SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
AP Government
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
civics
,
ap
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Through different grant programs - slices up the marble cake into many different pieces - making it even more difficult to differentiate the functions of the levels of government.
Environmental impact statement
Party convention
Fiscal federalism
Literacy test
2. Political contributions given to a party - candidate - or interest group that are limited in amounts and fully disclosed. Raising such limited funds is harder than raising unlimited funds - hence the term 'hard money.'
Labor injunction
Hard money
Electoral college
Articles of Confederation
3. A PAC formed by an officeholder that collects contributions from individuals and other PACs and then makes contributions to other candidates and political parties.
Leadership PAC
Vouchers
Divided government
Primary election
4. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Senatorial courtesy
Antitrust legislation
Bad tendency test
Ethnicity
5. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.
Federal mandate
Cooperative federalism
Divided government
Special or select committee
6. A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations.
Constitutional Convention
Direct orders
De jure segregation
Unilateralism
7. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Entitlements
Concurring opinion
Selective exposure
Iron triangle
8. The difference between the revenues raised annually from sources of income other than borrowing and the expenditures of government - including paying the interest on past borrowing.
Treaty
Union shop
Deficit
Direct primary
9. A formal decision to reject the bill passed by Congress.
Civil law
National party convention
Veto
Deficit
10. Exemption from prosecution for a particular crime in return for testimony pertaining to the case.
Closed shop
Lobbyist
Immunity
Constitutional Convention
11. A decision made by a higher court such as a circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court that is binding on all other federal courts.
Closed rule
Winner-take-all system
Precedent
National party convention
12. Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the Constitution.
Horse race
Internationalism
Virginia Plan
Double jeopardy
13. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
Direct primary
Party registration
Bicameralism
Constitutional democracy
14. Citizenship in more than one nation.
Revolving door
Dual citizenship
Capitalism
Statism
15. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.
Class action suit
Theocracy
Judicial restraint
527 organizations
16. The tendency in elections to focus on the personal attributes of a candidate - such as his/her strengths - weaknesses - background - experience - and visibility.
Candidate appeal
Caucus
Medicare
Express powers
17. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.
Linkage institutions
Collective action
Entitlement programs
Direct democracy
18. The set of arrangements - including checks and balances - federalism - separation of powers - rule of law - due process - and a bill of rights - that requires our leaders to listen - think - bargain - and explain before they act or make laws. We then
Unemployment
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Constitutionalism
Quid pro quo
19. An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point - redefining the agenda of politics and the alignment of voters within parties.
Closed rule
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Cross-cutting cleavages
Realigning election
20. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Writ of mandamus
Bicameralism
Discharge petition
Progressive tax
21. Unlimited and undisclosed spending by an individual or group on communications that do not use words like 'vote for' or 'vote against -' although much of this activity is actually about electing or defeating candidates.
Adversary system
Issue advocacy
Direct primary
Candidate appeal
22. Financial contributions by individuals or groups in the hope of influencing the outcome of the election and subsequently influencing policy.
Docket
Sales tax
The Federalist
Interested money
23. Police targeting of racial minorities as potential suspects of criminal activities.
Racial profiling
Total and Partial Preemption
Libel
Commercial speech
24. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.
Closed shop
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Selective incorporation
Monetarism
25. The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.
Patronage
Racial profiling
Veto
Regulations
26. Policy of erecting trade barriers to protect domestic industry.
Weapons of mass destruction
Central clearance
Protectionism
Issue network
27. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Prior restraint
Independent expenditures
Indictment
28. Championed by Ronald Reagan - presumes that the power of the federal government is limited in favor of the broad powers reserved to the states.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
29. Agency that administers civil service laws - rules - and regulations.
Caucus
Lobbying
Sound bites
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
30. Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. By interpretation - the Fifth Amendment imposes the same limitation on the national government. This clause is t
Nonpartisan election
Soft money
Government corporation
Equal protection clause
31. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Direct primary
Caucus
Referendum
Executive privilege
32. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
National Intelligence Director
Cycle of decreasing influence
Weapons of mass destruction
Deficit
33. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Iron triangle
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Bicameralism
Deficit
34. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Single-member district
Theory of deterrence
35. The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election.
Regulations
Popular sovereignty
Ethnocentrism
Majority
36. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
Natural law
Party identification
Deregulation
Interstate compact
37. A court with appellate jurisdiction that hears appeals from the decisions of lower courts.
Court of appeals
Impoundment
Party caucus
Categorical-formula grants
38. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.
Spoils system
Commercial speech
Double jeopardy
Medicare
39. The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals who make up the nation.
Bureaucrat
Horse race
Executive agreement
Statism
40. An economic system characterized by private property - competitive markets - economic incentives - and limited government involvement in the production - distribution - and pricing of goods and services.
Shays's Rebellion
Public assistance
Capitalism
Eminent domain
41. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Standing committee
Writ of habeas corpus
42. A large body of people interested in a common issue - idea - or concern that is of continuing significance and who are willing to take action. Movements seek to change attitudes or institutions - not just policies.
Movement
Majority rule
Natural rights
Contract clause
43. A formal writ used to bring a case before the Supreme Court.
Democratic consensus
Writ of certiorari
American dream
Necessary and proper clause
44. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.
Fighting words
'Necessary and proper' clause
Independent expenditures
Precedent
45. A policy-making alliance that involves a very strong ties among a congressional committee - an interest group - and a Federal Department or agency.
Iron triangle
Property rights
Judicial restraint
Joint committee
46. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
47. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.
Soft money
Restrictive covenant
Decentralists
Judicial restraint
48. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
Double jeopardy
Realism
Cooperative federalism
Popular sovereignty
49. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.
Override
Hold
Gerrymandering
Soft money
50. The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members - stockholders - or employees to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.
Grand jury
Political action committee (PAC)
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Federalists