TEST BANK
American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change
CAL JILLSON
10th Edition
, Test Bank for American Government Political
Development and Institutional Change, 10e Cal
Jillson (All Chapters)
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 10e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b A policy An institution A legal procedure A rule
organization, often embedded in
rule of law, is
called: ^ .^
The rule of an elite few for their d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
own interests.
According to Plato, who should a A philosopher-king A political science- The few wisest None of the above
rule king citizens
a properly constituted polis?
Which of these b Aristocracy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of the above
statements accurately government government government that is
defines a type of organized organized around oppressive to the
government according around a few many men who people.
to men who are are primarily
Aristotle’s typology? primarily motivated by the
motivated by broad public
their narrow interest.
private and
class interests.
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
was empire. democracy.
ancient Rome?
,Which theorists made the first a Polybius and Socrates and Plato St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and
and most influential efforts to Cicero Thomas Aquinas John Locke
explain how mixed governments
can work
in practice?
According to the Pro and Con b The people met in A deep respect Slaves and All citizens were given
section, which of the following the Assembly to for the individual resident aliens one vote in the
was not a characteristic of the discuss and decide rights and (three-fifths of the Assembly
“Athenian democracy?” major issues liberties of all population) were
city residents denied citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of peoples The otherworldly
sacred politically and nations and
powerful human history
Who wrote that, without an c Niccolo Machiavelli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
all- powerful monarch, human
beings will fall into a war of all
against all in which life is
“solitary, poor,
nasty, brutish, and short.”
Who was the founder of the c Martin Luther Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? King, Jr.
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was There is nothing Separation of powers Unlimited,
theory, what are two other taken besides social and free markets immoderate
concepts taken from classical contract theory constitutional
liberalism that influenced the in classical regimes
Founding generation? liberalism
Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who Anglicans who Anglicans who settled
settled in the settled in New settled in the in the Mid-Atlantic in
South in order to England in order South in order to order to develop it
avoid religious to avoid religious develop it economically and in
persecution in persecution in the economically some cases to avoid
the home home country religious persecution
country in
the home country
, In the population of the a The English The Irish The Germans The Dutch
American colonies in 1765,
which ethnic
group was the largest?
What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox Banishment was an The vastness of the All of the above
notion that the Americans had did not feel the accepted form of land allowed for
“space” for dissent? need to punishment pockets of
destroy the acceptability
unorthodox
interspersed
between places of
orthodoxy
What was political participation a It was very It was oligarchic It was oligarchic and It was aristocratic and
like in the early colonies? democratic but still modestly hence not very hence not very
in nature democratic in democratic at all in democratic at all in
nature nature nature
Which of the statements below c The British The British The British None of the above
accurately describes differences colonials were colonials were less colonials were
between the populations in more heterogeneous more
British colonies and those in heterogeneous regarding religion, heterogeneous
French Canadian colonies? regarding language, and regarding religion,
religion, ethnicity and were language, and
language, larger in numbers ethnicity and were
ethnicity but overall larger in numbers
were fewer in overall
numbers overall
To what area of social life did c Law Government The economy Culture
Adam Smith most extensively and politics
apply the
principles of classical liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Hobbes Machiavelli Montesquieu Bacon
argued the earliest and most
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the
eternal
benefit of society?
American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change
CAL JILLSON
10th Edition
, Test Bank for American Government Political
Development and Institutional Change, 10e Cal
Jillson (All Chapters)
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 10e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b A policy An institution A legal procedure A rule
organization, often embedded in
rule of law, is
called: ^ .^
The rule of an elite few for their d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
own interests.
According to Plato, who should a A philosopher-king A political science- The few wisest None of the above
rule king citizens
a properly constituted polis?
Which of these b Aristocracy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of the above
statements accurately government government government that is
defines a type of organized organized around oppressive to the
government according around a few many men who people.
to men who are are primarily
Aristotle’s typology? primarily motivated by the
motivated by broad public
their narrow interest.
private and
class interests.
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
was empire. democracy.
ancient Rome?
,Which theorists made the first a Polybius and Socrates and Plato St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and
and most influential efforts to Cicero Thomas Aquinas John Locke
explain how mixed governments
can work
in practice?
According to the Pro and Con b The people met in A deep respect Slaves and All citizens were given
section, which of the following the Assembly to for the individual resident aliens one vote in the
was not a characteristic of the discuss and decide rights and (three-fifths of the Assembly
“Athenian democracy?” major issues liberties of all population) were
city residents denied citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of peoples The otherworldly
sacred politically and nations and
powerful human history
Who wrote that, without an c Niccolo Machiavelli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
all- powerful monarch, human
beings will fall into a war of all
against all in which life is
“solitary, poor,
nasty, brutish, and short.”
Who was the founder of the c Martin Luther Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? King, Jr.
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was There is nothing Separation of powers Unlimited,
theory, what are two other taken besides social and free markets immoderate
concepts taken from classical contract theory constitutional
liberalism that influenced the in classical regimes
Founding generation? liberalism
Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who Anglicans who Anglicans who settled
settled in the settled in New settled in the in the Mid-Atlantic in
South in order to England in order South in order to order to develop it
avoid religious to avoid religious develop it economically and in
persecution in persecution in the economically some cases to avoid
the home home country religious persecution
country in
the home country
, In the population of the a The English The Irish The Germans The Dutch
American colonies in 1765,
which ethnic
group was the largest?
What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox Banishment was an The vastness of the All of the above
notion that the Americans had did not feel the accepted form of land allowed for
“space” for dissent? need to punishment pockets of
destroy the acceptability
unorthodox
interspersed
between places of
orthodoxy
What was political participation a It was very It was oligarchic It was oligarchic and It was aristocratic and
like in the early colonies? democratic but still modestly hence not very hence not very
in nature democratic in democratic at all in democratic at all in
nature nature nature
Which of the statements below c The British The British The British None of the above
accurately describes differences colonials were colonials were less colonials were
between the populations in more heterogeneous more
British colonies and those in heterogeneous regarding religion, heterogeneous
French Canadian colonies? regarding language, and regarding religion,
religion, ethnicity and were language, and
language, larger in numbers ethnicity and were
ethnicity but overall larger in numbers
were fewer in overall
numbers overall
To what area of social life did c Law Government The economy Culture
Adam Smith most extensively and politics
apply the
principles of classical liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Hobbes Machiavelli Montesquieu Bacon
argued the earliest and most
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the
eternal
benefit of society?
