Question 1

Which of the following is the closest to a practicable model of direct democracy?

Accepted Answer

A) Participatory democracy 
B) Pluralist democracy 
C) Presidential democracy 
D) Developmental democracy 
E) Protective democracy 
A) Participatory democracy 
B) Pluralist democracy 
C) Presidential democracy 
D) Developmental democracy 
E) Protective democracy

Question 2

Which of the following terms best describes the U.S. government today?

Accepted Answer

A) Participatory democracy 
B) Pluralist democracy 
C) Presidential democracy 
D) Developmental democracy 
E) Protective democracy 
A) Participatory democracy 
B) Pluralist democracy 
C) Presidential democracy 
D) Developmental democracy 
E) Protective democracy

Question 3

Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?

Accepted Answer

A) The majority always gets its way. 
B) Government should be responsive, limited, and effective. 
C) Ineffective government is an unavoidable side-effect. 
D) There should be a popularly elected head of state. 
E) The majority is never morally correct. 
A) The majority always gets its way. 
B) Government should be responsive, limited, and effective. 
C) Ineffective government is an unavoidable side-effect. 
D) There should be a popularly elected head of state. 
E) The majority is never morally correct.

Question 4

Which of Hudson's models of democracy may be described as self-contradictory?

Accepted Answer

A) Protective democracy 
B) Developmental democracy 
C) Pluralist democracy 
D) Participatory democracy 
E) Cosmopolitan democracy 
A) Protective democracy 
B) Developmental democracy 
C) Pluralist democracy 
D) Participatory democracy 
E) Cosmopolitan democracy

Question 5

Constitutional democracy is a modern form of Athenian style direct democracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Cosmopolitan democracy presupposes that the nation-state is less important in an age when we are all citizens of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

John Calhoun favored a system that would allow the federal government to dictate policies to the states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following are the ideas of John Locke?

Accepted Answer

A) Meaningful freedom could not exist outside the realm of law. 
B) The rule of law was unacceptable because it suppressed individual freedoms. 
C) "Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins." 
D) The seventeenth century saw limited advances in the rule of law. 
E) Both A and C 
A) Meaningful freedom could not exist outside the realm of law. 
B) The rule of law was unacceptable because it suppressed individual freedoms. 
C) "Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins." 
D) The seventeenth century saw limited advances in the rule of law. 
E) Both A and C

Question 9

Socrates noted that people want and rely on experts in most aspects of their lives. For instance, most people hire trained plumbers, auto mechanics, financial advisors, and medical doctors. Why should politics, a subject that involves trillions of dollars, the public welfare, and issues of war and peace, be left to a majority of whoever shows up on Election Day? Why not rely on experts in areas of politics and governance?

Accepted Answer

Socrates, the classical Greek philosophe

Question 10

What term is used to define the winner of an election as the candidate with the most votes?

Accepted Answer

A) Majority 
B) Simple majority 
C) Virtual majority 
D) Plurality 
E) Distributive winner 
A) Majority 
B) Simple majority 
C) Virtual majority 
D) Plurality 
E) Distributive winner

Question 11

Thomas Jefferson was more worried about the potential for abuse in majority rule than Alexander Hamilton.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the theory of federalism?

Accepted Answer

A) A division of power between a national government and its regional subdivisions 
B) A division of power between a state government and its respective agencies 
C) The fundamental structure of constitutional democracy 
D) A state that promotes a strong central (federal) government 
E) A safeguard against the dangers of decentralization 
A) A division of power between a national government and its regional subdivisions 
B) A division of power between a state government and its respective agencies 
C) The fundamental structure of constitutional democracy 
D) A state that promotes a strong central (federal) government 
E) A safeguard against the dangers of decentralization

Question 13

What was the legislative body of the United States was designed to be?

Accepted Answer

A) Tyranny of the majority 
B) Parliamentary 
C) Bicameral 
D) Cosmopolitan Democracy 
E) None of the above 
A) Tyranny of the majority 
B) Parliamentary 
C) Bicameral 
D) Cosmopolitan Democracy 
E) None of the above

Question 14

Federalism helps protect civil and political liberties by limiting the scope of national government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following landmark rules of law were achieved in seventeenth century Britain?

Accepted Answer

A) English common law and Magna Carta is the standard to which ordinary acts of parliament should conform. 
B) Writs of habeas corpus 
C) Idea of due process 
D) Abolished use of torture 
E) All of the above 
A) English common law and Magna Carta is the standard to which ordinary acts of parliament should conform. 
B) Writs of habeas corpus 
C) Idea of due process 
D) Abolished use of torture 
E) All of the above

Question 16

What safeguards did the Founders put in place to guard against the excesses of majority rule?

Accepted Answer

A) Separation of powers 
B) Federalism 
C) The independence of the courts 
D) Both A and C 
E) All of the above 
A) Separation of powers 
B) Federalism 
C) The independence of the courts 
D) Both A and C 
E) All of the above

Question 17

The Thirteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection for all.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Discuss the ideas of John Calhoun. What are his ideas of a brokered democracy, a concurrent majority, and nullification? Have we ever seen these ideas work in American government? If not, why not?

