AmGov Long Story Short 1st Edition Barbour Test Bank
Test Bank for AmGov Long Story Short 1st Edition By Christine Barbour, ISBN-10: 1544325924, ISBN-13: 9781544325927, ISBN: 9781544380650, ISBN: 9781544377438
Chapter 1: Politics and Citizenship
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The term politics refers to ______.
a. the ability to get others to do what you want
b. who gets what, when, and how
c. the process by which societies resolve, reduce, or eliminate conflict
d. a system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people
Ans: B
Answer Location: 1.1: Introduction to Politics
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the basic definitions of politics, government, and economics
Difficulty Level: Easy
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
2. What is considered one of the most essential elements of power that ultimately gives someone authority over another person?
a. controlling the political narrative
b. dictating the rules
c. having the most money
d. winning the presidency
Ans: A
Answer Location: 1.1: Introduction to Politics
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the basic definitions of politics, government, and economics
Difficulty Level: Medium
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
3. A system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of people is known as ______.
a. federalism
b. power
c. government
d. politics
Ans: C
Answer Location: 1.2: Coming to Terms: Politics, Government, and Economics
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Learning Objective: 1.2: Understand the varieties of political and economic systems and how they help us understand the differences among nations, including the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
4. What is the main difference between politics and government?
a. politics is a system; government is an institution
b. politics is a process; government is an organization
c. politics is a system; government is a process
d. politics is an activity; government is an organization
Ans: B
Answer Location: 1.2: Coming to Terms: Politics, Government, and Economics
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Learning Objective: 1.2: Understand the varieties of political and economic systems and how they help us understand the differences among nations, including the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
5. When those in government exercise power recognized by citizens as right and legitimate, they are exercising ______.
a. leadership
b. justice
c. authority
d. force
Ans: C
Answer Location: 1.2: Coming to Terms: Politics, Government, and Economics
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Learning Objective: 1.2: Understand the varieties of political and economic systems and how they help us understand the differences among nations, including the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
6. Rules are used to ______.
a. decide who gets power and influence
b. decide who gets material resources and how
c. govern the country
d. determine who will win or lose future power struggles
Ans: D
Answer Location: 1.1: Introduction to Politics
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the basic definitions of politics, government, and economics
Difficulty Level: Easy
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
7. The market controls economic decisions in a(n) ______ economy.
a. socialist
b. capitalist
c. authoritarian
d. totalitarian
Ans: B
Answer Location: 1.2: Coming to Terms: Politics, Government, and Economics
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Learning Objective: 1.2: Understand the varieties of political and economic systems and how they help us understand the differences among nations, including the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
8. In the United States, businesses have substantial freedom from government interference, but the government will step in and regulate the economy from time to time to guarantee individual rights. The United States uses which type of economic system?
a. socialism
b. laissez-faire capitalism
c. communism
d. regulated capitalism
Ans: D
Answer Location: 1.2: Coming to Terms: Politics
Cognitive Domain: Application
Learning Objective: 1.2: Understand the varieties of political and economic systems and how they help us understand the differences among nations, including the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
9. In socialist economies, control over economic decisions is exercised by ______.
a. the market
b. the government
c. supply and demand forces
d. a vote by the people
Ans: B
Answer Location: 1.2: Coming to Terms: Politics, Government, and Economics
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Learning Objective: 1.2: Understand the varieties of political and economic systems and how they help us understand the differences among nations, including the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
10. A capitalist economy is an economic system that relies on the ______ to determine who should have material goods.
a. government
b. people
c. top businesses
d. market
Ans: D
Answer Location: 1.2: Coming to Terms: Politics, Government, and Economics
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Learning Objective: 1.2: Understand the varieties of political and economic systems and how they help us understand the differences among nations, including the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
SAGE Course Outcome: Articulate the foundations of American government, including its history, critical concepts, and important documents and achievements.
