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Test Bank for American Government Political Development and Institutional Change By Cal Jillson
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© 2023 Taylor & Francis Test Bank for American Government Political Development and Institutional Change By Cal Jillson Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 1 2e Single -Select Multiple Choice Question Answer A B C D A custom, practice, or organization, often embedded in rules and law, is called a ^___.^ b policy institution legal procedure rule Which of these terms refers to the rule of an elite few for their own interests? d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy According to Plato, who should rule a properly constituted polis? a A philosopher -king A political science -
king The few wisest citizens None of these According to Aristotle’s typology of governments, which of these statements accurately defines a type of government? d Oligarchy is a government organized around a few me n who are primarily motivated by their narrow private and class interests. Democracy is a government organized around many men who are primarily motivated by the broad public interest. Tyranny is any government that is oppressive to the people. All of thes e Which one of the following pairs of cities formed the centers of c Paris and London Berlin and Madrid Athens and Rome Oslo and Copenhagen NURSEDOCS © 2023 Taylor & Francis the two greatest European societies of the ancient world? Before it was an empire, what was ancient Rome? c It was always an empire. It was a democracy. It was a republic. It was a polity. Which theorists made the first and most influential efforts to explain how mixed governments can work in practice? a Polybius and Cicero Plato and Aristotle St. Augustine and St . Thomas Aquinas Thomas Hobbes and John Locke According to the Pro & Con section, which of the following was not a characteristic of “Athenian democracy?” b The people met in the Assembly to discuss and decide major issues A deep respect for the individua l rights and liberties of all city residents Slaves and resident aliens (three -fifths of the population) were denied citizenship All citizens were given one vote in the Assembly What is the temporal world? c The world of the sacred The world of the politi cally powerful The world of peoples and nations and human history The otherworldly Who wrote that, without an all -
powerful monarch, human beings will fall into a war of all against all in which life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”? c Niccol ò Machiavelli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke Who was the founder of the Protestant Reformation? c Martin Luther King, Jr. Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop In addition to social contract theory, what are two other concepts taken from classi cal liberalism that influenced the Founding generation? c Nothing else was taken. There is nothing besides social contract theory in classical liberalism. Separation of powers and free markets Unlimited, immoderate constitutional regimes NURSEDOCS © 2023 Taylor & Francis Who were the Pilg rims? b Wealthy English Puritans who settled in the South in order to avoid religious persecution in their home country Middling English Puritans who settled in New England in order to avoid religious persecution in their home country Wealthy English Angli cans who settled in the South in order to develop it economically Middling English Anglicans who settled in the Mid -Atlantic in order to develop it economically and in some cases to avoid religious persecution in their home country In the population of th e American colonies in 1765, which ethnic group was the largest? a The English The Irish The Germans The Dutch What drove the idea behind the notion that the Americans had “space” for dissent? d The orthodox did not feel the need to destroy the unorthodox . Banishment was an accepted form of punishment. The vastness of the land allowed for pockets of acceptability interspersed between places of orthodoxy. All of these What was political participation like in the early colonies? a It was very democratic in nature. It was oligarchic but still modestly democratic in nature. It was oligarchic and hence not very democratic at all in nature. It was aristocratic and hence not very democratic at all in nature. To what area of social life did Adam Smith most extens ively apply the principles of classical liberalism? c Law Government and politics The economy Culture Which Enlightenment thinker argued the earliest and most influentially that science and discovery worked for the eternal d Thomas Hob bes Niccolò Machiavelli Baron de Montesquieu Francis Bacon NURSEDOCS © 2023 Taylor & Francis benefit of society? How did St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas differ from the ancients and how did this difference impact the Founding generation? a They privileged the role of the sacred over the secular, which served as a negative example for the Founding generation. They privileged the role of the secular over the sacred, which served as a positive example for the Founding generation. They privileged the role of the national over sub -national governments, which served as a positive example for the Founding generation. They privileged the role of the sub -national over the national government, which served as a negative example for the Founding generation. When did the concept of individualism find its brightest moment and what form did it take? c At the Constitutional Convention and in the form of separation of powers At the Magna Carta and in the form of the Barony At the American Revolution and in the form of the idea that freedom has its own order and structure At the English Revolution and in the form of religious tolerance What lesson did the Founding Fathers learn from Polybius and Cicero? b Mixed constitutions should be avoided due to their proclivity toward instability. Mixed constitutions should be embra ced because they balance the interests of the rich and the poor. Mixed constitutions should be embraced because they serve the interests of the middle classes. Mixed constitutions should be avoided because monarchy is the best way to govern a republic. Who normally rules in aristocracies and oligarchies? b The poor The rich The middle class None of these What is meant by American political development (APD)? a The study of development and change in American political processes, institutions, and The study of America’s democratic development in comparison to the development of The thesis that American government has become much more political over time, thus reducing its None of these NURSEDOCS
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