Government Questions

Front 1

Chapter 1: Which of the following statements is true regarding the debate over the proper scope of gov?

Back 1

Conservatives favor a smaller scope of government

Front 2

Which of the following consumes the largest percentage of the federal budget?

Back 2

Social Security

Front 3

Since 1969, the federal government has run a budget deficit ___________.

Back 3

in all but a few years

Front 4

Which of the following statements about political ideology in america is accurate?

Back 4

Catholics and Protestants are more conservative than jews.

Front 5

Which of the following reasons for voting for a candidate would have resulted in the authors of The American Voter classifying the respondent as an ideologue?

Back 5

I like the incumbent because he is good for the interest of minorities.

Front 6

The percentage of the american population that could be called ideologues in the 2000 presidential election was about ________.

Back 6

20 Percent

Front 7

Which of the following accurately represents the findings about ideology and the vote in the 2012 election?

Back 7

Moderates were more likely to support Obama than Romney.

Front 8

What is the most common form of political participation?

Back 8

Voting

Front 9

Political scientists usually classify political participation into which two types?

Back 9

Conventional and Unconventional

Front 10

Which of the following forms of political participation in considered unconventional?

Back 10

Demonstrating

Front 11

Which of the following statements about the relationship between education and political participation in the most accurate?

Back 11

Better educated people participate more frequently in politics

Front 12

Which president called for the government to get off the backs of the american people?

Back 12

Ronald Reagan

Front 13

Which of the following statements about american attitudes toward the scope of government is true?

Back 13

Usually, more americans think that the gov. is doing too much as opposed to doing too little.

Front 14

Many political scientists have looked at contradictory responses in public opinion polls and concluded that americans are ______.

Back 14

Symbolic conservatives but operational liberals

Front 15

Media events are designed to sculpt a candidate's ___________.

Back 15

IMAGE

Front 16

Which of the following is one of the principles on which news management in the reagan white house operated?

Back 16

Repeat the same message many times.

Front 17

1. Civic literacy refers to:

Back 17

*Knowledge and Skills one needs for effective participation in government, community, and politics.

Front 18

Critical thinking is focused on:

Back 18

Deciding what to believe and what to do.

Front 19

To which of the following measures of critical thinking do you associate elaboration, illustration and example?

Back 19

Clarity

Front 20

If democracy requires citizens who are willing to take and intelligent and active role in gov. And intelligent and active participation requires the application of critical and creative thinking skills. Then...

Back 20

We need to develop out citizens critical and creative thinking skills if we are to improve the quality of democracy we have in the United States.

Front 21

What two meanings does the author, Donald Boudreaux, associate with SELF-GOVERNMENT?

Back 21

self-management and consent of the governed

Front 22

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following in most basic?

Back 22

*Biological and Physiological

Front 23

The principle implication associated with Maslow's Hierarchy of needs is that lower order needs must be substantially satisfied before an individual will be motivated by higher order needs.

Back 23

True

Front 24

Which level of political consciousness is most closely associated with the formation of coalitions to win and(or hold government office)?

Back 24

*Political Parties

Front 25

In the screen play, A Man for all Seasons, King Henry VIII and Thomas More had the following characteristics or attributes in common.

Back 25

All of the Above

Front 26

Why does King Henry VIII insist that Thomas More sign the Oath of Supremacy?

Back 26

People perceive that More's character is second to none in the land.

Front 27

Unlike simple systems, which of the following distinguishes complex systems?

Back 27

All of the Above

Front 28

Six degrees of separation is a theory used to illustrate which of the following qualifications of a complex system?

Back 28

*Connection

Front 29

Socrates is reported to have argued that the unexamined life is not worth living. It is understood that he meant to suggest that:

Back 29

People should strive to reflect on their own lives.

Front 30

Free Will is a concept that emphasizes the:

Back 30

Ability to act as one's own discretion

Front 31

While examining the concept of Free Will, we learn that:

Back 31

All of the Above

Front 32

Two scholarly world-views dominate in the United States, if not in most of the western world. They are Judeo-christian orthodoxy and Secular- Orthodoxy. In this context, which of the following best describes the meaning of the word orthodoxy?

Back 32

Generally accepted theories, doctrines or practices

Front 33

The three qualities that strongly influence the form of government in a political system are based on the relative importance leaders attach to:

Back 33

Liberty, Equality, and Order

Front 34

Which of the following forms of government is most closely associated with equality?

Back 34

*Communism

Front 35

Who creates the demand for goods and services in a capitalist economic system?

Back 35

Consumers

Front 36

Each individual can experience self-mastery in which of the following:

Back 36

All of the above

Front 37

Entitlement spending is associated with all but which of the following expenditures?

Back 37

*Military ( i really don't know)

Front 38

Political science and economics are fields of study that focus most of their research on which of the following units of analysis?

Back 38

* System

Front 39

The invisible hand is most closely associated with which of the following economic systems?

Back 39

Capitalism

Front 40

Critical to Thomas More's opposition to King Henry VIII is which of the following political measures of success?

Back 40

*Rule of Law

Front 41

Distribution assets than the most basic unit of society is the:

Back 41

Family