AMERICAN GOVERNMENT II 1.Power fundamentally involves ______ between or among people ?

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT II

1.Power fundamentally involves ______ between or among people ?

a.friendships

b.shared property

c.animosities

d.relationships

2. Power is ?

a. The ability to influence another person’s behavior

b. having many advanced weapons

c. achieving voluntary consensus among groups

d. persuading people to act independently of government authority.

3. Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)

a. a weak “league of friendship “ among the states

b. the requirement of unanimous approval by all 13 states for amendments

c. no judicial branch

d. no congressional power to impose taxes.

4. Which of the following was NOT a strength of the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)

a. the power to declare war

b. conduct foreign policy

c. manage a postage system

d. oversee an army composed of federal militia

5.Protection from government intrusion into the private lives and beliefs of citizens is guaranteed

by the _________ and __________ Amendments ?

a. First and Second

b. Second and Ninth

c. Ninth and Eleventh

d. First and Ninth

6.How did the White House “spin “ the story of British troop withdrawal from Iraq ?

a. The withdrawal was needed to make room for the U.S troops surge

b. The withdrawal was recommended by Vice President Cheney

c. The this was a sign of political weakness for British prime Minister Tony Blair

d. The withdrawal there was a sign of success of the coalition and of the British ore sense in southern Iraq

7. Though there are up to ______ judges on an appeals court , only _____ usually hear each case ?

a 12;5

b.12;3

c.15;5

d.15;3

8.Approximately _______ of the country’s adult population has internet access ?

a. one-third

b. b.two-third

c. c.one-quarter

d. three-quarters

9.Most Americans view themselves as members of the ______ class .

a.upper

b.middle

c.lower

d.none of the above ( they do not define themselves )

10. A plural elitist might consider the compromises struck during the health care reform debate to be an example of elite interest groups each pursuing and achieving their separate sets of agendas ?

a.plural elitist

b.fundamentalist

c.conspiracy theories

d.Both A and C.