AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
FINAL @ TROY UNIVERSITY EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
{ GRADED A+}
How many years can a president serve per term? - ✔✔Four years
How many years can a representative serve per term? - ✔✔Two years
How many years can a senator serve per term? - ✔✔Six years
In general, Americans' trust in their government has ____ since the
1960s. - ✔✔Fallen sharply
Today, the federal government is - ✔✔An enourmous institution that
creates programs that affect virtually all Americans.
,What do people expect from the government? - ✔✔All of the above
(security, education, safe food suppy, and information about severe
weather
Politics in a democracy... - ✔✔is about conflict on a day-to-day basis.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the declining levels of trust
in the United States in the recent years? - ✔✔An increase in the
citizens' knowledge of how the political system operates
The belief that citizens can influence what the government does is
called... - ✔✔Political efficacy
Survey data demonstrates that the level of Americans' political
knowledge is... - ✔✔Low and spotty
To the ancient Greeks, citizenship meant... - ✔✔Political engagement
The first prerequisate to increasing political efficacy is... -
✔✔Increasing political knowledge
, A representative democracy is a system of government that... -
✔✔gives citizens an opportunity to elect top government officials
The struggle of competing interest groups for government influence is
called... - ✔✔Pluralism
John Locke and John Stuart Mill are important philosophers for the
ideology of... - ✔✔Liberty and political rights
Colonial protesters of the Stamp Acts the Sugar Act rallied around... -
✔✔"No taxation without representation."
The events that led to the Revolutionary War were triggered by... -
✔✔The British raised revenue by increasing the tax rates on the
colonies.
A _______ system of government in which states retain sovereign
authority except for powers expressly delegated to the national
government. - ✔✔Democracy
FINAL @ TROY UNIVERSITY EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
{ GRADED A+}
How many years can a president serve per term? - ✔✔Four years
How many years can a representative serve per term? - ✔✔Two years
How many years can a senator serve per term? - ✔✔Six years
In general, Americans' trust in their government has ____ since the
1960s. - ✔✔Fallen sharply
Today, the federal government is - ✔✔An enourmous institution that
creates programs that affect virtually all Americans.
,What do people expect from the government? - ✔✔All of the above
(security, education, safe food suppy, and information about severe
weather
Politics in a democracy... - ✔✔is about conflict on a day-to-day basis.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the declining levels of trust
in the United States in the recent years? - ✔✔An increase in the
citizens' knowledge of how the political system operates
The belief that citizens can influence what the government does is
called... - ✔✔Political efficacy
Survey data demonstrates that the level of Americans' political
knowledge is... - ✔✔Low and spotty
To the ancient Greeks, citizenship meant... - ✔✔Political engagement
The first prerequisate to increasing political efficacy is... -
✔✔Increasing political knowledge
, A representative democracy is a system of government that... -
✔✔gives citizens an opportunity to elect top government officials
The struggle of competing interest groups for government influence is
called... - ✔✔Pluralism
John Locke and John Stuart Mill are important philosophers for the
ideology of... - ✔✔Liberty and political rights
Colonial protesters of the Stamp Acts the Sugar Act rallied around... -
✔✔"No taxation without representation."
The events that led to the Revolutionary War were triggered by... -
✔✔The British raised revenue by increasing the tax rates on the
colonies.
A _______ system of government in which states retain sovereign
authority except for powers expressly delegated to the national
government. - ✔✔Democracy