Accepted Answer

John C. Calhoun was a prominent politica

Question 19

What term is used to describe a democratic government using mob rule for guidance?

Accepted Answer

A) Broken democracy 
B) Tyranny of the majority 
C) Brevity of justice 
D) Unitary system 
E) Cosmopolitan democracy 
A) Broken democracy 
B) Tyranny of the majority 
C) Brevity of justice 
D) Unitary system 
E) Cosmopolitan democracy

Question 20

Contemporary political scientists often refer to which of the following as the first prominent exponent of a pluralist model of democracy?

Accepted Answer

A) John Calhoun 
B) Thomas Jefferson 
C) Alexander Hamilton 
D) John Quincy Adams 
E) John Adams 
A) John Calhoun 
B) Thomas Jefferson 
C) Alexander Hamilton 
D) John Quincy Adams 
E) John Adams

Which of the following is the closest to a practicable model of direct democracy?

Which of the following terms best describes the U.S. government today?

Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?

Which of Hudson's models of democracy may be described as self-contradictory?

Constitutional democracy is a modern form of Athenian style direct democracy.

Cosmopolitan democracy presupposes that the nation-state is less important in an age when we are all citizens of the world.

John Calhoun favored a system that would allow the federal government to dictate policies to the states.

Which of the following are the ideas of John Locke?

What term is used to define the winner of an election as the candidate with the most votes?

Thomas Jefferson was more worried about the potential for abuse in majority rule than Alexander Hamilton.

Which of the following best describes the theory of federalism?

What was the legislative body of the United States was designed to be?

Federalism helps protect civil and political liberties by limiting the scope of national government.

Which of the following landmark rules of law were achieved in seventeenth century Britain?

What safeguards did the Founders put in place to guard against the excesses of majority rule?

The Thirteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection for all.

Discuss the ideas of John Calhoun. What are his ideas of a brokered democracy, a concurrent majority, and nullification? Have we ever seen these ideas work in American government? If not, why not?

What term is used to describe a democratic government using mob rule for guidance?

Contemporary political scientists often refer to which of the following as the first prominent exponent of a pluralist model of democracy?

Introduction: The Study of Politics

The Idea of the Public Good: Ideologies and Isms

Utopias: Model States

The Authoritarian Model: Myth and Reality

The Totalitarian Model: A False Utopia

Parliamentary Democracy

States and Economies in Transition: Between Democracy and Yesterday

Development: Myths and Realities

Political Socialization: The Making of a Citizen

Political Participation: The Limits of Democracy

Political Leadership: The Many Faces of Power

Issues in Public Policy: Politics, Principles, Priorities, and Practicies

Revolution: In the Name of Justice

War: Politics by Other Means

Terrorism: Weapon of the Weak

World Politics: The Struggle for Power

International Organizations: Globalization and the Quest for Order

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Exam 4: Constitutional Democracy: Models of Representation

Which of the following is the closest to a practicable model of direct democracy?

Which of the following terms best describes the U.S. government today?

Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?

Which of Hudson's models of democracy may be described as self-contradictory?

Constitutional democracy is a modern form of Athenian style direct democracy.

Cosmopolitan democracy presupposes that the nation-state is less important in an age when we are all citizens of the world.

John Calhoun favored a system that would allow the federal government to dictate policies to the states.

Which of the following are the ideas of John Locke?

What term is used to define the winner of an election as the candidate with the most votes?

Thomas Jefferson was more worried about the potential for abuse in majority rule than Alexander Hamilton.

Which of the following best describes the theory of federalism?

What was the legislative body of the United States was designed to be?

Federalism helps protect civil and political liberties by limiting the scope of national government.

Which of the following landmark rules of law were achieved in seventeenth century Britain?

What safeguards did the Founders put in place to guard against the excesses of majority rule?

The Thirteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection for all.

Discuss the ideas of John Calhoun. What are his ideas of a brokered democracy, a concurrent majority, and nullification? Have we ever seen these ideas work in American government? If not, why not?

What term is used to describe a democratic government using mob rule for guidance?

Contemporary political scientists often refer to which of the following as the first prominent exponent of a pluralist model of democracy?

Introduction: The Study of Politics

The Idea of the Public Good: Ideologies and Isms

Utopias: Model States

The Authoritarian Model: Myth and Reality

The Totalitarian Model: A False Utopia

Parliamentary Democracy

States and Economies in Transition: Between Democracy and Yesterday

Development: Myths and Realities

Political Socialization: The Making of a Citizen

Political Participation: The Limits of Democracy

Political Leadership: The Many Faces of Power

Issues in Public Policy: Politics, Principles, Priorities, and Practicies

Revolution: In the Name of Justice

War: Politics by Other Means

Terrorism: Weapon of the Weak

World Politics: The Struggle for Power

International Organizations: Globalization and the Quest for Order

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