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AP Government (Ch.1:1-2)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term refers to conflict, real or apparent, between the interests, ideas or beliefs of different citizens

a)

Politics

b)

Public Policy

c)

Issue

d)

Lobbying

2.

The United States might withhold recognition of the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The Taliban government lacks

a)

Standing

b)

Legitimacy

c)

Allies

d)

Confidence

3.

What terms refers to "the activity - negotiation, argument, discussion, application of force, etc. - by which an issue is agitated or settled."

a)

Politics

b)

Lobbying

c)

Gerrymandering

d)

Legitimacy

4.

Which philosopher referred to Democracy as "Rule by the Many"?

a)

Locke

b)

Rousseau

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

5.

Which of the following argued the "class view" of democracy; that the government is dominated by capitalists?

a)

Marx

b)

Rousseau

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

6.

Which view of democracy contends that appointed officials run everything, despite the efforts of elected officials and the public to control them.

a)

Power Elite View

b)

Bureaucratic View

c)

Pluralist View

d)

Creedal Passion View

7.

Which view of government argues that the most important policy decisions are influenced by impassioned elites that are motivated less by economic self-interest and more by an almost religious zeal to bring government in line with democratic ideals?

a)

Creedal Passion View

b)

Power Elite View

c)

Bureaucratic View

d)

Pluralist View

8.

Which term means that society is divided into many competing groups; people can belong to more than one at any time.

a)

Pluralism

b)

Bureaucracy

c)

Democratic Socialism

d)

Elitism

9.

Which form of government did the Framers of the constitution believed best served the "public good"?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Elitist Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

10.

What is the trend of the political attitudes of people under thirty?

a)

They are becoming more "involved in our democracy"

b)

They are becoming less "involved in our democracy"

c)

They have generally high voter turnout

d)

They pay very close attention to political news