Ap Government Chapter 1 Test Answers – Flashcards
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Among the following Nations, the percentage of people who say that immigrants' influence has been very good or somewhat good is the highest in
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C. The United States
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Congress began to bar immigration from China to the US in
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A. 1882
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Politics inherently involves
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A. Conflict
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The American ideal of equality
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D. is a concept who's precise definition is frequently contested among American citizens
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Cultural beliefs are said to be mythic ideas, which means they are
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C. Symbolic postures that reflect partly what is ideal and partly what is real
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In recent decades, no authoritarian regime has seized power in
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C. Latin America
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In the Second Treatise on Civil Government, _____ argued that all individuals have certain natural rights, including life, liberty, and property
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B. John Locke
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A major criticism of the theory of pluralism is that
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E. None of these answers are correct
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Americans' national identity rests largely upon
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C. Shared political ideals
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Among his greatest accomplishments, Thomas Jefferson counted the founding of
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D. The University of Virgina
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In a Constitutional system
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B. citizens have basic rights which government cannot deny.
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Sociologist C. Wright Mills was a proponent of
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B. Elite Theory
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President George W. Bush and many of his fellow Republicans have disagreed on a proposed "guest worker program," which would apply primarily to workers from
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B. Mexico
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Until 1965, immigration laws were biased in favor of _____ immigrants.
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C. European
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A government's authority
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A. is evidenced when government officials exercise political power
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The statement, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal," can be found in
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A. The Declaration of Independence
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The Greek words demos and kratis together mean
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B. the people rule
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The process that determines how a society will be governed refers to
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A. Politics
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Of the countries listed below, the citizens of _____ pay the lowest tax rates
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D. The United States
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The play of politics takes place according to rules that the participants agree to accept. In the American case, the rules of the game include all of the following, except
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A. Autocracy
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Americans' emphasis on self-sufficiency and material accumulation reflects their belief in
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C. Individualism
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Which one of the following is not widely regarded as a political ideal in America?
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E. Collectivism
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Complications in the practice of America's ideals occurs because these ideals
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E. All of these answers are correct
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Inalienable rights
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C. belong to individuals and cannot be denied by government.
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Which foreign observer noted that U.S. politics were heavily influenced by Americans' "habits of heart," or ingrained ideals?
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B. Alexis de Tocqueville
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The method of operation of the Federal Reserve Board would best support the theory of
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C. Elitism
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West Virginia, the state with the lowest percentage of college graduates in the United States,
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E. has a higher proportion of college graduates than most European countries
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In Federalist No. 10, James Madison argued that
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A. government is most dangerous when a single group is powerful enough to gain full political control.
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The leading proponent of the theory of bureaucratic rule was
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C. Max Weber
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America's pluralism stems from
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E. All these answers are correct
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Which of the following is true of totalitarian governments?
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E. All these answers are correct
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Which of the following is true about the United States?
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C. To protect against abuses of power, the Framers of the Constitution devised a system of checks and balances.
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One fear about majority rule in a democracy is that it could lead to
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B. Tyranny through suppression of the minority
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Which of the following statements is true?
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D. Governmental ownership of some industries is a characteristic of socialist countries.
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According to the political scientist Louis Hartz, the United States
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B. Was "born free"
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The American political culture includes all of the following ideals except
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E. Oligarchy
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The principle of self-government emphasizes majority rule whereas the principle of liberty emphasizes individual rights. These principles
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D. are not fully consistent with each other
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Which concept is integral to the political philosophies of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau?
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D. social contract
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Which of the following is characteristic of a capitalist economic system?
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E. all of these answers are correct
