BYU GOVERNMENT FINAL EXAM
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QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is a statement that Hobbes and Locke would both agree on?
Answer: Government is necessary to protect life and property.
◉ After studying and reading examples about liberty and order consider
the following: After the terrorist attack on September 11, President Bush
and Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, which expanded the power of
law enforcement to secretly investigate potential terrorists. What does
this suggest?
Answer: The president believed Americans had too much liberty and too
little security.
◉ In Federalist 10, James Madison describes our form of government
where political ideas or current issues are enlarged or refined "by
passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens whose
wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country." What term is
best used to describe our government?
Answer: representative republic
◉ To keep our elected officials in check with the citizens they represent,
frequent elections are held? According to the text, how long is the term
for a member in the House of Representative before they face re-
election?
,Answer: 2 years
◉ What are two examples of the checks and balances the Executive
Branch has on Congress and the Judicial Branch?
Answer: Veto power, nominates judges
◉ For the separation of powers or Three Branches of Government to
work in practice, what item(s) are needed?
Answer: The use of checks and balances.
◉ Which of the following is true of the Bill of Rights?
Answer: It was included in the Constitution as a concession to the Anti-
federalists who opposed ratification of the Constitution.
◉ Which of the following would Tocqueville most likely endorse?
Answer: encouraging civic groups to help the poor
◉ How does the Constitution divide power between the three branches?
Answer: Power is not completely separated, allowing each branch to
limit the other branches' exercise of power.
◉ Which of the following IS NOT an example of checks and balances in
the United States Constitution?
Answer: The president can veto a Supreme Court decision, but only with
the support of a two-thirds majority vote in Congress
,◉ Which of the following best describes separation of powers?
Answer: executive, legislative, and judicial branches
◉ The Founders established a republican form of government. Why did
they do this?
Answer: They believed elected officials could represent citizens and
could be kept in check through election
◉ If a country has a political system where some decisions are made in
local legislatures and others are made in the national legislature. Whose
government would this most likely be compared to?
Answer: the U.S. system of government created in Philadelphia
◉ Classical republicanism is principally concerned with ____________
while classical liberalism is concerned with _______________.
Answer: liberty; order
◉ Which of the following documents outlines the purpose of
government to protect the social rights of its citizens, chiefly among
these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Answer: Declaration of Independence
◉ According to Tocqueville, Civic virtue means simply that individuals
have interests and desires that are not solely focused on themselves.
, Rather, they are willing to give up some of the things they want in order
to promote the common good. What did he mean by this?
Answer: People should help one another because the welfare of others
affects individual welfare
◉ How can the principle of federalism promote the protection of civil
rights in the American federal system?
Answer: It provides both state and national governments with the ability
to protect citizens from abuses of power by the other.
◉ As discussed in the chapter, what term is used to describe each branch
of government's separate and distinct sphere of power?
Answer: separation of powers
◉ According to Hobbes, what would life be like without limits on an
individual's behavior or if living in a state of nature?
Answer: Perilous
◉ A prominent political scientist famously described American
government as separate institutions sharing powers; Which two
constitutional principles are embodied in this statement?
Answer: separation of powers and federalism
separation of powers and checks and balances
◉ Who was considered to be the inventor of philosophy?
2026 TEST BANK COMPLETE
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is a statement that Hobbes and Locke would both agree on?
Answer: Government is necessary to protect life and property.
◉ After studying and reading examples about liberty and order consider
the following: After the terrorist attack on September 11, President Bush
and Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, which expanded the power of
law enforcement to secretly investigate potential terrorists. What does
this suggest?
Answer: The president believed Americans had too much liberty and too
little security.
◉ In Federalist 10, James Madison describes our form of government
where political ideas or current issues are enlarged or refined "by
passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens whose
wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country." What term is
best used to describe our government?
Answer: representative republic
◉ To keep our elected officials in check with the citizens they represent,
frequent elections are held? According to the text, how long is the term
for a member in the House of Representative before they face re-
election?
,Answer: 2 years
◉ What are two examples of the checks and balances the Executive
Branch has on Congress and the Judicial Branch?
Answer: Veto power, nominates judges
◉ For the separation of powers or Three Branches of Government to
work in practice, what item(s) are needed?
Answer: The use of checks and balances.
◉ Which of the following is true of the Bill of Rights?
Answer: It was included in the Constitution as a concession to the Anti-
federalists who opposed ratification of the Constitution.
◉ Which of the following would Tocqueville most likely endorse?
Answer: encouraging civic groups to help the poor
◉ How does the Constitution divide power between the three branches?
Answer: Power is not completely separated, allowing each branch to
limit the other branches' exercise of power.
◉ Which of the following IS NOT an example of checks and balances in
the United States Constitution?
Answer: The president can veto a Supreme Court decision, but only with
the support of a two-thirds majority vote in Congress
,◉ Which of the following best describes separation of powers?
Answer: executive, legislative, and judicial branches
◉ The Founders established a republican form of government. Why did
they do this?
Answer: They believed elected officials could represent citizens and
could be kept in check through election
◉ If a country has a political system where some decisions are made in
local legislatures and others are made in the national legislature. Whose
government would this most likely be compared to?
Answer: the U.S. system of government created in Philadelphia
◉ Classical republicanism is principally concerned with ____________
while classical liberalism is concerned with _______________.
Answer: liberty; order
◉ Which of the following documents outlines the purpose of
government to protect the social rights of its citizens, chiefly among
these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Answer: Declaration of Independence
◉ According to Tocqueville, Civic virtue means simply that individuals
have interests and desires that are not solely focused on themselves.
, Rather, they are willing to give up some of the things they want in order
to promote the common good. What did he mean by this?
Answer: People should help one another because the welfare of others
affects individual welfare
◉ How can the principle of federalism promote the protection of civil
rights in the American federal system?
Answer: It provides both state and national governments with the ability
to protect citizens from abuses of power by the other.
◉ As discussed in the chapter, what term is used to describe each branch
of government's separate and distinct sphere of power?
Answer: separation of powers
◉ According to Hobbes, what would life be like without limits on an
individual's behavior or if living in a state of nature?
Answer: Perilous
◉ A prominent political scientist famously described American
government as separate institutions sharing powers; Which two
constitutional principles are embodied in this statement?
Answer: separation of powers and federalism
separation of powers and checks and balances
◉ Who was considered to be the inventor of philosophy?
