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Politics and Citizenship MCQ

Politics and Citizenship MCQ

1. Equality of result policies are primarily directed at ________ discriminatory effects.

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Correct Answer: De facto

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2. The governor of Texas can be removed from office by

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Correct Answer: Impeachment by the House and conviction by two-thirds of the Senate.

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3. Redistricting happens after the census, which is conducted every ________ years.

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Correct Answer: 10

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4. Proponents of _____ policy argue that states are more responsive to citizen needs and desires.

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Correct Answer: State-level

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5. Prisoners who are challenging their convictions are most likely to seek a writ of ________.

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Correct Answer: Habeas Corpus

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6. Presidents will often choose federal judges from _____.

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Correct Answer: Their own political party

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7. Presidential approval ratings ________ over a presidents term of office.

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Correct Answer: Decline

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8. President theodore roosevelts concept of the bully pulpit was the offices ________.

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Correct Answer: Premier position to pressure through public

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9. President ________ began the era of greater presidential control over the budgetary process.

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Correct Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

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10. The citizens of ________ are most likely to participate as campaign volunteers during an election.

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Correct Answer: The United States

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11. Over the past several decades, the ________and the ________have benefited most from apportionment.

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Correct Answer: South; West

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12. Poverty is a condition that today affects roughly one in ________ americans.

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Correct Answer: Eight

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13. The expressed congressional power to borrow money implies that congress may _____.

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Correct Answer: Establish the federal reserve system

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14. In cases of racial discrimination, the supreme court uses the ____________ test.

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Correct Answer: Strict scrutiny

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15. In the _____ step toward civil rights, a group enters the political arena and demands rights.

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Correct Answer: Second

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16. _____ is system of government by privileged citizens or the upper class.

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Correct Answer: Aristocracy

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17. While traditional party conventions were ________, contemporary party conventions are ________.

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Correct Answer: Deliberative assemblies to determine nominations; simple ratifications of nominations that have already been determined

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18. Three types of factors, ______, influence the decisions of voters at the polls.

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Correct Answer: Partisan loyalty, issues, and the characteristics of candidates

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19. Fbi, irs, fcc, and cia are all abbreviations for _____.

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Correct Answer: Federal agencies

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20. ____ cable is the medium least prone to generating errors.

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Correct Answer: Fiber-optic

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21. The highest rate of inflation (13 percent) since world war ii occurred in ________.

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Correct Answer: 1979.

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22. The federal reserve plays a large part in establishing ________ policy.

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Correct Answer: Monetary.

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23. All of the following except ________ refused to participate in america's war in iraq in 2003.

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Correct Answer: Great Britain

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24. The left-wing protest party that was formed in 1919 was the _____.

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Correct Answer: American Communist Party

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25. Barack obama won ________ electoral votes in 2012.

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Correct Answer: 332

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26. Laws whose actual content defines what we can and cannot legally do are ____ laws.

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Correct Answer: Substantive

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27. Whites, african americans, latinos, and asian americans hold ________ political views.

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Correct Answer: Different

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28. Vigorous political parties ______ voter turnout.

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Correct Answer: Promote

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29. Under the proportional plan to reform the electoral college, each candidate would _____.

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Correct Answer: Get a share of the electoral vote

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30. Two recent periods of large-scale bureaucratic expansion were ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The 1930s and the 1960s

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31. The three-fifths compromise illustrates the power of ______ at the constitutional convention.

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Correct Answer: The southern states

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32. The tenth amendment relates to and best demonstrates _____ powers.

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Correct Answer: Reserved

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33. The supreme court justices began to change their position on racial discrimination in the ________.

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Correct Answer: 1930s

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34. The rise of national conventions to nominate the president led to the empowerment of ________.

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Correct Answer: State party leaders.

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35. The right of privacy ___________ absolute.

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Correct Answer: Is not.

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36. The requirement for congressional districts to be one, unbroken shape, describes _____.

