1. The process by which collective decisions are made for a country is known as: demography. politics. segmentation. virtualization. sensitization.

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1 Page 1 of 9 This chapter has 54 questions. Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below. 0 questions at random and keep in order s - (49) - (8) s - (5) - (49) Odd Numbered - (27) - (12) Even Numbered - (27) - (12) - (7) - (17) - (27) - (7) - (15) Text Answer Hint: Government and Politics - (3) - (27) Text Answer Hint: How to Understand American Democracy - (3) - (14) 1. The process by which collective decisions are made for a country is known as: demography. politics. segmentation. virtualization. sensitization. Text Answer Hint: Government and Politics 2. Government is: a set of people who take advantage of the fact that a public good cannot be denied to anyone. a set of social entrepreneurs. a set of people who make decisions that are binding for all people in the country. a set of people who develop non-profit organizations for the betterment of the society. a set of idea champions who take an innovative approach to solving a problem. Text Answer Hint: Government and Politics 3. are people who are fully qualified and legally recognized as members of a country. Immigrants Foreigners Boundary spanners Citizens Aliens Text Answer Hint: Government and Politics 4. In a(n), all citizens can participate in the making of governmental policy at least to some extent. monarchy oligarchy plutocracy theocracy democracy 5. The United States is a democracy. This means that the United States is ruled by: a single entity that has absolute power. the people. the monarch. a monarch whose powers are limited by a constitution. divine guidance. 6. Smallville is a state consisting of 1,000 people. Before passing a new law, the government of Smallville asks all citizens, above 18 years of age, to vote for or against the proposed law. The law is passed only if the majority of the citizens support it. Smallville is an example of a(n): democracy.

2 Page 2 of 9 monarchy. oligarchy. plutocracy. theocracy. 7. is a form of government is which all of the people of a community gather to decide policies for the community. Oligarchy Autocracy Direct democracy Theocracy Monarchy 8. Emerald City is a direct democracy. It can be said that the: monarch decides all the laws of the country. military decides the laws of the country. entrepreneurs in the country decide the policies for the country. citizens together decide the policies for the country. citizens' representatives decide the policies of the country. 9. is a form of government in which people elect representatives to decide the policies. Theocracy Autocracy Monarchy Oligarchy Indirect democracy 10. United States is an indirect democracy. This means that the people of a city: elect a mayor and members of the city council. gather to decide policies for the city. contribute to the city's common fund. follow biblical laws. are governed directly by the armed forces. 11. Which of the following is needed for democracy to work well? The citizens should be checked from organizing themselves into political parties. There should be free elections with real choice. The citizens should be kept from debating over policy alternatives. Individual freedom must be checked in order to prevent unnecessary debates. Media should be controlled. 12. The world's first modern democracy is: Canada. Denmark. the United States. Argentina. Belgium.

3 Page 3 of The principle that 50 percent plus one of the people should be able to elect more than half of elected officials and thereby determine the direction of policy is known as the: rule of law. check and balance rule. three-fifths rule. majority rule. the rule of democracy. 14. Sunnydale has a population of 10,000. In order to implement the majority rule, at least how many people should be able to choose a majority of their elected officials? 5,001 5,000 4,995 4,990 4, Democracies have to protect the basic freedoms of smaller groups within the general population. This phenomenon is known as the protection of: primary rights. exclusionary rights. privileged rights. immunity rights. minority rights. 16. Metropolis has a population of 20,000. Out of these 5,000 are Protestants whereas, the rest 15,000 are Catholics. A survey recently conducted in Metropolis has proved that most of the policy decisions taken by the government favor the Catholics than the Protestants. This has been causing tensions between the Protestants and the Catholics. It seems that the government of Metropolis has failed to protect the: privileged rights. minority rights. exclusionary rights. immunity rights. primary rights. 17. Which of the following terms refers to a country that is not ruled by a monarch but by the people through its representatives? Republic Autocracy Dictatorship Ethnocracy Oligarchy 18. Till January 2010, Argonia was ruled by a king. Then the king decided to hand over all his powers to a parliament which represented the people of Argonia. The parliament came into effect in the month of January For the past one year, Argonia is being successfully governed by the parliament. Argonia is an example of a(n): ethnocracy. oligarchy.

4 Page 4 of 9 republic. autocracy. dictatorship. 19. Republics are: plutocracies. indirect democracies. theocracies. oligarchies. autocracies. 20. Something that benefits all members of the community and that no one can possibly be prevented from using is known as a: secondary good. frontload. public good. block grant. categorical grant. 21. Space exploration is an example of a(n) good. regulated primary open secondary public 22. People who take advantage of the fact that a public good cannot possibly be denied to anyone, by refusing to pay their share of the cost of providing the public good are known as: idealists. liberals. federalists. free riders. fascists. 23. Some of the residents of Venusville have started a movement where they aim to set up drinking water facilities at an interval of two miles on all its major highways. If successful, all the residents of the city will benefit from this effort. Those people who will enjoy the benefits even though they were not part of the movement are known as: idealists. liberals. free riders. fascists. federalists. 24. Which of the following is a government function that regulates the economy to ensure that it operates fairly? Requiring companies offering stock to disclose full information Providing Social Security to retirees Designing the pension system in Social Security

