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Government 2305 Exam 1 Chapters
1-5 Multiple Combined
Questions & Revised Correct
Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass

What goods are available to all without direct payment. - ANSWER
Public goods

In which form of government does a small group of elite people hold
political power? - ANSWER oligarchy

_____________does many things for people. It maintains stability
within the nation. It provides important services for all without direct
payment. Finally, it provides a structure through which laws can be
created and people can make their opinions known. - ANSWER
Government

In a _____________ democracy, people elect representatives to make
political decisions and pass laws for them. In a direct democracy,

,people make all political decisions and pass laws themselves. -
ANSWER representative

The ___________of government maintains that wealthy, politically
powerful people control government, and government has no interest
in meeting the needs of ordinary people. - ANSWER elite theory

According to the _____________government policy is formed as a
result of the competition between groups with different goals and
interests. - ANSWER pluralist theory

The government pleases environmental activists by preserving public
lands but also pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands
for grazing purposes. - ANSWER trade-offs

Supporting the actions of the Democratic Party simply because one
identifies oneself as a member of that party is an example of
______________. - ANSWER partisanship

When a person is asked a question about a political issue that he or she
has little interest in and has not thought much about, that person's
answer will likely reflect ________. - ANSWER latent preferences

______________is most common among older people, especially
those with higher education and financial resources. Younger people

,are interested in volunteering to help others, but they tend to dislike
politics. - ANSWER Political and civic engagement

People can pay attention to the news in order to be aware of the most
important issues of the day. They can contribute money to a campaign
or attend a rally in support of a political candidate whose views they
favor. They can write letters to members of Congress and to state and
local politicians. They can _________. - ANSWER vote

British colonists in North America in the late seventeenth century were
greatly influenced by the political thought of ________. - ANSWER
John Locke

The agreement that citizens will consent to be governed so long as
government protects their natural rights is
called___________________. - ANSWER the social contract

__________________ believed all people (i.e., white males) possessed
the rights to life, liberty, and property. The best way to protect these
rights was by limiting the power of government and allowing people to
govern themselves. - ANSWER Americans

_____________________ prevented the colonists from claiming
property west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British government
imposed numerous taxes through the Stamp Act and the Townshend
Acts to which the colonists had not given their consent; it had also

, denied people the right to a trial by jury and interfered with the
colonial practice of self-government - ANSWER The Proclamation
of 1763

What important power did the national government lack under the
Articles of Confederation? - ANSWER It could not impose taxes.

The angry Massachusetts farmers who followed __________________
were unable to pay their debts, partly because, without the power to
impose taxes, the national government could not pay them for their
service in the army as it had promised. When the governor of
Massachusetts requested help to put down the rebellion, the national
government could not send troops either, because it did not have the
power to raise an army. - ANSWER Daniel Shays

According to the ______________________, representation in the
House of Representatives would be based on each state's population
and every state would have two senators. - ANSWER Great
Compromise

The delegates to the ________________________ resolved their
disagreement regarding slavery by agreeing that 60 percent of a state's
slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation
and taxation. - ANSWER Constitutional Convention

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