Test Bank for AmGov Long Story Short 2nd Edition By Christine Barbour (All Chapters 1-10, 100% Original Verified,A+ Grade)

Test Bank for AmGov Long Story Short
2e Christine Barbour | All Chapters 1-10
| MCQs, True False, Essay Questions
with Answers




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, Chapter 1 Test Bank
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. A system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of people is known as ______.
A. federalism
B. power
C. government
D. politics
Correct Answer: C. government

2. What is the main difference between politics and government?
A. politics is a system; government is an institution
B. politics is a process; government is an organization
C. politics is a system; government is a process
D. politics is an activity; government is an organization
Correct Answer: B. politics is a process; government is an organization

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

4. A political system in which the state holds all the power over the social order is known as ______.
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A. republic
B. an authoritarian government
C. a capitalist government
D. a pure democracy
Correct Answer: B. an authoritarian government

5. Individuals who must submit to a government authority under which they have no rights are ______.
A. elitists
B. citizens
C. democrats
D. subjects
Correct Answer: D. subjects

6. The market controls economic decisions in a(n) ______ economy.
A. socialist
B. capitalist
C. authoritarian
D. totalitarian
Correct Answer: B. capitalist

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, 7. In socialist economies, control over economic decisions is exercised by ______.
A. the market
B. the government
C. supply and demand forces
D. a vote by the people
Correct Answer: B. the government

8. A government that utilizes a free-market economy and gives its citizens greater individual control over
politics, such as in the United States and Japan, can be classified as ______.
A. totalitarian regime
B. a capitalist democracy
C. an authoritarian capitalist government
D. a Marxist utopia
Correct Answer: B. a capitalist democracy

9. There are no current real-world examples of which political-economic system?
A. totalitarianism
B. capitalist democracy
C. authoritarian capitalism

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D. Marxist utopia
Correct Answer: D. Marxist utopia
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10. A set of ideas, values, and beliefs about government and society that helps people make sense of their
world is ______.
A. political culture
B. ideologies
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C. public opinion
D. public policy
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Correct Answer: A. political culture

11. An American's belief in freedom is freedom from ______.
A. the government
B. the limitations of poverty
C. the limitations of a lack of knowledge
D. physical limitations
Correct Answer: A. the government

12. Economic conservatives are those who believe in the widespread use of government power for ______.
A. reducing economic inequality
B. increasing the protection of private property
C. increasing the protection of civil liberties
D. increasing the pace of social change
Correct Answer: B. increasing the protection of private property

13. Social liberals are those who believe in the widespread use of government power for______.
A. maintaining order and protecting property
B. reducing economic inequality
C. increasing societal morality

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, D. protecting the freedom of corporations to make profits
Correct Answer: B. reducing economic inequality

14. A citizen within a country will ______.
A. have rights and obligations
B. exist under an authoritarian system
C. have no rights whatsoever
D. be unable to fight back against government
Correct Answer: A. have rights and obligations

15. Which is a characteristic of a democratic government?
A. The government rules over subjects.
B. There is usually one central head that is in charge of all laws and regulations.
C. The government dictates how its people can behave.
D. The citizens have considerable power to make the rules that govern them.
Correct Answer: D. The citizens have considerable power to make the rules that govern them.

16. A person who believes that there should be no government or laws whatsoever is most likely a(n)
______.
A. communist
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B. socialist
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D. anarchist
Correct Answer: D. anarchist

17. In the United States, businesses have substantial freedom from government interference, but the
government will step in and regulate the economy from time to time to guarantee individual rights. The
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United States uses which type of economic system?
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A. socialism
B. laissez-faire capitalism
C. communism
D. regulated capitalism
Correct Answer: D. regulated capitalism

18. A government that utilizes a free-market economy and gives its citizens greater individual control over
politics, such as in the United States and Japan, can be classified as ______.
A. totalitarian regime
B. a capitalist democracy
C. an authoritarian capitalist government
D. a Marxist utopia
Correct Answer: B. a capitalist democracy

19. Some countries in Western Europe utilize a hybrid system that gives individuals more control over
their personal lives and a government that supports equality, which is a form of ______.
A. capitalist democracy
B. Marxist utopia
C. totalitarianism
D. authoritarian capitalism


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