SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CSET Political Science Government
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
cset
,
civics
Instructions:
Answer 32 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. A distictive feature of the executive is that he or she is elected independently of the legislative & holds office for a fixed period. Also - the executive has extensive power not subject to control by the legislature. The term presidential governmen
Minor parties
Major parties
Two major parties
Presidential government
2. Is an example of an executive check on the legislative branch.
The presidential veto
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
The power to interpret
Electoral decisions
3. Forbids states to deny women the right to vote.
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
Major parties
The 19th Amendment
The 26th Amendment
4. Are usually majority decisions - encouraging majority support for governmental policies.
The force theory
Electoral decisions
Socialism
Individualism
5. It defines citizenship - providing supremacy of national citizenship over state citizenship. It restrains the states from depriving persons of life - liberty - or property without due process of law or denying persons the equal protection of laws.
Article I - Section 10
The 14th Amendment
Governmental stability
Federation
6. Government resting on the will of a single person or a small group of persons. The welfare of the state is often held above the welfare of the individual.
Dictatorship
The 19th Amendment
The power to interpret
The 24th Amendment
7. Advocates the restriction of governmental activities within narrow limits - leaving a broad area of freedom to the individual.
The 15th Amendment
Control of expenditures
Democracy
Individualism
8. The right of the ruler to rule was inherited from his or her ancestors - who were believed to have been appointed by a supreme being. It is identified w/absolutist governments. It was accepted as the justification for the rule of kings in much of the
Minor parties
The theory of the Divine right
Two major parties
The 26th Amendment
9. Is enhanced by a two - party system as opposed to a multiparty system.
The 24th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
Governmental stability
Dictatorship
10. This theory holds that the state is a product of force & conquest. Like other theories - it cannot be proved & is generally considered inadequate as an explanation of the origin of the state.
The force theory
Dictatorship
The 14th Amendment
Separation and balance of powers
11. The Constitution & laws is an example of a check the judicianry holds over the president & Congress.
The power to interpret
Governmental stability
The 14th Amendment
The force theory
12. Laws - & treaties of the US.
Democracy
The 14th Amendment
Separation and balance of powers
The supremecy of the Constitution
13. Has ever had a president elected.
Major parties
No minor party
Separation and balance of powers
Minor parties
14. Policy - making executives are the prime minister & the # of the cabinet - all of whom are members of the legislature & dependent on support of the legislature for continuance in office. Parliamentary gov. differs from the American system of separati
The force theory
Democracy
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
The power of enforcement
15. Intended to give blacks the right to vote.
Governmental stability
Electoral decisions
The 15th Amendment
The force theory
16. The primary meaning is government by the people. Indirect democracy implies government by the people's representatives - as in the U.S.
The economic interest theory
Federation
Democracy
Presidential government
17. Is an example of a legislative check on the executive branch.
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
Control of expenditures
No minor party
The economic interest theory
18. ...see following cards.
Minor parties
Control of expenditures
Two major parties
Classification According to the Relationship Between the Executive & the Legislature
19. The primary role of gov. & of the state is to develop - promote - & protect economic interests such as trade - markets - commerce - & wealth. Economic interestss that thrive under the protection of the state are powerful in determining the direction
The economic interest theory
Separation and balance of powers
Individualism
The supremecy of the Constitution
20. During most of US history - power has alternated between 2 major parties.
Minor parties
The 15th Amendment
Two major parties
The 19th Amendment
21. Holds that all government is evil - unnecessary - & undesirable.
Anarchism
The theory of the Divine right
Individualism
Major parties
22. Stands for relatively rapid & sweeping economic collectivism (govt. ownership).
Individualism
Socialism
No minor party
Governmental stability
23. Forbids states to collect a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in national elections.
The power to interpret
The power of enforcement
The 24th Amendment
The supremecy of the Constitution
24. A loose union of states in which the principal power of gov are retained by the individual member states. Central gov. exists to perform a limited # of functions - such as national defense. The US was a confederation for 8 years under the Articles of
The 14th Amendment
Governmental stability
Socialism
Confederation
25. Allows 18- year olds to vote in national elections.
The 26th Amendment
Separation and balance of powers
Anarchism
Dictatorship
26. A federation - such as the US - is a union of 2 or more local governments under 1 central gov. - with both the central & local govs excercising independent spheres of authority - either in theory or in practice. In encourages unity in matters of gene
Electoral decisions
Democracy
Dictatorship
Federation
27. This forbids the states to enter treaties - coin money - subvert the national currency - or pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts - and so on. It outlaws tariffs by states.
Democracy
Article I - Section 10
The presidential veto
The 14th Amendment
28. Do arise & influence national politics. Minor parties have sometimes had senators & representatives elected and have occasionally dominated state & local politics.
Socialism
The 14th Amendment
Minor parties
Major parties
29. Powers are carefully separated & balanced among executive - legislative - & judicial branches to avoid centralization of powers & resultant tyranny.
The power to interpret
No minor party
The economic interest theory
Separation and balance of powers
30. Of court decisions is a check of the executive over the judicial branch.
The power of enforcement
Voters
Dictatorship
The economic interest theory
31. Sometimes disappear - but the development of a new second party is the traditional pattern.
The power to interpret
Major parties
Democracy
The 24th Amendment
32. Can be confronted with an either - or choice - thus simplifying decisions & political processes.
Voters
The supremecy of the Constitution
Democracy
The power of enforcement