SDSU POLITICAL SCIENCE 102 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT | NEW UPDATE 2025
A belief in equality of results is - ANSWER Not a part of US political culture
A government is made up of the - ANSWER formal institutions that rule a
people
A system that permits citizens to vote directly on laws and policies is often called
a(n) _______ democracy - ANSWER direct
Compared to Europeans, Americans are _____ supportive of government actions
to ensure economic equality - ANSWER less
Governments whose powers are limited through a system of rules and institutions
are known as ____ governments. - ANSWER constitutional
Liberty, democracy, and ____ are the United States' core political values. -
ANSWER equality
over the last century, which of the following statements is accurate concerning
age in america? - ANSWER Americans median age tends to be lower than that
of many other industrialized countries
Personal and economic freedom are both definitions of - ANSWER liberty
,Political efficacy is the - ANSWER belief that citizens can affect government
Political equality means that each citizen - ANSWER has one, and only one,
vote
political knowledge is a complex concept usually referring to - ANSWER
Knowing the rules and strategies that govern political institutions and the
principals on which they are based, and how they relate to one's own interests
Religious objections to the Affordable Care Act were allowed through a 2014
Supreme Court case involving a major company called - ANSWER Hobby Lobby
the idea that political authority ultimately rests in the hands of the people in
known as - ANSWER popular sovereignty
the term autocracy refers to - ANSWER a form of gevernment in which a single
individual rules
Totalitarianism entails government having ultimate political - ANSWER power
which of the following can be said to have characterized American politics for
much of the past half centry - ANSWER a pervasive sense of apathy and
cynicism
, which of the following statements about recent immigration trends and the
foreign-born population of the united states is accurate - ANSWER People
born in Asia constitute the second-largest group of foreign-born residents
which of the following is true regarding race and ethnicity - ANSWER by 2014
the total Hispanic proportion of the population was 17.4%
which of the following wanted to promote political participation for the middle
classes - ANSWER bourgeoisie
What was revealed in the documents leaked by Edward Snowden? - ANSWER
The National security agency has secretly been collecting information on
Americans for years
what was true of digital citizenship in 2015 - ANSWER 65% of Americans have
used the internet to find data or information about the government
what statement about trust in the government is accurate - ANSWER Public
trust in the government dipped to historically low levels during the fight over the
Affordable Care Act
Who gets what, when, and how is a definition of - ANSWER politics
____ refers to a system that allows very little room for the national government to
regulate trade or restrict the use of private property, even in the public interest. -
ANSWER Laissez-faire capitalism
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT | NEW UPDATE 2025
A belief in equality of results is - ANSWER Not a part of US political culture
A government is made up of the - ANSWER formal institutions that rule a
people
A system that permits citizens to vote directly on laws and policies is often called
a(n) _______ democracy - ANSWER direct
Compared to Europeans, Americans are _____ supportive of government actions
to ensure economic equality - ANSWER less
Governments whose powers are limited through a system of rules and institutions
are known as ____ governments. - ANSWER constitutional
Liberty, democracy, and ____ are the United States' core political values. -
ANSWER equality
over the last century, which of the following statements is accurate concerning
age in america? - ANSWER Americans median age tends to be lower than that
of many other industrialized countries
Personal and economic freedom are both definitions of - ANSWER liberty
,Political efficacy is the - ANSWER belief that citizens can affect government
Political equality means that each citizen - ANSWER has one, and only one,
vote
political knowledge is a complex concept usually referring to - ANSWER
Knowing the rules and strategies that govern political institutions and the
principals on which they are based, and how they relate to one's own interests
Religious objections to the Affordable Care Act were allowed through a 2014
Supreme Court case involving a major company called - ANSWER Hobby Lobby
the idea that political authority ultimately rests in the hands of the people in
known as - ANSWER popular sovereignty
the term autocracy refers to - ANSWER a form of gevernment in which a single
individual rules
Totalitarianism entails government having ultimate political - ANSWER power
which of the following can be said to have characterized American politics for
much of the past half centry - ANSWER a pervasive sense of apathy and
cynicism
, which of the following statements about recent immigration trends and the
foreign-born population of the united states is accurate - ANSWER People
born in Asia constitute the second-largest group of foreign-born residents
which of the following is true regarding race and ethnicity - ANSWER by 2014
the total Hispanic proportion of the population was 17.4%
which of the following wanted to promote political participation for the middle
classes - ANSWER bourgeoisie
What was revealed in the documents leaked by Edward Snowden? - ANSWER
The National security agency has secretly been collecting information on
Americans for years
what was true of digital citizenship in 2015 - ANSWER 65% of Americans have
used the internet to find data or information about the government
what statement about trust in the government is accurate - ANSWER Public
trust in the government dipped to historically low levels during the fight over the
Affordable Care Act
Who gets what, when, and how is a definition of - ANSWER politics
____ refers to a system that allows very little room for the national government to
regulate trade or restrict the use of private property, even in the public interest. -
ANSWER Laissez-faire capitalism
