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WorksheetsAP Government (Ch.1:1-2)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What term refers to conflict, real or apparent, between the interests, ideas or beliefs of different citizens
Politics
Public Policy
Issue
Lobbying
The United States might withhold recognition of the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The Taliban government lacks
Standing
Legitimacy
Allies
Confidence
What terms refers to "the activity - negotiation, argument, discussion, application of force, etc. - by which an issue is agitated or settled."
Politics
Lobbying
Gerrymandering
Legitimacy
Which philosopher referred to Democracy as "Rule by the Many"?
Locke
Rousseau
Plato
Aristotle
Which of the following argued the "class view" of democracy; that the government is dominated by capitalists?
Marx
Rousseau
Plato
Aristotle
Which view of democracy contends that appointed officials run everything, despite the efforts of elected officials and the public to control them.
Power Elite View
Bureaucratic View
Pluralist View
Creedal Passion View
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?
Creedal Passion View
Power Elite View
Bureaucratic View
Pluralist View
Which term means that society is divided into many competing groups; people can belong to more than one at any time.
Pluralism
Bureaucracy
Democratic Socialism
Elitism
Which form of government did the Framers of the constitution believed best served the "public good"?
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Elitist Democracy
Oligarchy
What is the trend of the political attitudes of people under thirty?
They are becoming more "involved in our democracy"
They are becoming less "involved in our democracy"
They have generally high voter turnout
They pay very close attention to political news
