,
,Test Bank for
American Government Political Development and Institutional Change By Cal Jillson
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 12e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^___.^
Which of these terms refers to d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
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
rule a properly constituted king king citizens
polis?
According to Aristotle’s typology d Oligarchy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of these
of governments, which of these government government government that is
statements accurately defines a organized around organized around oppressive to the
type of government? a few men who many men who people.
are primarily are primarily
motivated by motivated by 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
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, the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
was ancient Rome? empire. democracy.
Which theorists made the first a Polybius 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 Assembly the individual aliens (three-fifths one vote in the
was not a characteristic of to discuss and rights and liberties of the population) Assembly
“Athenian democracy?” decide major of all city residents were denied
issues citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of The otherworldly
sacred politically peoples and nations
powerful and human history
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
“solitary, poor, nasty, 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
theory, what are two other taken. besides social powers and free constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theory in markets
liberalism that influenced the classical liberalism.
Founding generation?
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,Test Bank for
American Government Political Development and Institutional Change By Cal Jillson
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 12e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^___.^
Which of these terms refers to d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
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
rule a properly constituted king king citizens
polis?
According to Aristotle’s typology d Oligarchy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of these
of governments, which of these government government government that is
statements accurately defines a organized around organized around oppressive to the
type of government? a few men who many men who people.
are primarily are primarily
motivated by motivated by 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
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1
, the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
was ancient Rome? empire. democracy.
Which theorists made the first a Polybius 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 Assembly the individual aliens (three-fifths one vote in the
was not a characteristic of to discuss and rights and liberties of the population) Assembly
“Athenian democracy?” decide major of all city residents were denied
issues citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of The otherworldly
sacred politically peoples and nations
powerful and human history
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
“solitary, poor, nasty, 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
theory, what are two other taken. besides social powers and free constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theory in markets
liberalism that influenced the classical liberalism.
Founding generation?
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