American Gov MCQ: American Government Chapter 1

The Greek words demos and kraits together mean

A. Majority rule is sacred
B. The people rule
C. Government is good
D. Politics is immoral
E. the king is good
B. The people

Answer: B

_______ is the ability of persons, groups, or institutions to influence political developments.

A. Apathy
B. politics
C. Power
D. Liberty
E. political culture

Answer: C

The process by which a society settles it's conflict and allocate the resulting benefits and cost is called

A. Politics
B. Government
C. Elitism
D. Socialism
E. communism

Answer: A

A Governments authority

A. Is evidenced when government officials use their right to exercise power
B. Is by definition not coercive
C. Does not include the power to arrest and imprison
D. Ensures that lawlessness prevails most of the time
E. is based on pluralism

Answer: A

According to the political scientist Louis hartz, the United States

A. Constitutes a "corporate dictatorship"
B. Was "born free"
C. Form a perfect union
D. Is basically a monarchical state
E. "perfected" socialist democracy

Answer: B

West Virginia, The state with the lowest percentage of college graduates in the United States,

A. Is indicative of Americans relative indifference to higher education
B. Is evidence of the general truth that the state with the highest percentage of college graduates are located between the Rockies and the Mississippi River
C. Is one of seven US states with fewer than five institutions of higher learning
D. Demonstrate how closed higher education in the United States as compared to the rest of the world
E. has a higher proportion of college graduates the most European countries

Answer: E