TEST BANK
We the People
Thomas E. Patterson
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15th Edition
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank: We The People, 15th Edition
By Thomas Patterson
Chapter 1 Critical Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen
Chapter 2 Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government
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Chapter 3 Federalism: Forging a Nation
Chapter 4 Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights
Chapter 5 Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness
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UV
Chapter 6 Public Opinion and Political Socialization: Shaping the People’s Voice
U
Chapter 7 Political Participation: Activating the Popular Will
SE
Chapter 8 Political Parties, Candidates, and Campaigns: Defining the Voters’ Choice
Chapter 9 Interest Groups: Organizing for Influence
IA
Chapter 10
Chapter 11 IS
The News Media and the Internet: Communicating Politics
Congress: Balancing National Goals and Local Interests
O
Chapter 12 The Presidency: Leading the Nation
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Chapter 13 The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government
Chapter 14 The Federal Judicial System: Interpreting the Law
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Chapter 15 Economic and Environmental Policy: Contributing to Prosperity
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CO
Chapter 16 Income, Welfare, and Education Policy: Providing for Personal Security
Chapter 17 Foreign Policy: Protecting the National Interest
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,Chapter 1 Critical Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Which of the following best characterizes Americans' knowledge of public affairs today?
A) Millennials are better informed than older generations by a wide margin.
B) Americans are consistently shown to be among the most well-informed when
compared to people in other democracies.
C) Most Americans today are far better informed than previous generations, though
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knowledge levels are still rather low.
D) Misinformation is now at its highest level in the history of polling.
E) Baby boomers have been shown to be the most well-informed generation, while
UV
younger generations know little about public affairs.
2) Critical thinking is best described as
A) the process of forming an opinion after weighing the relevant facts.
B) discounting the news from ordinary media outlets.
IA
C) rejecting the accounts of bureaucrats and finding alternative versions online.
D) assuming that all news presents lies until alternative truths present themselves.
E) trusting your instincts on the way the world works.
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3) Approximately what share of Americans refused to take the threat of COVID-19 seriously?
A) less than one third
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B) more than one half
C) more than one third
D) less than one half
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E) nearly all
4) What type of government suppresses individuality, forcing people to think and act in
prescribed ways or risk punishment?
EK
A) communist
B) socialist
C) authoritarian
D) egalitarian
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E) republican
, Chapter 1 Critical Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen
5) Which of the following has most recently proven to serve as a significant obstacle to critical
thinking?
A) changes in the media landscape
B) political partisanship
C) television
D) newspapers
E) the coastal elites
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6) What do behavioral scientists Gordon Pennycook and David Rand call the habit of judging
the accuracy of a claim on the basis of who's saying it or whether we've heard it before?
A) "cognitive laziness"
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B) "cognitive disconnect"
C) "cognitive bias"
D) "the cult of personality"
E) "cognitive dissonance"
IA
7) In recent years,
A) American politics has become more heated and divisive.
B) Americans have become more tolerant of leaders slanting facts.
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C) American leaders have become more willing to lie.
D) Americans have embraced more truthful politicians.
E) our politics has become more divisive and heated, leaders have lied more readily, and
M
we have come to tolerate it more.
8) Which of the following is an example of politicians' deliberate slanting of facts?
A) calls for tax increases to fund infrastructure
GE
B) debates over immigration policy and amnesty for current undocumented immigrants
C) the claim that free trade is the cause for the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs
D) the insistence that President Barack Obama is a citizen and born in Hawaii
E) the claim that Russia interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections
EK
9) What is the likely result of spending hours listening to partisan talk shows?
A) misinformation
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B) liberalism
C) pragmatism
D) well-rounded political views
E) a distaste for politics
We the People
Thomas E. Patterson
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ST
15th Edition
UV
IA
?_
M
GE
EK
??
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank: We The People, 15th Edition
By Thomas Patterson
Chapter 1 Critical Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen
Chapter 2 Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government
ST
Chapter 3 Federalism: Forging a Nation
Chapter 4 Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights
Chapter 5 Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness
R
UV
Chapter 6 Public Opinion and Political Socialization: Shaping the People’s Voice
U
Chapter 7 Political Participation: Activating the Popular Will
SE
Chapter 8 Political Parties, Candidates, and Campaigns: Defining the Voters’ Choice
Chapter 9 Interest Groups: Organizing for Influence
IA
Chapter 10
Chapter 11 IS
The News Media and the Internet: Communicating Politics
Congress: Balancing National Goals and Local Interests
O
Chapter 12 The Presidency: Leading the Nation
?_
N
Chapter 13 The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government
Chapter 14 The Federal Judicial System: Interpreting the Law
N
Chapter 15 Economic and Environmental Policy: Contributing to Prosperity
M
CO
Chapter 16 Income, Welfare, and Education Policy: Providing for Personal Security
Chapter 17 Foreign Policy: Protecting the National Interest
ED
GE
M
EK
??
1
,Chapter 1 Critical Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Which of the following best characterizes Americans' knowledge of public affairs today?
A) Millennials are better informed than older generations by a wide margin.
B) Americans are consistently shown to be among the most well-informed when
compared to people in other democracies.
C) Most Americans today are far better informed than previous generations, though
ST
knowledge levels are still rather low.
D) Misinformation is now at its highest level in the history of polling.
E) Baby boomers have been shown to be the most well-informed generation, while
UV
younger generations know little about public affairs.
2) Critical thinking is best described as
A) the process of forming an opinion after weighing the relevant facts.
B) discounting the news from ordinary media outlets.
IA
C) rejecting the accounts of bureaucrats and finding alternative versions online.
D) assuming that all news presents lies until alternative truths present themselves.
E) trusting your instincts on the way the world works.
?_
3) Approximately what share of Americans refused to take the threat of COVID-19 seriously?
A) less than one third
M
B) more than one half
C) more than one third
D) less than one half
GE
E) nearly all
4) What type of government suppresses individuality, forcing people to think and act in
prescribed ways or risk punishment?
EK
A) communist
B) socialist
C) authoritarian
D) egalitarian
??
E) republican
, Chapter 1 Critical Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen
5) Which of the following has most recently proven to serve as a significant obstacle to critical
thinking?
A) changes in the media landscape
B) political partisanship
C) television
D) newspapers
E) the coastal elites
ST
6) What do behavioral scientists Gordon Pennycook and David Rand call the habit of judging
the accuracy of a claim on the basis of who's saying it or whether we've heard it before?
A) "cognitive laziness"
UV
B) "cognitive disconnect"
C) "cognitive bias"
D) "the cult of personality"
E) "cognitive dissonance"
IA
7) In recent years,
A) American politics has become more heated and divisive.
B) Americans have become more tolerant of leaders slanting facts.
?_
C) American leaders have become more willing to lie.
D) Americans have embraced more truthful politicians.
E) our politics has become more divisive and heated, leaders have lied more readily, and
M
we have come to tolerate it more.
8) Which of the following is an example of politicians' deliberate slanting of facts?
A) calls for tax increases to fund infrastructure
GE
B) debates over immigration policy and amnesty for current undocumented immigrants
C) the claim that free trade is the cause for the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs
D) the insistence that President Barack Obama is a citizen and born in Hawaii
E) the claim that Russia interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections
EK
9) What is the likely result of spending hours listening to partisan talk shows?
A) misinformation
??
B) liberalism
C) pragmatism
D) well-rounded political views
E) a distaste for politics
