1. The text highlights which of the following two of our Founding Fathers and
the authors of sections of the Federalist Papers who have contributed to our
understanding of governmental institutions, with a particular emphasis on
separation of power? ANS >>> James Madison & Alexander Hamilton
2. According to Aristotle, which of the following is a government ruled by the
many that works for the benefit of the ruling class? ANS >>> Democracy
3. U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis referred to local governments
in the U.S. Federal System as ANS >>> laboratories for social experimentation.
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, 4. In designing the American Constitution, Madison and his fellow architects
built a system based on ANS >>> a basic mistrust of human nature.
5. A country that does not have a monarch is, according to one simple defini-
tion, which of the following? ANS >>> A Republic
6. Which of the following systems of government is not currently used by any
of the world's countries, although it is used by the United Nations and the
European Union? ANS >>> A Confederal System
7. Which of the following countries does not use a federal system? ANS >>>
France
8. Which of the following is a political institution? ANS >>> The U.S. Supreme
Court
9. Which of the following does not happen when the Queen of England opens
Parliament by announcing what her Parliament will do? ANS >>> She
challenges Parlia- ment's authority because she wields true political power.
10. What is the difference between political structures and political institu-
tions? ANS >>> Political structures are generic, while institutions are specific.
11. Heads of State ANS >>> often take the form of a monarch, even in some
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the authors of sections of the Federalist Papers who have contributed to our
understanding of governmental institutions, with a particular emphasis on
separation of power? ANS >>> James Madison & Alexander Hamilton
2. According to Aristotle, which of the following is a government ruled by the
many that works for the benefit of the ruling class? ANS >>> Democracy
3. U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis referred to local governments
in the U.S. Federal System as ANS >>> laboratories for social experimentation.
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, 4. In designing the American Constitution, Madison and his fellow architects
built a system based on ANS >>> a basic mistrust of human nature.
5. A country that does not have a monarch is, according to one simple defini-
tion, which of the following? ANS >>> A Republic
6. Which of the following systems of government is not currently used by any
of the world's countries, although it is used by the United Nations and the
European Union? ANS >>> A Confederal System
7. Which of the following countries does not use a federal system? ANS >>>
France
8. Which of the following is a political institution? ANS >>> The U.S. Supreme
Court
9. Which of the following does not happen when the Queen of England opens
Parliament by announcing what her Parliament will do? ANS >>> She
challenges Parlia- ment's authority because she wields true political power.
10. What is the difference between political structures and political institu-
tions? ANS >>> Political structures are generic, while institutions are specific.
11. Heads of State ANS >>> often take the form of a monarch, even in some
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