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Correct Answer: Contiguity

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37. The most significant example of devolution in recent decades has been in the area of ________.

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Correct Answer: Welfare policy

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38. The idea that congress can override a presidential veto illustrates the concept of _____.

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Correct Answer: Checks and balances

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39. The ________ party originated from internal mobilization.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Jeffersonian Party

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40. The _____ hold(s) a trial and decide(s) whether to remove an impeached officeholder.

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Correct Answer: Senate

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41. The ____ is a candidate running for re-election to a position that he or she already holds.

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Correct Answer: Incumbent

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42. Richard nixon's ____ strategy was aimed at attracting white southerners to the republican party.

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Correct Answer: Southern

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43. One of the consequences of two-party government is __________.

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Correct Answer: The moderation of political conflict

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44. One argument for a strong federal government is its role in ensuring ________ across states.

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Correct Answer: Equality

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45. Obstacles to policy implementation by the bureaucracy include __________.

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Correct Answer: Actions of interest groups or businesses to undercut or dilute policies

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46. Much of the national news that is published in local newspapers is provided by ________.

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Correct Answer: The Associated Press

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47. Most european nations utilize a ________.

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Correct Answer: Majority system

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48. Most candidates running in a general election tend to move their campaigns toward the __________.

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Correct Answer: Tap the card to flip

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49. Montesquieu called ________ the principle of giving each branch of government its own constituency.

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Correct Answer: A mixed regime.

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50. The single biggest factor accounting for how people decide to vote is ______.

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Correct Answer: Party identification

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51. The presidential election campaign fund was created in 1971 to provide _____.

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Correct Answer: Public funds for presidential campaigns.

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52. The president addresses the nation directly during a __________.

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Correct Answer: Press conference

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53. The power that requires a yes vote by a simple majority of the senate is _______________.

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Correct Answer: Confirmation of appointees

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54. A(n) __________ lays out the partys core beliefs and policy proposals.

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Correct Answer: Party platform

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55. ________ is a unit of local government that performs a single service in a limited geographic area.

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Correct Answer: Special district

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56. In 2015, the supreme court's ruling in obergefell v. hodges made _____ a civil right nationwide.

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Correct Answer: Same-sex marriage

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57. Any legislation involving race, ethnicity, religion, or legal aliens faces _____ scrutiny.

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Correct Answer: Strict

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58. ________ is a strategy that attempts to mobilize the widest and most favorable climate of opinion.

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Correct Answer: Going public

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59. A temporary party organization _______; a permanent party organization _______.

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Correct Answer: Is where party officials meet; is where ordinary party members meet

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60. Compared with western europe, the united states has a(n)______ turnout in elections.

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Correct Answer: Lower

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61. A system of ___ allocates delegates based on the proportion of the vote a candidate wins.

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Correct Answer: Proportional

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62. Each of the following was an antifederalist except ________.

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Correct Answer: John Jay

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63. Each election year, about ________ of the house members face opposition in the general election.

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Correct Answer: One-third

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64. E-training for government officials is categorized as a _____ application.

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Correct Answer: Government-to-employee

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65. Dwight eisenhower's first political office was that of _____.

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Correct Answer: Governor

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66. Despite its high reach, ______ typically provides the least depth of news coverage.

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Correct Answer: Television.

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67. Democrats no longer use the winner-take-all primary because __________.

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Correct Answer: It was generally less representative

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68. In march 2010, congress passed ________, substantially altering the nations health care system.

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Correct Answer: No Child Left Behind

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69. The texas budget cycle forces agencies to __________.

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Correct Answer: Anticipate spending needs up to three years in advance

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70. In its 1969 brandenburg v. ohio ruling, the supreme court established the ________ test.

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Correct Answer: Imminent Lawless Action

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71. The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population is called a ________.

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Correct Answer: Sample

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72. The national governors association is a good example of a ________.

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Correct Answer: Public-sector interest group

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73. Interest groups often provide selective incentives, which are ______.

