PofG/Poly Sci I/Poly Sci II Pre-Test

A citizen is unhappy about a new tax on gasoline because she drives a long distance to work. She writes a letter to a news source to criticize the new law. Why is she comfortable writing this letter?

She knows this is one of her ________________ as a citizen.

Which document sets out the principal, structure, and powers of the states?

The __________________________ is the set of written principles of structure and power for the states.

Which passage in the Preamble to the US Constitution says that the federal army is responsible for the military to protect the country?

The Preamble to the US Constitution:

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

What is an example of a responsibility of a citizen of the United States demanded by law?

• the responsibility to vote

• the responsibility to work hard

• the responsibility to support the Declaration of Independence

• the responsibility to pay taxes

The government in medieval Europe was based around the feudal system that consisted of specific social classes and layers of authority. What was the foundation of this system?

• ownership and control of land

• service in the military

• division of the resources fairly

• allowance for the vassals

In the late 1700's, French people suffered under the monarch so they revolted and set up new forms of government. This government gave people the right to voice their concerns. Which form of government did the French set up?

• absolute monarch

• totalitarian

• liberal democracy

• liberal despotism

What communication tool spurred the spread of ideas in the 1400's?

The _________ _________ was invented allowing ideas to spread rapidly.

The US President cannot declare war without the approval of Congress. Which concept of government does this illustrate?

• legal government

• representative government

• natural law

• limited government

English colonists in North America resented the 1774 practice of British soldiers staying in colonists’ homes. What guarantee that had been accepted from the times of the Magna Carta did this violate?

• the protection from the king’s mercenaries

• the protection of family privacy

• the guarantee of hospitality

• the guarantee of fair seizure

• the guarantee of land grants

What is an example of a belief about government the English colonists brought to North America?

• government should have clear limits to its authority

• government should make laws to cover all aspects of life

• government should have unlimited authority

• government should have unlimited access to funds