WorksheetsIntroducing Government AP Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Something in which any member of society can share without diminishing the supply to any other member of society
Public Policy
Public Good
Pluralism
Political Culture
It consists of subject and problems getting the attention of government officials and their associates
Policy Agenda
Collective Goods
Elitism
Politics
Political parties, elections, and interest groups are the main ones in the United States.
Governments
Majority Rule
Linkage Institutions
Gross Domestic Product
According to this theory of American government, many groups are so strong and numerous that the government is unable to act.
Pluralism
Elitism
Representation
Hyperpluralism
This problem is magnified when voters choose a president from one party and congressional majorities from the other party.
Democracy
Policy Gridlock
Policy Agenda
Single-Issue Group
Which of the following is an example of a collective good?
medical care
college education
highway system
automobile insurance
Which of the following is NOT a form of political participation?
Contacting public officials
Marching in political protests
Voting
None of the Above
According to Robert Dahl's traditional democratic theory, an ideal democratic process should satisfy all of the following criteria EXCEPT...
Equality Voting
Effective Participation
Enlightened Understanding
Efficient Bureaucracy
Despite their differences, all governments
provide public services.
maintain a national defense.
collect taxes
All of the above
Single-issue groups
aid effective policymaking for the public interest.
are concerned with a wide range of problems.
tend to have a narrow interest and to dislike compromise.
view politics as a vocation, rather than as an avocation.
Which of the following is NOT a component of the policymaking system?
Criminal justice institutions
People
Linkage institutions
Policy agenda
In a democratic society, parties, elections, interest groups, and the media are all examples of ____ between the preferences of citizens and the government’s policy agenda.
cross-pollination
linkage institutions
ideological bridges
inputs and outputs
Which of the following is NOT a type of public policy?
Congressional statute
Regulation
Mandate
Court decision
The principle of “one person, one vote,” is an expression of the principle of
equality in voting.
effective participation.
enlightened understanding.
citizen control of the agenda.
The principle of traditional democracy theory guaranteeing rights to those who do not belong to majorities and allows that they might join majorities through persuasion and reasoned argument is called the principle of
majority rule.
minority rights.
representation.
pluralism
The overall set of values widely shared within a society is called the society’s
America’s bountiful frontier provides a partial explanation for which element of the American creed?
Egalitarianism
Populism
Individualism
Liberty
TRUE OR FALSE: The voter turnout rate among young Americans is consistently higher than among older Americans
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE: Emergent communication technologies and the proliferation of television channels make it easier to avoid information about politics.
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE: The daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is a tool of political socialization used to instill national values among the young.
True
False
