GOV-260 QUIZ 1 LATEST 2024 GCU GRADED A+ WITH
ANSWERS
When did AZ become a state? - ANSWER: Feb 14th, 1912
What type of democracy is found most prominently throughout the AZ constitution
and characterize the AZ constitution - ANSWER: Direct democracy
What are the three ways the AZ constitution can be changed/amended? - ANSWER:
Referendum, initiative, constitutional convention
judicial retention - ANSWER: elected officials can be voted out before the end of
their term.
judicial recall - ANSWER: when change is made to the laws already in place. these
provisions give power/voice to the people to make change.
What are the four purposes of the AZ constitution? *** - ANSWER: -creating state
government: structures, powers, checks/balances
-defining and safeguarding individual rights and liberties
-limiting the powers of government
-serving as the supreme law of the state
AZ's development and economy have been by the five cs and help explain why many
people came to the territory and the state. What are they? - ANSWER: copper, cattle,
citrus, cotton, climate
why has AZ had only one constitutional convention in its history. Circle any/all
accurate answers. - ANSWER: - the founders made it easy to amend the constitution,
making additional conventions unnecessary
- elected officials have historically shunned constitutional convention as a method of
change.
What primary political philosophy is expressed throughout AZs constitution and
government, and influenced them far more than any other political philosophy? -
ANSWER: progressivism
guest speaker gov. george hunt cited an overarching reason he was re-elected as
governor many times across three decades. What is that one reason? - ANSWER: his
emphasis on caring for people
what are the three branches of az gov established by the AZ constitution? - ANSWER:
legislative, judicial, executive
what shape is gov hunts tomb? - ANSWER: pyramid
ANSWERS
When did AZ become a state? - ANSWER: Feb 14th, 1912
What type of democracy is found most prominently throughout the AZ constitution
and characterize the AZ constitution - ANSWER: Direct democracy
What are the three ways the AZ constitution can be changed/amended? - ANSWER:
Referendum, initiative, constitutional convention
judicial retention - ANSWER: elected officials can be voted out before the end of
their term.
judicial recall - ANSWER: when change is made to the laws already in place. these
provisions give power/voice to the people to make change.
What are the four purposes of the AZ constitution? *** - ANSWER: -creating state
government: structures, powers, checks/balances
-defining and safeguarding individual rights and liberties
-limiting the powers of government
-serving as the supreme law of the state
AZ's development and economy have been by the five cs and help explain why many
people came to the territory and the state. What are they? - ANSWER: copper, cattle,
citrus, cotton, climate
why has AZ had only one constitutional convention in its history. Circle any/all
accurate answers. - ANSWER: - the founders made it easy to amend the constitution,
making additional conventions unnecessary
- elected officials have historically shunned constitutional convention as a method of
change.
What primary political philosophy is expressed throughout AZs constitution and
government, and influenced them far more than any other political philosophy? -
ANSWER: progressivism
guest speaker gov. george hunt cited an overarching reason he was re-elected as
governor many times across three decades. What is that one reason? - ANSWER: his
emphasis on caring for people
what are the three branches of az gov established by the AZ constitution? - ANSWER:
legislative, judicial, executive
what shape is gov hunts tomb? - ANSWER: pyramid
