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1. In 2010 Congress passed the Affordable Health Care Act that
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a. required nearly all Americans to buy health coverage or pay a penalty.
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2. The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is
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b. the authoritative allocation of values for a society.
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3. The broad, basic definition of government given by the text is
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b. legitimate use of force within specified geographic boundaries to control human behavior.
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4. According to Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan, the proper objective of govern
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b. order.
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5. Thomas Hobbes’s ideal form of government was
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e. a single ruler with unquestioned authority.
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6. Which political philosopher inspired the phrase “life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap
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e. John Locke
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7. Examples of public goods are
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d. education, sanitation, and parks.
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8. Social order is usually defined as
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b. established patterns of authority and traditional modes of behavior.
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9. When one person has the same chance to succeed in life as another, this is called
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c. equality of opportunity.
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10. Government’s “modern dilemma” is how best to balance
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b. equality and freedom.
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11. Compared to citizens in other nations, Americans
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d. value freedom of speech more than order.
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12. During the 1990s, Congress prohibited private businesses from discriminating in employment, public services, and public accommodations on the basis of physical or mental disabilities. This act creates a clash between
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d. freedom and equality.
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13. A person who favors government ownership of some basic industries and a strong government role in directing the economy, but also some private ownership of pro-ductive capacity, would best be labeled as a
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a. socialist.
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14. Capitalism is best described as a(n)
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d. system of government that favors privately owned businesses.
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15. Liberals are more likely to favor generous government support for
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a. education.
b. wildlife protection. c. public transportation. d. a whole range of social programs. e. All of the above are true. |
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16. Conservatives strongly
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a. favor free enterprise.
b. argue against government job programs. c. want to preserve traditional patterns of social relations. d. Options A, B, and C are true. |
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17. The following group values both equality and order more than freedom, and its members support both affirmative action and laws that restrict pornography:
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d. communitarians.
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18. The Bill of Rights is at the core of our
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d. substantive theories of democracy.
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19. A referendum is best described as a(n)
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d. election on a policy issue.
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20. An alleged weakness of the majoritarian democratic model is its
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b. reliance on the American public to be knowledgeable and participatory.
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21. An organized group that seeks to influence government policy is called a(n)
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a. interest group.
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22. Compared with majoritarian thought, the pluralist model of democracy shifts the focus of democratic decision making from _________ to _________.
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e. the mass electorate; organized groups
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23. Elite theory is discredited as an explanation of American national politics because studies show that
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d. no one identifiable group regularly prevails on different issues.
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24. The text suggests that there are _________ forces that may be pushing authoritarian governments toward democratization.
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e. economic
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25. The text suggests that the United States fulfills the __________ model quite well.
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d. pluralist
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