Quiz 1-4
Test Submission: Quiz 1-4
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Course: POL-2241-XTIC 13/T4 (McDaniel)
Started: 3/28/13 11:49 PM
Submitted: 3/29/13 2:10 AM
Score: 97.5 out of 100 points
1. Of the nearly two hundred governments in the world, what is the estimate of the number of actual constitutional democracies? Answer: 20
2. Direct democracy is best defined as Answer: A system that allows citizens to vote directly for laws and policies.
3. At the time of the Founding, approximately ______ percent of non-Native American inhabitants of the thirteen states were of European ancestry. Answer: 80
4. What is the most important check on majority rule in the United States? Answer: minority rights
5. According to the text, what is the main benefit of a constitutional government? Answer: The government is limited by the rule of law.
6. The Bill of Rights was designed to protect Answer: liberty.
7. Recent polls reveal that more than three-fourths of Americans know the name of the current speaker of the House. Answer: False
8. Parliaments began in Europe as institutions for aristocrats. Answer: True
9. Constitutional democracies were often found throughout ancient Greece. Answer: False
10. According to the ancient Greeks, a citizen was Answer: Anyone who was knowledgeable of and actively participated in government.
11. The Antifederalists argued that the powers of government should be limited by Answer: Both confining the powers of the federal government to certain narrowly defines areas and adding a bill of rights to the Constitution.
12. Who orchestrated the Boston Tea Party? Answer: Samuel Adams
13. Under the original, unamended Constitution, the only person(s) elected directly by the people was/were Answer: Members of the House of Representatives.
14. Only one-third of the Senate is up for re-election during any
User:
Course: POL-2241-XTIC 13/T4 (McDaniel)
Started: 3/28/13 11:49 PM
Submitted: 3/29/13 2:10 AM
Score: 97.5 out of 100 points
1. Of the nearly two hundred governments in the world, what is the estimate of the number of actual constitutional democracies? Answer: 20
2. Direct democracy is best defined as Answer: A system that allows citizens to vote directly for laws and policies.
3. At the time of the Founding, approximately ______ percent of non-Native American inhabitants of the thirteen states were of European ancestry. Answer: 80
4. What is the most important check on majority rule in the United States? Answer: minority rights
5. According to the text, what is the main benefit of a constitutional government? Answer: The government is limited by the rule of law.
6. The Bill of Rights was designed to protect Answer: liberty.
7. Recent polls reveal that more than three-fourths of Americans know the name of the current speaker of the House. Answer: False
8. Parliaments began in Europe as institutions for aristocrats. Answer: True
9. Constitutional democracies were often found throughout ancient Greece. Answer: False
10. According to the ancient Greeks, a citizen was Answer: Anyone who was knowledgeable of and actively participated in government.
11. The Antifederalists argued that the powers of government should be limited by Answer: Both confining the powers of the federal government to certain narrowly defines areas and adding a bill of rights to the Constitution.
12. Who orchestrated the Boston Tea Party? Answer: Samuel Adams
13. Under the original, unamended Constitution, the only person(s) elected directly by the people was/were Answer: Members of the House of Representatives.
14. Only one-third of the Senate is up for re-election during any