5 Page 5 of 9 Passing law against obscenity Providing education 25. The United States lists all the rules and regulations of the federal government. Articles of Confederation Federal Register Federalist Papers Official Journal Bulletin 26. The belief that everyone should be treated in the way that they deserve is known as:. libertarianism. fairness. individualism While interpreting fairness, the administration in the United States thinks that individuals should be: free to make decisions and act with no governmental control. allowed to develop their intellectual capacities. subjected to a strict central control. treated based on what they have contributed. able to rely on themselves. 28. The belief that people should have freedom to make decisions and act, with as little government intervention or other control as possible is known as: collectivism.. communism. capitalism. individualism. 29. Mark encourages his subordinates to take their own decisions and choose their own course of actions. Although he is there for his subordinates whenever they need him, he believes that they should function with as little supervision as possible. Mark is said to believe in: individualism. collectivism. capitalism. communism According to, a country's highest goal should be to allow all individuals in the nation to develop their intellectual and moral capacities to the fullest by making decisions for themselves rather than having decisions made for them by others. classical the rule of law

6 Page 6 of 9 communism 31. The government of Bedrock believes that it should allow its citizens to develop their intellectual and moral capacities by taking their own decisions instead of depending on the government to tell them what is right and wrong. The government of Bedrock believes in: classical. communism... the rule of law. 32. The first ten amendments of the Constitution are collectively called the: New Deals. Magna Carta. Bill of Rights. Articles of Confederation. Executive Orders. 33. The idea that laws, rather than the whims or personal interests of officials, should determine the government's actions is known as: classical. the minority rule. anticlericalism. the rule of law. individualism. 34. The rule of law is related to: monarchism. capitalism.. collectivism. fairness. 35. The right to not be held in prison for more than a short time without being charged with a crime is known as: habeas corpus. capias ad respondendum. elegit. fieri facias. audita querela. 36. Nathan witnessed a bank robbery. He went to the police to give his statement. In the name of asking him for details, the police detained him. For past 52 hours he has been locked up in the prison. In this case it can be said that Nathan's right has been violated. fiery facias habeas corpus attachment

7 Page 7 of 9 capias ad respondendum elegit 37. A(n) is an interconnected set of ideas that forms and organizes people's ideas and attitudes about politics. macrostructure ideology hegemony mental map memory cluster 38. In the United States, is an ideology that supports government intervention on behalf of religious values but opposes intervention in the economic sphere. libertarianism 39. The citizens of a country support the idea that their government should make prayer in schools compulsory but should not ask them to declare their income or pay taxes. This belief is similar to the ideology in the United States. libertarianism 40. In the United States, is an ideology that: opposes government intervention in any area of people's lives. favors having the government take over most businesses and run them in the interest of social and economic equality. centers power on a single charismatic leader. supports government intervention on behalf of religious values but opposes intervention in the economic sphere. opposes government intervention on behalf of religious values but supports intervention in the economic sphere to reduce inequality. 41. The citizens of a country feel that their government should ask rich people in their country to pay more taxes but, should not make prayers in school compulsory. This belief is similar to the ideology in the United States. libertarianism 42. In the United States, is an ideology that opposes government intervention in any area of people's lives. libertarianism

8 Page 8 of The citizens of a country feel that their government should neither make prayers in school compulsory nor should it ask them to declare their incomes and pay taxes. They also believe that all the businesses in the country should be privately owned and the government should not interfere in any of their public or private matters. This belief is similar to the ideology in the United States. libertarianism Marxism 44. Socialism is an ideology that: supports government intervention on behalf of religious values but opposes intervention in the economic sphere. opposes government intervention on behalf of religious values but supports intervention in the economic sphere to reduce inequality. opposes government intervention in any area of people's lives. favors having the government take over most businesses and run them in the interest of social and economic equality. centers power on a single charismatic leader. 45. The citizens of a country believe that their government should become the owner of all businesses within their country and see to it that all the citizens are treated on the same footing both socially and economically. This belief is similar to the ideology in the United States. libertarianism 46. was a nationalist, racist ideology of the 1930s that centered power on a single charismatic leader. Fascism Conservatism Liberalism Libertarianism Socialism 47. Leaders like Hitler and Mussolini adopted a showy, militaristic style of politics that centered on themselves. They were: socialists. fascists. conservatives. liberals. libertarians. 48. Examining aspects of a country's government and politics in contrast to those aspects in other countries, to better understand their causes is known as:

9 Page 9 of 9 trend analysis. smoothing. comparison. historical analysis. forecasting. Text Answer Hint: How to Understand American Democracy 49. Examining the way politics has developed over time in a country, in order to understand how its development has helped to shape its current form is known as: forecasting. smoothing. trend analysis. historical analysis. comparison. 50. What is needed for indirect democracy to work well? Text Answer Hint: How to Understand American Democracy 51. What are some of the major functions that a government performs? 52. What American values do you strongly believe in and why? 53. Which American ideology do you support and why? 54. How does comparison and historical analysis help understand American democracy? Text Answer Hint: How to Understand American Democracy

Strand 3: Civics/Government Concept 1: Foundations of Government

Strand 3: Civics/Government Concept 1: Foundations of Government PO 1. Examine the foundations of democratic representative government: a. Greek direct democracy p. 17-18, 19c b. Roman republic N/A PO