Test Bank for American Government Political Development and
Institutional Change, 10e Cal Jillson (All Chapters)
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 10e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or organization, b A policy An institution A legal procedure A rule
often embedded in rule of law, is
called: ^ .^
The rule of an elite few for their d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
own interests.
According to Plato, who should rule a A philosopher-king A political science- The few wisest None of the above
a properly constituted polis? king citizens
Which of these statements b Aristocracy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of the above
accurately defines a type of government government government that is
government according to organized around a organized around oppressive to the
Aristotle’s typology? few men who are many men who are people.
primarily primarily motivated
motivated by their by the broad public
narrow private and interest.
class interests.
Before it was an empire, what was c It was always an It was a democracy. It was a republic. It was a polity.
ancient Rome? empire.
Which theorists made the first and a Polybius and Cicero Socrates and Plato St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and John
most influential efforts to explain Thomas Aquinas Locke
how mixed governments can work
in practice?
,According to the Pro and Con b The people met in A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
section, which of the following was the Assembly to the individual rights aliens (three-fifths of one vote in the Assembly
not a characteristic of the discuss and decide and liberties of all the population) were
“Athenian democracy?” major issues city residents denied citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of peoples The otherworldly
sacred politically powerful and nations and
human history
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolo Machiavelli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human 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 King, Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? Jr.
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was There is nothing Separation of powers Unlimited, immoderate
theory, what are two other taken besides social and free markets constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theory in
liberalism that influenced the classical liberalism
Founding generation?
Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who settled Anglicans who settled Anglicans who settled in
settled in the South in New England in in the South in order the Mid-Atlantic in order
in order to avoid order to avoid to develop it to develop it
religious religious economically economically and in
persecution in the persecution in the some cases to avoid
home country home country religious persecution in
the home country
In the population of the American a The English The Irish The Germans The Dutch
colonies in 1765, which ethnic
group was the largest?
What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox did Banishment was an The vastness of the All of the above
notion that the Americans had not feel the need accepted form of land allowed for
“space” for dissent? to destroy the punishment pockets of
unorthodox acceptability
, interspersed between
places of orthodoxy
What was political participation like a It was very It was oligarchic but It was oligarchic and It was aristocratic and
in the early colonies? democratic in still modestly hence not very hence not very
nature democratic in democratic at all in democratic at all in
nature nature nature
Which of the statements below c The British The British colonials The British colonials None of the above
accurately describes differences colonials were were less were more
between the populations in British more heterogeneous heterogeneous
colonies and those in French heterogeneous regarding religion, regarding religion,
Canadian colonies? regarding religion, language, and language, and
language, ethnicity ethnicity and were ethnicity and were
but were fewer in larger in numbers larger in numbers
numbers overall overall overall
To what area of social life did Adam c Law Government and The economy Culture
Smith most extensively apply the politics
principles of classical liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Hobbes Machiavelli Montesquieu Bacon
argued the earliest and most
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
benefit of society?
How did St. Augustine and St. a They privileged the They privileged the They privileged the They privileged the role
Thomas Aquinas differ from the role of the sacred role of the secular role of the national of the sub-national over
ancients and how did this impact over the secular over the sacred and over sub-national the national government
the Founding generation? and this served as a this served as a governments and this and this served as a
negative example positive example for served as a positive negative example for the
for the Founding the Founding example for the Founding generation
generation generation Founding generation
When did the concept of c At the At the Magna Carta At the American At the English Revolution
individualism find its brightest Constitutional and in the form of Revolution and in the and in the form of
moment and what form did it take? Convention and in the Barony form of the idea that religious tolerance
the form of
, separation of freedom has its own
powers order and structure
What lesson did the Founding b Mixed Mixed constitutions Mixed constitutions Mixed constitutions
Fathers learn from Polybius and constitutions should be embraced should be embraced should be avoided
Cicero? should be avoided because they because they serve because monarchy is
balance the the interests of the clearly the best way to
interests of the rich middle classes govern a republic
and the poor
Who normally rules in aristocracies b The poor The rich The middle class None of the above
and oligarchies?
How does the textbook author c A place where The formal and A custom, practice, or None of the above
define the word “institution?” official government informal rules that organization, usually
business is set the parameters embedded in rules
conducted within which “the and law, that defines
game of politics” is and structures social
played and political activity
What is meant by American a The study of The study of The thesis that None of the above
political development (APD)? development and America’s American government
change in American democratic has become much
political processes, development in more political over
institutions, and comparison to the time, thus reducing its
policies over time development of capacity to solve the
other democracies problems that affect
around the world the lives of ordinary
Americans
What did the ancients mean by b They thought it Rule by the people Rule by the people in They thought it was
“democracy?” was equivalent to in the interest of the their own self-interest equivalent to “free
“mob rule” entire community government”
What is meant by “classical c A mixed state in A form of popular A set of ideas that A set of ideas that
republicanism?” which monarchical, government that emphasizes concern emphasizes the
aristocratic, and relies on elected for the common good importance of limited
democratic representatives over the self-interest government and
instead of direct of individuals individual rights
Institutional Change, 10e Cal Jillson (All Chapters)
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 10e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or organization, b A policy An institution A legal procedure A rule
often embedded in rule of law, is
called: ^ .^
The rule of an elite few for their d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
own interests.
