Test Bank for
American Government Political Development and Institutional Change By Cal Jillson
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 12e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^___.^
Which of these terms refers to d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
the rule of an elite few for their
own interests?
According to Plato, who should a A philosopher- A political science- The few wisest None of these
rule a properly constituted king king citizens
polis?
According to Aristotle’s typology d Oligarchy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of these
of governments, which of these government government government that is
statements accurately defines a organized around organized around oppressive to the
type of government? a few men who many men who people.
are primarily are primarily
motivated by motivated by the
their narrow broad public
private and class interest.
interests.
Which one of the following pairs c Paris and London Berlin and Madrid Athens and Rome Oslo and Copenhagen
of cities formed the centers of
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,the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
was ancient Rome? empire. democracy.
Which theorists made the first a Polybius and Plato and Aristotle 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 & Con b The people met A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
section, which of the following in the Assembly the individual aliens (three-fifths one vote in the
was not a characteristic of to discuss and rights and liberties of the population) Assembly
“Athenian democracy?” decide major of all city residents were denied
issues citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of The otherworldly
sacred politically peoples and nations
powerful and human history
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolò John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human Machiavelli
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 Unlimited, immoderate
theory, what are two other taken. besides social powers and free constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theory in markets
liberalism that influenced the classical liberalism.
Founding generation?
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,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 South in the Mid-Atlantic in
South in order to England in order in order to develop order to develop it
avoid religious to avoid religious it economically economically and in
persecution in persecution in some cases to avoid
their home their home religious persecution in
country country their 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 did Banishment was The vastness of the All of these
notion that the Americans had not feel the need an accepted form land allowed for
“space” for dissent? to destroy the of punishment. pockets of
unorthodox. acceptability
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 in but still modestly hence not very hence not very
nature. democratic in democratic at all in democratic at all in
nature. nature. nature.
To what area of social life did c Law Government and The economy Culture
Adam Smith most extensively politics
apply the principles of classical
liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Thomas Hobbes Niccolò Baron de Francis Bacon
argued the earliest and most Machiavelli Montesquieu
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
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, benefit of society?
How did St. Augustine and St. a They privileged They privileged They privileged the They privileged the
Thomas Aquinas differ from the the role of the the role of the role of the national role of the sub-national
ancients and how did this sacred over the secular over the over sub-national over the national
difference impact the Founding secular, which sacred, which governments, which government, which
generation? served as a served as a served as a positive served as a negative
negative example positive example example for the example for the
for the Founding for the Founding Founding Founding generation.
generation. generation. generation.
When did the concept of c At the At the Magna At the American At the English
individualism find its brightest Constitutional Carta and in the Revolution and in Revolution and in the
moment and what form did it Convention and form of the the form of the idea form of religious
take? in the form of Barony that freedom has its tolerance
separation of own order and
powers structure
What lesson did the Founding b Mixed Mixed Mixed constitutions Mixed constitutions
Fathers learn from Polybius and constitutions constitutions should be embraced should be avoided
Cicero? should be should be because they serve because monarchy is
avoided due to embraced because the interests of the the best way to govern
their proclivity they balance the middle classes. a republic.
toward interests of the
instability. rich and the poor.
Who normally rules in b The poor The rich The middle class None of these
aristocracies and oligarchies?
What is meant by American a The study of The study of The thesis that None of these
political development (APD)? development and America’s American
change in democratic government has
American political development in become much more
processes, comparison to the political over time,
institutions, and development of thus reducing its
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American Government Political Development and Institutional Change By Cal Jillson
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 12e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^___.^
Which of these terms refers to d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
the rule of an elite few for their
own interests?
According to Plato, who should a A philosopher- A political science- The few wisest None of these
rule a properly constituted king king citizens
polis?
According to Aristotle’s typology d Oligarchy is a Democracy is a Tyranny is any All of these
of governments, which of these government government government that is
statements accurately defines a organized around organized around oppressive to the
type of government? a few men who many men who people.
are primarily are primarily
motivated by motivated by the
their narrow broad public
private and class interest.
interests.
Which one of the following pairs c Paris and London Berlin and Madrid Athens and Rome Oslo and Copenhagen
of cities formed the centers of
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,the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
was ancient Rome? empire. democracy.
Which theorists made the first a Polybius and Plato and Aristotle 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 & Con b The people met A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
section, which of the following in the Assembly the individual aliens (three-fifths one vote in the
was not a characteristic of to discuss and rights and liberties of the population) Assembly
“Athenian democracy?” decide major of all city residents were denied
issues citizenship
What is the temporal world? c The world of the The world of the The world of The otherworldly
sacred politically peoples and nations
powerful and human history
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolò John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human Machiavelli
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 Unlimited, immoderate
theory, what are two other taken. besides social powers and free constitutional regimes
concepts taken from classical contract theory in markets
liberalism that influenced the classical liberalism.
Founding generation?
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,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 South in the Mid-Atlantic in
South in order to England in order in order to develop order to develop it
avoid religious to avoid religious it economically economically and in
persecution in persecution in some cases to avoid
their home their home religious persecution in
country country their 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 did Banishment was The vastness of the All of these
notion that the Americans had not feel the need an accepted form land allowed for
“space” for dissent? to destroy the of punishment. pockets of
unorthodox. acceptability
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 in but still modestly hence not very hence not very
nature. democratic in democratic at all in democratic at all in
nature. nature. nature.
To what area of social life did c Law Government and The economy Culture
Adam Smith most extensively politics
apply the principles of classical
liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Thomas Hobbes Niccolò Baron de Francis Bacon
argued the earliest and most Machiavelli Montesquieu
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
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, benefit of society?
How did St. Augustine and St. a They privileged They privileged They privileged the They privileged the
Thomas Aquinas differ from the the role of the the role of the role of the national role of the sub-national
ancients and how did this sacred over the secular over the over sub-national over the national
difference impact the Founding secular, which sacred, which governments, which government, which
generation? served as a served as a served as a positive served as a negative
negative example positive example example for the example for the
for the Founding for the Founding Founding Founding generation.
generation. generation. generation.
When did the concept of c At the At the Magna At the American At the English
individualism find its brightest Constitutional Carta and in the Revolution and in Revolution and in the
moment and what form did it Convention and form of the the form of the idea form of religious
take? in the form of Barony that freedom has its tolerance
separation of own order and
powers structure
What lesson did the Founding b Mixed Mixed Mixed constitutions Mixed constitutions
Fathers learn from Polybius and constitutions constitutions should be embraced should be avoided
Cicero? should be should be because they serve because monarchy is
avoided due to embraced because the interests of the the best way to govern
their proclivity they balance the middle classes. a republic.
toward interests of the
instability. rich and the poor.
Who normally rules in b The poor The rich The middle class None of these
aristocracies and oligarchies?
What is meant by American a The study of The study of The thesis that None of these
political development (APD)? development and America’s American
change in democratic government has
American political development in become much more
processes, comparison to the political over time,
institutions, and development of thus reducing its
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