Exam 1: American Political Culture

A) All free people could become naturalized citizens after living in the country for at least five years.
B) All free people could become naturalized citizens after living in the country for at least ten years.
C) Only free whites could become naturalized citizens.
D) Only freed black slaves could become naturalized citizens.
E) Only Native Americans could become naturalized citizens.

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A) powerful friends.
B) money.
C) political knowledge.
D) strongly held convictions.
E) a college degree.

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A) equality of opportunity.
B) equality of result.
C) political equality.
D) educational opportunity.
E) laissez-faire capitalism.

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A) It provides representation based on population in the House of Representatives.
B) It provides each state with two senators regardless of population.
C) It provides for a system of direct democracy at the federal level.
D) It requires the federal government to spend the same amount of money in rural and urban areas of the country.
E) It requires that the federal government impose higher taxes on people living in urban areas of the country.

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A) Distrust threatens the government's ability to attract good workers to the public sector.
B) Distrust makes people less willing to pay the taxes necessary for public activities.
C) Distrust motivates people to participate in politics through voting, volunteering for political campaigns, and running for office.
D) Distrust weakens the government's ability to help people in times of crisis.
E) Distrust weakens the government's ability to defend our national interest in the world economy.

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A) They are fearful that organized groups will not come together to compete for influence.
B) They are fearful that organized groups will successfully advance public interests at the expense of special interests.
C) They are fearful that organized groups will successfully advance special interests at the expense of public interests.
D) They are fearful that organized groups represent a challenge to liberty.
E) They are fearful that organized groups will reduce the need for public goods.

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A) institutions and procedures by which a territory and its people are ruled.
B) set of political principles and values that guide political life.
C) legalized theft of others' property.
D) invisible hand that turns private interests into public goods.
E) shared set of values, beliefs, and attitudes that people have about politics.

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A) a state of continual revolution.
B) the system that allows people to vote by telephone or over the Internet.
C) a system that allows citizens to vote directly for laws and policies.
D) the competition between interest groups for governmental power.
E) a system that allows citizens to elect representatives who play a significant role in governmental decision making

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A) oligarchic.
B) authoritarian.
C) totalitarian.
D) democratic.
E) republican.

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A) pre-World War II Italy
B) pre-World War II Japan
C) Nazi Germany
D) the Soviet Union under Stalin
E) the United Kingdom

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A) The only way to achieve peace is by promoting more religion.
B) Perpetual peace is an impossible dream because people are blinded by narrow self-interest.
C) The best route to peace is through strategic balance of power between the United States and major European nations.
D) Democratic regimes seldom make war on each other.
E) Autocratic regimes seldom make war on each other.

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A) popular participation
B) liberty and political rights
C) tradition and religion in government
D) revolutionary action
E) socialism and communism

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A) Americans strongly support capitalism and economic liberty and reject all restrictions on economic freedom.
B) Americans strongly support capitalism and economic liberty but also endorse policies that are designed to guarantee economic equality among all citizens.
C) Americans strongly support capitalism and economic liberty but also endorse some restrictions on economic freedoms to protect the public.
D) Americans strongly oppose capitalism and economic liberty and endorse policies that are designed to guarantee economic equality among all citizens.
E) Americans strongly oppose capitalism and economic liberty and endorse some restrictions on economic freedoms to protect the public.

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A) allows citizens to vote directly on laws and policies.
B) allows citizens to make, veto, or judge statutes personally.
C) gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect top government officials.
D) gives citizens the ability to make important military decisions directly.
E) legally requires government officials to vote for policies that a majority of their constituents prefer.

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A) majority rule
B) political equality
C) popular sovereignty
D) minority rights
E) political rights

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A) oligarchy.
B) autocracy.
C) authoritarian regime.
D) totalitarian state.
E) monarchy.

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