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Correct Answer: Benefits available only to group members

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74. As a method of selecting leaders, democratic elections ensure that the ______.

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Correct Answer: Leader chosen is the most popular candidate on the ballot

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75. ________is the single most important political act for most americans.

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Correct Answer: Voting

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76. An informal group of advisers to the president is often called the ________.

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Correct Answer: Kitchen cabinet

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77. ________ is when bureaucrats attempt to translate laws into specific rules and actions.

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Correct Answer: Implementation

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78. The establishment of the republican party is a good example of ________.

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Correct Answer: External mobilization.

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79. Between the civil war and the 1960s, the ________ was a democratic stronghold.

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Correct Answer: South

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80. The role that the u.s. senate plays in impeachments can best be compared with that of a ________.

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Correct Answer: Trial jury

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81. Pork may aid the district of a member of congress by __________.

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Correct Answer: Increasing jobs and revenue with federally funded projects

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82. On average, each member of the house represents __________ voters.

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Correct Answer: 700,000

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83. Counting slaves as ____ for the purposes of census did not allow slaves to ____.

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Correct Answer: Three-fifths of a person; vote

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84. Despite its widespread availability,________typically provide(s) the least depth of news coverage.

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Correct Answer: Television

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85. A rise in party unity is indicative of __________.

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Correct Answer: Low bipartisanship

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86. The united states has had ________ party systems since 1790.

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Correct Answer: 6

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87. The new politics movement gave rise to ________ groups.

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Correct Answer: Public interest.

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88. ________ is the niche leader inside the beltway.

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Correct Answer: Politico

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89. In both the democratic and republican parties, a committee decides on _____.

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Correct Answer: The place and date of the national convention

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90. ________ conducts its elections entirely by mail.

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Correct Answer: Oregon

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91. During the 1980s, the republicans added ________to their coalition.

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Correct Answer: Religious conservatives and working-class whites

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92. The number of interstate compacts began to grow in 1921 with creation of _____.

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Correct Answer: The port authority of New York and New Jersey

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93. A ______ is the best example of an informational benefit provided by many interest groups.

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Correct Answer: Newsletter

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94. The ancient power structures fortified into independent units of strength were called _____.

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Correct Answer: City-states

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95. One reason that candidates visit many localities during a campaign is to __________.

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Correct Answer: Motivate local activists

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96. Place or secure large items and loose objects in the __________ for safety and to deter theft.

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Correct Answer: Trunk

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97. ________ occurs when interest groups take out advertisements and hold marches.

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Correct Answer: Mobilizing public opinion

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98. ________ is the practice of tailoring campaign messages to individuals in small, homogenous groups.

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Correct Answer: Micro-targeting

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99. The federalist party disappeared forever as a result of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The War of 1812

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100. About ________ million americans have lost their voting rights as a result of felony convictions.

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Correct Answer: 5.3

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101. Compared with western europe, the united states has ________ turnout in elections.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lower

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102. According to justice blackmun, a woman has an absolute right to __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: An abortion during her first trimester

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103. A defamatory, false written statement is __________; the same statement spoken aloud is __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Libel; slander

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104. Presidential candidates get most of their money for preconvention campaigns _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: From a state income tax

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105. ________ has released thousands of secret government documents.

Answer

Correct Answer: WikiLeaks

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106. A frequent cause of measurement error in polls is due to ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Poorly worded questions

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107. In contemporary american politics, solid support for the republican party comes from the ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: South and Mountain West

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108. Nonelectoral forms of participation usually require more ________ than voting.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above.

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109. According to the authors of the text, democracy functions best when ________.

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Correct Answer: Citizens are informed.

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110. In recent years, ________ has released thousands of secret government documents.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Washington Post

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111. The unfunded mandates reform act of 1995 attempts to prevent congress from __________.

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Correct Answer: Creating expensive federal mandates and requiring the states to pay the cost

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112. Committees kill more than ________ percent of the bills submitted in congress.