According to Plato, who should rule a A philosopher-king A political science- The few wisest None of the above
a properly constituted polis? king citizens
Which of these statements b Aristocracy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of the above
accurately defines a type of government government government that is
government according to organized around a organized around oppressive to the
Aristotle’s typology? few men who are many men who are people.
primarily primarily motivated
motivated by their by the broad public
narrow private and interest.
class interests.
Before it was an empire, what was c It was always an It was a democracy. It was a republic. It was a polity.
ancient Rome? empire.
Which theorists made the first and a Polybius and Cicero Socrates and Plato St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and John
most influential efforts to explain Thomas Aquinas Locke
how mixed governments can work
in practice?
,According to the Pro and Con b The people met in A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
section, which of the following was the Assembly to the individual rights aliens (three-fifths of one vote in the Assembly
not a characteristic of the discuss and decide and liberties of all the population) were
“Athenian democracy?” major issues city residents denied citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of peoples The otherworldly
sacred politically powerful and nations and
human history
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolo Machiavelli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human 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 King, Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? Jr.
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was There is nothing Separation of powers Unlimited, immoderate
theory, what are two other taken besides social and free markets constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theory in
liberalism that influenced the classical liberalism
Founding generation?
Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who settled Anglicans who settled Anglicans who settled in
settled in the South in New England in in the South in order the Mid-Atlantic in order
in order to avoid order to avoid to develop it to develop it
religious religious economically economically and in
persecution in the persecution in the some cases to avoid
home country home country religious persecution in
the home country
In the population of the American a The English The Irish The Germans The Dutch
colonies in 1765, which ethnic
group was the largest?
What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox did Banishment was an The vastness of the All of the above
notion that the Americans had not feel the need accepted form of land allowed for
“space” for dissent? to destroy the punishment pockets of
unorthodox acceptability
, interspersed between
places of orthodoxy
What was political participation like a It was very It was oligarchic but It was oligarchic and It was aristocratic and
in the early colonies? democratic in still modestly hence not very hence not very
nature democratic in democratic at all in democratic at all in
nature nature nature
Which of the statements below c The British The British colonials The British colonials None of the above
accurately describes differences colonials were were less were more
between the populations in British more heterogeneous heterogeneous
colonies and those in French heterogeneous regarding religion, regarding religion,
Canadian colonies? regarding religion, language, and language, and
language, ethnicity ethnicity and were ethnicity and were
but were fewer in larger in numbers larger in numbers
numbers overall overall overall
To what area of social life did Adam c Law Government and The economy Culture
Smith most extensively apply the politics
principles of classical liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Hobbes Machiavelli Montesquieu Bacon
argued the earliest and most
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
benefit of society?
How did St. Augustine and St. a They privileged the They privileged the They privileged the They privileged the role
Thomas Aquinas differ from the role of the sacred role of the secular role of the national of the sub-national over
ancients and how did this impact over the secular over the sacred and over sub-national the national government
the Founding generation? and this served as a this served as a governments and this and this served as a
negative example positive example for served as a positive negative example for the
for the Founding the Founding example for the Founding generation
generation generation Founding generation
When did the concept of c At the At the Magna Carta At the American At the English Revolution
individualism find its brightest Constitutional and in the form of Revolution and in the and in the form of
moment and what form did it take? Convention and in the Barony form of the idea that religious tolerance
the form of
, separation of freedom has its own
powers order and structure
What lesson did the Founding b Mixed Mixed constitutions Mixed constitutions Mixed constitutions
Fathers learn from Polybius and constitutions should be embraced should be embraced should be avoided
Cicero? should be avoided because they because they serve because monarchy is
balance the the interests of the clearly the best way to
interests of the rich middle classes govern a republic
and the poor
Who normally rules in aristocracies b The poor The rich The middle class None of the above
and oligarchies?
How does the textbook author c A place where The formal and A custom, practice, or None of the above
define the word “institution?” official government informal rules that organization, usually
business is set the parameters embedded in rules
conducted within which “the and law, that defines
game of politics” is and structures social
played and political activity
What is meant by American a The study of The study of The thesis that None of the above
political development (APD)? development and America’s American government
change in American democratic has become much
political processes, development in more political over
institutions, and comparison to the time, thus reducing its
policies over time development of capacity to solve the
other democracies problems that affect
around the world the lives of ordinary
Americans
What did the ancients mean by b They thought it Rule by the people Rule by the people in They thought it was
“democracy?” was equivalent to in the interest of the their own self-interest equivalent to “free
“mob rule” entire community government”
What is meant by “classical c A mixed state in A form of popular A set of ideas that A set of ideas that
republicanism?” which monarchical, government that emphasizes concern emphasizes the
aristocratic, and relies on elected for the common good importance of limited
democratic representatives over the self-interest government and
instead of direct of individuals individual rights
