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Domestic and Foreign Policy MCQ

The governor's budgetary power is __________.

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Correct Answer: Limited, as he or she has to submit a budget to the legislature along with the LLB.

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In a totalitarian government, ______.

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Correct Answer: Authorities maintain total control over the lives of the people

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In 2014, there were approximately ________ political action committees (pacs) in the united states.

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Correct Answer: 5,000

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The law enforcement budget at the county level is approved by the ________.

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Correct Answer: Constable

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Although americans generally tend to dislike ________, they are relatively happy with ________.

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Correct Answer: The U.S. Congress as a whole; their own representatives

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As children grow into adulthood, their _____ expands to include co-workers and neighbors.

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Correct Answer: Peer group

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According to the text, texas has had ___________ constitutions.

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Correct Answer: Seven

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Tracking polls help candidates __________.

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Correct Answer: Measure the impact of their campaign

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The ultimate authority for enacting new laws lies with _______________.

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Correct Answer: Congress

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An alternative to a grand jury indictment is __________, which is used for minor offenses.

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Correct Answer: The information

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An elected official who votes the way his or her constituents would want is a __________.

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Correct Answer: Delegate

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According to the trustee model of representation, legislators are entrusted to __________.

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Correct Answer: Use their judgement when making decisions

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Texas ranks ______ the national average in voter turnout of the voting-age population

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Correct Answer: Below

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Early voting in texas has been shown to produce ________ in voter turnout.

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Correct Answer: A modest increase

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Early voting has ______________ since 1996.

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Correct Answer: Increased

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Each year, the government establishes an income cap for _____.

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Correct Answer: Social Security taxes

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Deterrence assumes the ________ of the u.s. response and the ________ of an adversary.

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Correct Answer: Certainty; rationality

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The war in iraq began under __________ and ended under __________.

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Correct Answer: George W. Bush; Barack Obama

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The constitution gives the president most of the responsibility for _____.

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Correct Answer: Foreign policy

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Crisis Policy Is Foreign policy, usually made quickly and secretly, that responds to an emergency threat

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Correct Answer: True

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Taxes levied at each stage of production, based on the _______ added to the product at that stage are called Value-Added Taxes.

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Correct Answer: Value

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The government’s power to require that individuals and businesses contribute to ______ costs is called Tax policy.

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Correct Answer: Collective

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The extra funds available because government’s revenues are greater than its expenditures are called ______.

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Correct Answer: Surpluses

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Subsidies are _________ given by the government to individuals, corporations, or other government jurisdictions or institutions usually to encourage certain activities or behaviors.

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Correct Answer: Financial incentives

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Foreign policy dealing with _______ is called Structural Defense Policy.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Foreign policy that lays out a ______ basic stance toward international actors or problems is called strategic Policy

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Correct Answer: Country’s

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Government programs that provide for the needs of those who cannot, or sometimes will not, provide for themselves are called _______.

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Correct Answer: Social welfare policies

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Distributive and _______ policies that seek to improve the quality of citizens’ lives is called social Policy.

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Correct Answer: Redistributive

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Programs that offer ______ in exchange for contributions are called Social Insurance Policies.

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Correct Answer: Benefits

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Policies designed to restrict or change the behavior of certain groups or individuals are called ______ policies.

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Correct Answer: Regulatory

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Flat taxes, like sales taxes, that consume a higher percentage of a ______ person’s money are called Regressive Taxes.

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Correct Answer: Poorer

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Policies that shift resources from more affluent segments of society to those who are less affluent and less likely to participate _____ are called Redistributive Policies.

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Correct Answer: Politically

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A government plan of action to solve a problem that people share collectively or that they cannot solve on their own is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Public policy

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Taxing people who have _______ money at a higher rate is called progressive income Taxes.

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Correct Answer: More money

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The process of ______ policies is called Policy making.

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Correct Answer: Formulating

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A phase of the policy-making process in which government executes an ______ policy as specified by legislation or policy action is called Policy implementation.

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Correct Answer: Adopted

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A phase of the policy-making process in which policies are developed to address specific problems that have been placed on the national agenda is called policy _______.

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Correct Answer: Formulation

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A phase of the policy-making process in which policy makers attempt to assess the ________ of a policy is called policy evaluation.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A phase of the policy-making process in which policies are _____ by government bodies for future implementation is called Policy Adoption.

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Correct Answer: Adopted

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A prescribed course of action, a way of accomplishing a goal, or a set of operational principles is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Policy

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The cumulative money owed by the government as a result of the federal government borrowing money to cover years and years of budget deficits is called National (or Federal) ______.

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Correct Answer: Debt

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The government’s power to control the money supply by manipulating ______.

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Correct Answer: Interest rates

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A set of _______ that benefit the middle class and corporations is called Middle-Class and Corporate Welfare.

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Correct Answer: Distributive policies

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Programs that require beneficiaries to prove that they lack the necessary income or resources (means) to provide for themselves, according to the government’s _______.

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Correct Answer: Definitions of eligibility

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Isolationism is a ______ view that nations should stay out of international political alliances and activities and focus on domestic matters

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Correct Answer: Foreign policy

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A foreign policy view that, to keep the republic safe, the United States must be actively engaged in shaping the global _______ and be willing to intervene to shape events.

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Correct Answer: Environment

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The cost of borrowing money, calculated as a ______ of the money borrowed is called interest rates.

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Correct Answer: Percentage

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A country’s decisions, plans, and actions designed to promote specific health care objectives is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Health care policy

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A country’s official positions, practices, and procedures for dealing with actors outside its borders is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Foreign policy

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The government’s power to tax and _____ to stabilize the economy is called fiscal policy.

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Correct Answer: Spend

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A federal program that guarantees benefits to qualified recipients is called ______ program.

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Correct Answer: Entitlement

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All the different strategies that government officials employ to solve economic problems is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Economic policy

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Policies funded by the whole taxpayer base that address the needs of particular _____ is called Distributive policies.

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Correct Answer: Groups

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The elimination of regulations in order to improve ______ efficiency.

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Correct Answer: Economic

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Deficits are shortfalls in the budget due to the government’s spending more in _____ than it takes in.

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Correct Answer: One Year

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Containment is the U.S. Cold War policy of preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence, especially in ______.

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Correct Answer: Europe

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A tax levied on the return from capital investments is called Capital _____ Taxes.

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Correct Answer: Gains taxes

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The process through which issues attain the status of being seriously debated by politically relevant actors is called ______ setting.

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Correct Answer: Agenda

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