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Correct Answer: 90

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113. According to ________, a large republic is less likely to have an all-powerful faction.

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Correct Answer: James Madison

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114. ________ is an illustration of cooperative federalism.

Answer

Correct Answer: Medicaid

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115. One of the primary dangers for the nomination campaign is that its candidate __________.

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Correct Answer: Candidates can become too ideologically extreme

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116. The merit plan applies to ________ in the ________ court system.

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Correct Answer: Selection of judges; state

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117. In 2002, president george w. bush labeled ________ ""the axis of evil.""

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Correct Answer: Iraq, Iran, and North Korea

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118. America's trade deficit with china surpasses more than ________ annually.

Answer

Correct Answer: $250 billion

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119. Harold supports the republican party. this is a part of his _____ identity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Political identity

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

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Correct Answer: Trusted by their constituents because they are natives of their home districts

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121. A lobbyist for the nra would be most effective when targeting a legislator ___________.

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Correct Answer: Whose voting behavior supports gun control

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122. The________ regulates broadcast media.

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal Communications Commission

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123. The primary role of a vice-presidential candidate who is chosen to balance the ticket is to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Attract more voters for the presidential candidate

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124. President theodore roosevelt's concept of the bully pulpit was the office's ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Premier position to pressure through public appeal

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125. Political action committees, or pacs, are ______.

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Correct Answer: The fundraising arm for interest groups

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126. The ____ is a party nominating election in which any qualified voter can participate.

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Correct Answer: Open primary

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127. The __________ manages the day-to-day work of the party.

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Correct Answer: National chairman

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128. The __________ is the site for the writing of the party platform every four years.

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Correct Answer: National party convention

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129. The __________ is the formal governing body of both major parties.

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Correct Answer: National party committee

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130. Interest groups are only responsible to _____.

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Correct Answer: Their own members

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131. Interest groups are formed with the common goal of ______.

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Correct Answer: Influencing public policy decisions

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132. The issue of slavery gave birth to the ________ party as a major political party.

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Correct Answer: Republican

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133. The introduction of a third party in politics can _____.

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Correct Answer: Split the vote of the leading party

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134. The framers hoped that people chosen to serve as presidential electors would be _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Informed citizens

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135. The fourteenth amendment was critically important for civil liberties because it ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Helped start the process of selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights

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136. The first colony of anglo-american settlers in texas was located at _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: San Felipe

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137. The _____ makes the formal selection of the president and vice president.

Answer

Correct Answer: Electoral College

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138. Solid support for the republican party currently comes from the ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: South and Mountain West

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139. The texas governor is ranked ________ among other states in overall institutional powers.

Answer

Correct Answer: 39th

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140. The u.s. district courts _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Are the trial courts of the federal court system

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141. The u.s. criminal court system is a(n) _____ process.

Answer

Correct Answer: NOT Organized

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142. James madison called an interest group a ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Faction

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143. Interest groups often participate in supreme court cases through the use of ________.

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Correct Answer: Amicus curiae briefs.

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144. Interest groups most effectively serve ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The upper classes

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145. When a case that an interest group is interested in comes before a court, the group can __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: File an amicus curiae brief in support of one side of the case

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146. Unlike other states, texas allows ________ to introduce a bill in the texas legislature.

Answer

Correct Answer: Only a member of the legislature

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147. Under the articles of confederation, _____ votes were required on important matters.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nine

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148. To serve as governor, the constitution says an individual must __________.

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Correct Answer: Be at least 30 years old and a resident of Texas for at least five years

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149. Senate races tend to inspire ________.

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Correct Answer: Broad discussion of policy issues

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150. Saying a bill is being marked up is just another way to say it is being ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Amended

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151. Lobbyists use a direct approach with _____ to affect decision-making.

Answer

Correct Answer: Public officials

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152. Reapportionment occurs because of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Population change

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153. In texas, the ________ party usually experiences higher voter turnout than the ________ party.

