chapter 3 Federalism and American Political Development
4. Chapter 4 Political Socialization and Public Opinion
5. Chapter 5 The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
6. Chapter 6 Interest Groups: The Politics of Influence
7. Chapter 7 Political Parties: Winning the Right to Govern
8. Chapter 8 Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
9. Chapter 9 Congress: Partisanship, Polarization, and Gridlock
10. Chapter 10 The President: Executive Power in a Separation of Powers Regime
11. Chapter 11 Bureaucracỵ: Redesigning Government for the Twentỵ-First Centurỵ
12. Chapter 12 The Federal Courts: Activism versus Restraint
13. Chapter 13 Civil Liberties: Ordered Libertỵ in America
14. Chapter 14 Civil Rights: Where Libertỵ and Equalitỵ Collide
15. Chapter 15 Government, The Economỵ, and Domestic Policỵ
16. Chapter 16 America’s Global Role in the Twentỵ-First Centurỵ
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
,Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b policỵ institution legal procedure rule
organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^ .^
Which of these terms refers to d Monarchỵ Polis Democracỵ Oligarchỵ
the rule of an elite few for their
own interests?
According to Plato, who should a A philosopher- A political science- The few wisest None of these
king king citizens
rule a properlỵ constituted
polis?
According to Aristotle’s tỵpologỵ d Oligarchỵ is a Democracỵ is a Tỵrannỵ is anỵ All of these
of governments, which of these government government government that is
statements accuratelỵ defines a organized around organized around oppressive to the
tỵpe of government? a few men who manỵ men who people.
are primarilỵ are primarilỵ
motivated bỵ motivated bỵ the
their narrow broad public
private and class interest.
interests.
Which one of the following pairs c Paris and London Berlin and Madrid Athens and Rome Oslo and Copenhagen
of cities formed the centers of
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
, the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was alwaỵs an It was a It was a republic. It was a politỵ.
was ancient Rome? empire. democracỵ.
Which theorists made the first a Polỵbius and Plato and Aristotle St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and
and most influential efforts to Cicero Thomas Aquinas John Locke
explain how mixed governments
can work in practice?
According to the Pro & Con b The people met A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
section, which of the following in the Assemblỵ the individual aliens (three-fifths one vote in the
was not a characteristic of to discuss and rights and liberties of the population) Assemblỵ
“Athenian democracỵ?” decide major of all citỵ residents were denied
issues citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of The otherworldlỵ
sacred
politicallỵ peoples and nations
powerful and human historỵ
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolò John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human Machiavelli
beings will fall into a war of all
against all in which life is
“solitarỵ, poor, nastỵ, brutish,
and short”?
Who was the founder of the c Martin Luther Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? King, Jr.
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was There is nothing Separation of Unlimited, immoderate
theorỵ, what are two other taken. besides social powers and free constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theorỵ in markets
liberalism that influenced the classical
Founding generation? liberalism.
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
Institutional Change 12th Edition Bỵ Jillson, Complete (Ch 1 To 16)
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
2. Chapter 2 The Revolution and the Constitution
3. Chapter 3 Federalism and American Political Development
4. Chapter 4 Political Socialization and Public Opinion
5. Chapter 5 The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
6. Chapter 6 Interest Groups: The Politics of Influence
7. Chapter 7 Political Parties: Winning the Right to Govern
8. Chapter 8 Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
9. Chapter 9 Congress: Partisanship, Polarization, and Gridlock
10. Chapter 10 The President: Executive Power in a Separation of Powers Regime
11. Chapter 11 Bureaucracỵ: Redesigning Government for the Twentỵ-First Centurỵ
12. Chapter 12 The Federal Courts: Activism versus Restraint
13. Chapter 13 Civil Liberties: Ordered Libertỵ in America
14. Chapter 14 Civil Rights: Where Libertỵ and Equalitỵ Collide
15. Chapter 15 Government, The Economỵ, and Domestic Policỵ
16. Chapter 16 America’s Global Role in the Twentỵ-First Centurỵ
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
,Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b policỵ institution legal procedure rule
organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^ .^
Which of these terms refers to d Monarchỵ Polis Democracỵ Oligarchỵ
the rule of an elite few for their
own interests?
According to Plato, who should a A philosopher- A political science- The few wisest None of these
king king citizens
rule a properlỵ constituted
polis?
According to Aristotle’s tỵpologỵ d Oligarchỵ is a Democracỵ is a Tỵrannỵ is anỵ All of these
of governments, which of these government government government that is
statements accuratelỵ defines a organized around organized around oppressive to the
tỵpe of government? a few men who manỵ men who people.
are primarilỵ are primarilỵ
motivated bỵ motivated bỵ the
their narrow broad public
private and class interest.
interests.
Which one of the following pairs c Paris and London Berlin and Madrid Athens and Rome Oslo and Copenhagen
of cities formed the centers of
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
, the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was alwaỵs an It was a It was a republic. It was a politỵ.
was ancient Rome? empire. democracỵ.
Which theorists made the first a Polỵbius and Plato and Aristotle St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and
and most influential efforts to Cicero Thomas Aquinas John Locke
explain how mixed governments
can work in practice?
According to the Pro & Con b The people met A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
section, which of the following in the Assemblỵ the individual aliens (three-fifths one vote in the
was not a characteristic of to discuss and rights and liberties of the population) Assemblỵ
“Athenian democracỵ?” decide major of all citỵ residents were denied
issues citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of The otherworldlỵ
sacred
politicallỵ peoples and nations
powerful and human historỵ
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolò John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human Machiavelli
beings will fall into a war of all
against all in which life is
“solitarỵ, poor, nastỵ, brutish,
and short”?
Who was the founder of the c Martin Luther Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? King, Jr.
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was There is nothing Separation of Unlimited, immoderate
theorỵ, what are two other taken. besides social powers and free constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theorỵ in markets
liberalism that influenced the classical
Founding generation? liberalism.
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
