___AGC_Final Exam SG Fill-in_Dec. 2024_(12-04-24)

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Which of these BEST describes the essential features of a state? Population, Territory, Sovereignty, Government; Territory, Sovereignty, Government, Technology; Government, Territory, Laws, People; Population, Technology, Authority, Land

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Population, Territory, Sovereignty, Government

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Which of these BEST describes government? (DOK2) (SSCG1a) Options: The individuals and institutions that make society’s rules and also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules., The bureaucratic function of settling disputes by relying on rules and precedents., An administrative way of organizing large numbers of people to work together; usually relies on specialization, hierarchy, and standard operating procedure., An organization of people who share a common interest and work together to protect and promote that interest by influencing the people.

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The individuals and institutions that make society’s rules and also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules.

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Which of these BEST describes a disadvantage of a federal system of government?
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The most power belongs only to the local, or regional, government.
The central government's ability to act on behalf of the country as a whole is restricted because of its limited power.
Conflicts inevitably arise between the two level of government and some functions and services are duplicated.
Local governments have only those powers the central government chooses to give them.

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Conflicts inevitably arise between the two level of government and some functions and services are duplicated.

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Which of these BEST describes a totalitarian dictatorship?

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a system in which a leader or group of leaders seeks to control almost all aspects of social and economic life.

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Which of these BEST explains how power is distributed in constitutional monarchies?
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- the ruler has total authority to make all decisions
- governmental power is shared between the monarch and elected lawmakers
- there is no official government and everyone fends for themselves
- rule is by only a select group of people; usually corrupt

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governmental power is shared between the monarch and elected lawmakers

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Which of these BEST describes a direct democracy? (DOK2) (SSCG1d) Options: Without widespread participation, nothing guarantees that officials will respond to the popular will. The will of the people is translated by the executive into law. It restrains government within the limits of the Constitution. A government in which all voters in a community meet to make laws and decide actions.

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A government in which all voters in a community meet to make laws and decide actions.

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Which of these BEST describes a representative democracy? (DOK2) (SSCG1d) Options: a government where the will of the people is translated into public policy directly through mass meetings where citizens gather and make decisions regarding policy, a government in which a small group of representatives is chosen through elections to represent the overall will of the people, a government in which the executive, the legislature, and the religious leaders all work as one, a government in which sovereign power is held by those who are eligible to vote, while political power is exercised by the representatives chosen by the citizens

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a government in which a small group of representatives is chosen through elections to represent the overall will of the people

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Which of these BEST explains what occurs in a presidential government? (DOK2) (SSCG1c) Options: the lawmaking and law-enforcing branches of government are separate but equal., the prime minister and the cabinet are members of the legislature., the president is charged with the power to make laws., there is no lawmaking branch of government., the lawmaking and law-enforcing branches of government are united.

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the lawmaking and law-enforcing branches of government are separate but equal.

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Which of these BEST explains the importance of the Magna Carta?
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it put limits on the monarch’s powers,
it was the “great charter”,
it created Parliament,
it created the first democracy in England

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it put limits on the monarch’s powers

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Which of these BEST describes the purpose of the English Bill of Rights?

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to limit the power of the British monarch