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Silly Goose Makeup Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a cause of hyperinflation?

a)

Unanticipated rise in real interest rates

b)

Rapid growth of the money supply

c)

Unanticipated decrease in aggregate demand

2.

The table shows that Home Nation can produce five autos or one hundred computers using all its available resources in a year. Foreign Nation can produce five autos or fifty computers using all its available resources in a year.

a)

Home Nation has an absolute advantage in the production of computers.

b)

Foreign Nation has an absolute advantage in the production of autos.

c)

Foreign Nation has a comparative advantage in the production of computers.

3.

Which of the following is most likely included in gross domestic product?

a)

Daniel bikes to school every day.

b)

Matt gives his secondhand bicycle to his brother.

c)

Jamie buys a new bicycle.

4.

Which of the following is true about a country’s national debt?

a)

It increases when gross domestic product increases.

b)

It increases when the country’s government has a budget deficit.

c)

It decreases when national savings decrease.

5.

Any point inside a production possibilities curve is

a)

associated with inefficient use or unemployment of some resources

b)

better than points on the production possibilities curve

c)

associated with constant opportunity costs

6.

A leftward shift of the supply curve for computers could be caused by which of the following in the short run?

a)

A decrease in the price of computers

b)

A decrease in the price of components used to assemble computers

c)

A decrease in the number of computer manufacturers

7.

Which of the following individuals is classified as unemployed?

a)

A recent college graduate who is looking for her first job

b)

A parent who works in an after-school day care center for 15 hours a week

c)

A laid-off computer programmer who has given up looking for a new job

8.

A continuous increase in the consumer price index (CPI)

is

a)

stagflation

b)

inflation

c)

recession

9.

The debates between Federalists and Anti-Federalists were primarily about which of the following issues?

a)

The scope of power of the central government

b)

The right of the people to rebel

c)

The existence of slavery

10.





Item 7Which of the following is argued by James Madison in The Federalist paper number 10?

a)

Participatory democracy is the surest way to prevent tyranny.

b)

A system of republican representation helps to limit the excesses of factionalism.

11.

The decision in United States v. Lopez (1995) reflected new ideas about federalism at the time that can be best characterized by which of the following?

a)

A consolidation of power in the national government based on national supremacy

b)

A delegation of power from the federal government to state governments, increasing state and local sovereignty

12.

The term “bicameralism” refers to the

a)

establishment of two legislative chambers that have different structures and rules

b)

members of the House of Representatives having two-year terms

c)

checks that Congress has over the federal bureaucracy

13.

Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's

a)

Tenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Preamble

14.

Which of the following is true about the pocket veto?

a)

It occurs when the President takes no action on a bill for ten days during which Congress is adjourned.

b)

It is used to strike down a provision of a bill that the President finds disagreeable.

15.

The “wall of separation” doctrine refers to the

a)

division of church and state

b)

unique powers possessed by each branch of government

c)

differentiation of municipal powers from county powers

16.

A major difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is that

a)

judicial nominations originate in a House committee

b)

there is unlimited debate in the Senate but not in the House

c)

each state has equal representation in the House but not in the Senate

17.


Item 5At a public high school, several students raised a banner and wore clothing in support of a candidate running in the upcoming presidential election during lunch period. The principal asked the students to put away the banner, citing safety concerns. Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to this scenario?

a)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

b)

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

18.

Congressional district boundaries are usually redrawn every ten years by the

a)

Bureau of the Census

b)

state legislatures

c)

President

19.

The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant political event because it

a)

scaled back the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment

b)

was instrumental in increasing the number of African American and other minority voters

c)

was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in Shaw v. Reno

20.

The shift in voting patterns shown in the maps above can be attributed to...

a)

Nixon's Southern Strategy

b)

Plessy v Ferguson SCOTUS Decision

c)

The Watergate Scandal