Ap Government Review 1

Front

Which is true of the Electoral College?

Back

Candidates may lose the popular vote but win the Electoral College.

Answer explanation

The Electoral College is a system established by the United States Constitution that is used to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. Each state is allocated a certain number of electors, based on its population, and these electors cast their votes for the President and Vice President. The candidate who receives the majority of the electoral votes (270 or more) is elected President.

Front

The doctrine that assumes that human beings had rights in a “state of nature” and create government in order to protect those rights is known as what?

Back

natural rights

Answer explanation

The idea of natural rights is also a part of the doctrine is known as the Social Contract Theory.

Front

True or False. Linkage institutions are channels that allow individuals to express their preferences and for policy-makers to respond to them

Back

True

Answer explanation

Linkage institutions are organizations or groups that act as intermediaries between citizens and policy-makers, allowing citizens to express their preferences and policy-makers to respond to them. They do not directly facilitate communication between individuals and policy-makers.

Front

True or false. Committee of the Whole is a committee of the House on which all Representatives serve and which meets in the House Chamber for the consideration of measures from the Union calendar.

Back

True

Answer explanation

True. The Committee of the Whole is a committee of the House of Representatives on which all Representatives serve. It meets in the House Chamber for the consideration of measures from the Union calendar.

Front

The Great Compromise was a compromise between the_____ and ____

Back

Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

Answer explanation

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Front

What is a group of individuals, especially within a political organization, such as a political party, a trade union, or other group with a political purpose called?

Back

faction

Front

The U.S. Supreme Court works chiefly as a(n)

Back

appeals court.

Front

Miranda V. Arizona set what precedent?

Back

You must have your rights read to you upon arrest

Front

In the United States, an accused person is presumed innocent until

Back

He/she is proven guilty in a court of law

Front

To convict a suspect in a criminal case, what must the jury do?

Back

the jury must reach a unanimous verdict.