Answer

Correct Answer: Republican; Democratic

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154. In texas, ________ is/are responsible for redistricting.

Answer

Correct Answer: The legislature

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155. House leaders are more powerful than senate leaders because of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The majoritarian nature of the House—a majority can run it like a cartel

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156. Totalitarianism is a system that combines authoritarian government with a socialist economic system wherein the government makes all the decisions about_____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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157. An economic system in which the government (a single ruler, a party, or some other empowered group) decides what to produce and who should get the products is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Socialism

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158. A mixed economy that is committed to market capitalism but that uses the democratic process to attain some of the goals a socialist economy is supposed to produce is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Social Democracy

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159. Social Contract is the idea that power is derived from_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Government

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160. Self Interested Citizenship refers to citizens who are focused on their personal lives and use the political system to maximize their interests.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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161. _____ refers to political directives that help to determine who will win or lose future power struggles.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rules

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162. Regulated Capitalism is a market system in which the _____intervenes to protect rights.

Answer

Correct Answer: Government

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163. Public Interested Citizenship refers to citizens who put country ahead of self by putting aside their self-interest to advance the _____interest.

Answer

Correct Answer: Public

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164. Popular Sovereignty is the concept that the _____are the ultimate source of political power.

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Correct Answer: Citizens

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165. The way we decide who gets power and influence in a world where there is not enough power for all of us to have as much as we’d like refers to_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Politics

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166. Political Narrative is a story that is used to persuade others about_____

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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167. Political Culture is a set of shared ideas, values, and beliefs that define _____

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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168. Norms are_____ideas that support the U.S. Constitution and give structure to democratic government.

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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169. Political systems in which the rules regulate people’s behaviors in some respects but allow them considerable freedom in others are known as Non Authoritarian Governments.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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170. Mixed Economics are the economic systems based on modified forms of _____

Answer

Correct Answer: Capitalism

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171. Media means_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Channels of communication

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172. Market is the collective decisions of multiple individuals about_____

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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173. Limited Government is the Enlightenment idea that the power of government should be restricted to allow for no individual freedom.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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174. Laissez-faire Capitalism is a form of capitalism wherein there are_____

Answer

Correct Answer: No restrictions on market at all

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175. Information Bubble is a closed cycle in which all the information we get reinforces the information we already have, solidifying our beliefs without reference to outside reality checks.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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176. Individualism is a cultural emphasis on _____rights.

Answer

Correct Answer: Individual

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177. Ideologies refers to competing narratives that explain various political_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Disagreements

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178. The forming of social movements through viral calls to act politically is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Hashtag Activism

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179. A system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of people is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Government

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180. Good Looserism means_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Willingness to accept political loss

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181. Generations are groups of people born within the same general time period who share life experiences that help shape their _____ views.

Answer

Correct Answer: Political

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182. In American political culture, ______ is defined as individual independence from government.

Answer

Correct Answer: Freedom

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183. In American political culture, Equality is defined as forms of political fairness that require _____

Answer

Correct Answer: Minimal government intervention

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184. Economics is the process of deciding _____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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185. Democratic Socialism is a mixed economy in which the democratic process is used to achieve_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Socialism

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186. A type of non-authoritarian government wherein citizens have considerable power to make the rules that govern them is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Democracy

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187. Classical Liberalism is an Enlightenment philosophy emphasizing _____

Answer

Correct Answer: Both b and c

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188. Capitalist Democracy grants the most individual control over _____life.

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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189. Capitalism is an economic system that relies on the _____to make decisions about who should have material goods.

Answer

Correct Answer: Market

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190. Authority is the power that people consider_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Legitimate

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191. Authoritarian Governments are the political systems in which the rulers have all the power and the rules don’t allow the people who live under them to have any power at all.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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192. Authoritarian Capitalism means a system in which the authoritarian government has weak control over how individuals may live their lives.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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193. Anarchy means_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Individuals are free to do as they wish

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