GED 132 GED132 FINAL EXAM ANSWERS - CCU
Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
100 Questions+ Answers
The Framers’ concerns about direct democracy are well illustrated by the fact that the
Constitution ______.
Constitution ______.
uses the word democracy only once, in the Preamble
uses the word democracy only in reference to Congress
does not feature the word democracy at all
uses only the word democratic
frequently uses the word democracy, but never in reference to the enumeration of a
formal power
formal power
When the Framers of the Constitution wrote “republican form of government,” they were referring to what we call ______.
direct democracy
democratic centralism
mob rule
town meetings
representative democracy
One distinctive feature of many European democracies is that very few offices are ______.
independent
effective
elective
active
efficient
Variants of direct democracy include programs of citizen participation and ______.
interest group cooperation
guerrilla warfare
competitive elections
political party centralism
community control
A modern example of direct democracy would be ______.
citizens electing local boards to make decisions
citizens running for political office
citizens voting on referendum issues
citizens writing elected officials to express opinions on policy
citizens working for politicians
6. In a referendum, citizens express their opinions about issues by means of ______.
6. In a referendum, citizens express their opinions about issues by means of ______.
letters
the ballot
town meetings
petitions
protests
Which statement best reflects the views of the Framers of the Constitution?
Elected officials should register majority sentiments.
The will of the people was not synonymous with the public good.
The views of the people are trustworthy because most are informed and can make
reasonable choices.
reasonable choices.
A government should be able to do a great deal of good as quickly and as efficiently as
possible.
possible.
Majority opinion matters above all.
Karl Marx is associated with the view that elites reflect a(n) ______.
dominant social class
group of business, military, labor-union, and elected officials
array of appointed bureaucrats
large number of organized interests
flexible alliance of religious and cultural leaders
Karl Marx argued that governments were dominated by business owners, who he called the “_______”, until a revolution replaced them with rule by laborers, who he called the “_______.”
proletariat; bourgeoisie
bourgeoisie; proletariat
power elite; middle class
working class; lower class
laborites; working class
Who argued that American democracy is dominated by a small “power elite”?
C. Wright Mills
Karl Marx
David B. Truman
Max Weber
Samuel P. Huntington
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GED 132 United States Government
Final Examination
The effect of Shays’s Rebellion on attendance by delegates at the planned Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to ______.
encourage attendance by delegates fearing the collapse of state governments
encourage attendance by delegates fearing intervention by the British
discourage attendance by delegates fearing a public outcry against any strengthening of
the Articles of Confederation
the Articles of Confederation
discourage attendance by delegates fearing intervention by the British
discourage attendance by delegates who fought in the Revolutionary War
Which state refused to send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention?
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Virginia
Rhode Island
Which delegate was known worldwide as a famous scientist at the time of the convention?
a. Washington b. Franklin
c. Madison
d. Hamilton e. Adams
a. Washington b. Franklin
c. Madison
d. Hamilton e. Adams
The Constitutional Convention delegates’ defense of liberty as a natural right was derived from the writings of the philosopher ______.
John Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Kant
The “state of nature” referred to by Locke means ______.
a society without government
a government without society
the formation of government along the lines of natural law
the clash between government and society
the very highest form of government
Madison dramatized his perspective in a Federalist paper by observing that “if men were _________, no government would be necessary.”
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
angels
aristocrats
Puritans
The New Jersey Plan was a reaction by some states primarily to the fear that ______.
the legislative veto power called for by the Virginia Plan would seriously undermine individual states’ rights
the weak central government devised by the Virginia Plan would grant too much power to rural states
the strong central government devised by the Virginia Plan would grant too little power to the states
the Virginia Plan gave too much power to populous states
Hamilton’s suggestions about the executive branch would be accepted by the convention
18. In
power to regulate commerce by prohibiting _______ in a school zone.
19. In
United States v. Morrison, the Supreme Court ruled that violence against women ______.
United States v. Lopez (1995), the Supreme Court ruled that Congress overstepped its
guns
adult bookstores
cigarette sales
alcohol sales
dog races
was not an appropriate focus of punitive damages
did not substantially affect interstate commerce
could not be made the responsibility of distant relatives
was nonjusticiable
could not be regulated by law
20. In
conduct background checks on all gun purchasers because doing so would violate the Tenth Amendment.
______, the Supreme Court held that Congress could not require local police officers to
United States v. Morrison
McCulloch v. Maryland
United States v. Lopez
Printz v. United States
Marbury v. Madison
In this 1999 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that state employees could not sue to force state compliance with federal fair-labor laws.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Printz v. United States
Alden v. Maine
United States v. Lopez
United States v. Morrison
Under their police powers, states can enact and enforce all of the following EXCEPT:
criminal codes
laws requiring children to attend school
restrictions on the availability of pornographic materials
standards for DUI convictions
the regulation of interstate commerce
Which of the following countries does NOT have a federal system of government?
United States
Italy
Canada
Germany
Australia
Which of the following allows national governments the right to alter or even abolish local government?
a constitutional government
Federalism
a unitary system
Socialism
a confederation
When U.S. Nazis sought to parade in Skokie, Illinois, where many Jews lived, the courts ______.
found them a clear and present danger
upheld their right to parade peacefully
refused to rule one way or another
allowed the police full discretion
allowed their arrests and convictions
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