These political principles may offer us some ______ into the core values of the American people at large as well as the vision Americans have for their country.

The idea behind the rule of law is that ______ laws should govern the formal aspects of social interaction.

Americans ______ the notion that “no person is above the law” and that laws apply equally to all people regardless of their wealth, personal connections, or station in life.

Sovereignty may ______ a king, in a parliament, in the state, or in the people.

The principle of individual rights ______ the common notion that the individual is subordinate to the state, and declares that the most important characteristics of a just society should be the recognition of individual worth.

Because of the system of checks and balances, ______ in American politics is a matter of necessity, not choice.

As the third branch of federal government, the Supreme Court within the Judiciary has the responsibility of ______ the other two branches.

If somebody sues the said community or the said school board, a court may intervene, telling the community or school board that they have unfairly attempted to exercise ______.

Nevertheless, whatever their label is, politicians in the US consistently ______ the political values and attitudes their prospective audiences are presumed to share in order to win their support.

It can be inferred from the passage that the US political system has been operating so far ________”.

It is upon ________ that the government is based.

In the case of the US, popular sovereignty means that ________ are sovereign.

The members of the US Senate are elected by popular vote ______.

The American system of government is best described as ______.

Under the rule of “one person, one vote”, all election districts must have about the same number of ________.

From the statement “what a President wants to do is often a different thing from what a President is able to do”, we can infer that ______.

The President of the US is elected every four years to a ______ term of office, with no more than ________ full terms.

In the sentence “Americans especially tend to dislike ‘those fools in Washington’”, “those fools in Washington” refers to ________.

Americans have a(n)  ________ attitude toward their political system.