DUAL ENROLLMENT FINAL EXAM AMERICAN GOVERNMENT questions and answers with solutions 2025
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The Principality of Liechtenstein is headed by a prince, who makes many of the decisions of the government, though is supported by a Parliament. How would this system of governance be categorized? - ANSWER Monarchy
Almost _____ % of American adults have participated in some type of political act...
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DUAL ENROLLMENT FINAL EXAM AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT questions and answers with
solutions 2025
The Principality of Liechtenstein is headed by a prince, who makes many of the decisions of the
government, though is supported by a Parliament. How would this system of governance be
categorized? - ANSWER Monarchy
Almost _____ % of American adults have participated in some type of political action in the past five
years (according to a 2018 survey). - ANSWER 70
Under this system of governance, citizens' lives are completely controlled and there is little to no room
for political dissent or opposition. - ANSWER Totalitarianism
This is the belief that political power rests with competing interest groups who share influence in
government. - ANSWER Pluralist theory of government
The process of gaining and exercising control within a government for the purpose of setting and
achieving particular goals, especially those related to the division of resources within a nation. - ANSWER
Politics
Supporting a particular candidate due to a strong feeling regarding abortion rights in America would be
an example of what? - ANSWER Intense preferences
An example of civic engagement would be which of the following? - ANSWER Writing your congressman
b. Signing a petition
c. Holding a political rally
d. All of the above
the answere is all of the above
The means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective
goals and provide benefits that the society as a whole needs. - ANSWER Government
,The economic system in which wealth and assets are owned by the government and not by the citizenry.
- ANSWER Socialism
The political system in which people tend to govern themselves as opposed to being governed by a
singular ruler. - ANSWER Democracy
__________ are goods provided by the citizenry for the purpose of meeting a need and providing a
profit to the individual (such as clothing or luxury items), while _________ are goods meant to provide
for the overarching population (such as national defense). - ANSWER Private goods; public goods
A(n) __________ is an example of a representative democracy, in which the citizens do not govern
directly but choose their representatives. - ANSWER Republic
A paid streaming-based service such as Netflix would be known as a __________, as opposed to
something like free public access television. - ANSWER Toll good
Robert Putnam, an influential political scientist, has posited the idea that people are inclined to do things
for others to better support the collective value of the group. What is this concept called? - ANSWER
Social capital
A Republican senator voting for a bill that supports banning "bump stocks" despite her public support for
the Second Amendment in an attempt to curtail greater bans on weapons would be an example of what?
- ANSWER Tradeoff
This author's The Wealth of Nations was an influential text on the establishment of a free market,
capitalism, and democratic society. - ANSWER Adam Smith
_________ is the concept in which people tend to prefer one political party over the other, sometimes
without understanding party positions or through blind support. - ANSWER Partisanship
When it comes to voting, most Americans tend to classify themselves as what? - ANSWER Independents
, The city-states of Ancient Greece operated under various systems of governance. One of the most
common was exhibited by ancient Athens and is perhaps the most example of this type of government in
world history. In this form of government, as exhibited by Athens, all male citizens were allowed to vote
for or against proposed laws. - ANSWER Direct democracy
The rallying of women to guarantee the right of women to vote, as evidenced in the Nineteenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, is an example of what? - ANSWER Civic engagement
Under this system of governance, independent self-governing states form together for the purpose of
acting together in areas such as defense. Under this system, the national government has little power. -
ANSWER Confederation
This type of legislature has only one house, as opposed to this type of legislature, which has two houses.
- ANSWER Unicameral; bicameral
The idea in which the national government sees the diffusion of power into three separate branches to
preserve against tyranny of the government is known as: - ANSWER Separation of powers
This clause in the U.S. Constitution states that the laws passed by Congress supersede those of the states
in the event that they are in conflict. - ANSWER Supremacy Clause
The first tax imposed on the American Colonists to lead toward revolution, this tax required that almost
all paper goods, such as diplomas, land deeds, contracts, and newspapers, have revenue stamps placed
on them. - ANSWER Stamp Act
This is the power of the president to check any legislation from Congress, thereby likely preventing its
passage. - ANSWER Veto
This is the oldest and shortest written constitution of the modern era still in existence. - ANSWER U.S.
Constitution
In May of 1775, delegates met together to form the __________, where they drafted a Declaration of
Causes explaining the American colonies' reasons for rebellion. - ANSWER Second Continental Congress
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