Question 1

Which of the following is a member of the judicial branch?

Accepted Answer

A)  the police 
B)  the courts 
C)  the cabinet 
D)  the vice president 
A)  the police 
B)  the courts 
C)  the cabinet 
D)  the vice president

Question 2

Which of the following described life in the state of nature as "poor,nasty,brutish and short…a constant war of every man with every man"?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Locke 
B)  David Bell 
C)  Thomas Hobbes 
D)  Plato 
A)  John Locke 
B)  David Bell 
C)  Thomas Hobbes 
D)  Plato

Question 3

Which of the following is a check on the power of the American government built into its Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  The government is completely centralized. 
B)  The federal government is divided into three distinct branches with various powers over each other. 
C)  The president has the power to make laws directly. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  The government is completely centralized. 
B)  The federal government is divided into three distinct branches with various powers over each other. 
C)  The president has the power to make laws directly. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 4

Sovereignty is the power of government to make and enforce laws.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The separation of powers is designed to make the judicial branch superior to the other two branches.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following best describes civil disobedience?

Accepted Answer

A)  active, nonviolent refusal to obey a law believed unjust 
B)  actively being rude to other citizens in order to make a moral point 
C)  working to increase the enforcement of civil rights 
D)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  active, nonviolent refusal to obey a law believed unjust 
B)  actively being rude to other citizens in order to make a moral point 
C)  working to increase the enforcement of civil rights 
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 7

Some laws have nothing to do with morality or justice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

All laws are just.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is a potential law proposed by citizens?

Accepted Answer

A)  article 
B)  referenda 
C)  amendment 
D)  initiative 
A)  article 
B)  referenda 
C)  amendment 
D)  initiative

Question 10

Which of the following is the set of legal precedents set by previous court decisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  common law 
B)  referenda 
C)  rules of evidence 
D)  case briefs 
A)  common law 
B)  referenda 
C)  rules of evidence 
D)  case briefs

Question 11

Ralph Waldo Emerson was imprisoned in 1846 for violating laws he believed to be unjust.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the rule of law?

Accepted Answer

A)  a condition in which government authority is exercised only in accordance with written laws 
B)  a condition in which government authority is exercised only insofar as the people approve of each such exercise 
C)  a condition in which the ruling classes can act as they want in any individual case 
D)  a condition in which the ruling classes can only act as international law permits 
A)  a condition in which government authority is exercised only in accordance with written laws 
B)  a condition in which government authority is exercised only insofar as the people approve of each such exercise 
C)  a condition in which the ruling classes can act as they want in any individual case 
D)  a condition in which the ruling classes can only act as international law permits

Question 13

Which of the following is a form of government in which the citizens make laws?

Accepted Answer

A)  monarchy 
B)  parliamentary democracy 
C)  representative democracy 
D)  direct democracy 
A)  monarchy 
B)  parliamentary democracy 
C)  representative democracy 
D)  direct democracy

Question 14

Thoreau claims that civil disobedience should be preceded by attempts to change the law that stay within legal limits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Draft dodgers that fled the country during the Vietnam War draft followed all of Thoreau's criteria for civil disobedience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is the power of the judicial system to overturn laws it believes conflict with the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  judicial review 
B)  veto power 
C)  rules of evidence 
D)  checks and balances 
A)  judicial review 
B)  veto power 
C)  rules of evidence 
D)  checks and balances

Question 17

Which of the following best describes a liberal democracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  a monarchy 
B)  a democracy in which only Democrats are elected to office 
C)  a democracy in which the Democratic party holds the majority in Congress 
D)  a democracy that protects the liberties of the individual 
A)  a monarchy 
B)  a democracy in which only Democrats are elected to office 
C)  a democracy in which the Democratic party holds the majority in Congress 
D)  a democracy that protects the liberties of the individual

Question 18

Which of the following is a check on the power of the executive branch?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ability of Congress to impeach the president 
B)  the restriction of the ability to declare war to Congress 
C)  the judicial branch's ability to limit or overturn executive branch decisions 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  the ability of Congress to impeach the president 
B)  the restriction of the ability to declare war to Congress 
C)  the judicial branch's ability to limit or overturn executive branch decisions 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 19

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Judges may overrule the decisions of juries. 
B)  Judges may make laws. 
C)  Judges may overturn a law on the grounds that the law is not a good one. 
D)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  Judges may overrule the decisions of juries. 
B)  Judges may make laws. 
C)  Judges may overturn a law on the grounds that the law is not a good one. 
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT one of Thoreau's criteria for civil disobedience?

Accepted Answer

A)  Act publicly. 
B)  Accept the consequences of the act. 
C)  Act morally and nonviolently. 
D)  Obey all laws. 
A)  Act publicly. 
B)  Accept the consequences of the act. 
C)  Act morally and nonviolently. 
D)  Obey all laws.

Which of the following is a member of the judicial branch?

Which of the following described life in the state of nature as "poor,nasty,brutish and short…a constant war of every man with every man"?

Which of the following is a check on the power of the American government built into its Constitution?

Sovereignty is the power of government to make and enforce laws.

The separation of powers is designed to make the judicial branch superior to the other two branches.

Which of the following best describes civil disobedience?

Some laws have nothing to do with morality or justice.

All laws are just.

Which of the following is a potential law proposed by citizens?

Which of the following is the set of legal precedents set by previous court decisions?

Ralph Waldo Emerson was imprisoned in 1846 for violating laws he believed to be unjust.

Which of the following best describes the rule of law?

Which of the following is a form of government in which the citizens make laws?

Thoreau claims that civil disobedience should be preceded by attempts to change the law that stay within legal limits.

Draft dodgers that fled the country during the Vietnam War draft followed all of Thoreau's criteria for civil disobedience.

Which of the following is the power of the judicial system to overturn laws it believes conflict with the Constitution?

Which of the following best describes a liberal democracy?

Which of the following is a check on the power of the executive branch?

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following is NOT one of Thoreau's criteria for civil disobedience?

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Which of the following is a member of the judicial branch?

Which of the following described life in the state of nature as "poor,nasty,brutish and short…a constant war of every man with every man"?

Which of the following is a check on the power of the American government built into its Constitution?

Sovereignty is the power of government to make and enforce laws.

The separation of powers is designed to make the judicial branch superior to the other two branches.

Which of the following best describes civil disobedience?

Some laws have nothing to do with morality or justice.

All laws are just.

Which of the following is a potential law proposed by citizens?

Which of the following is the set of legal precedents set by previous court decisions?

Ralph Waldo Emerson was imprisoned in 1846 for violating laws he believed to be unjust.

Which of the following best describes the rule of law?

Which of the following is a form of government in which the citizens make laws?

Thoreau claims that civil disobedience should be preceded by attempts to change the law that stay within legal limits.

Draft dodgers that fled the country during the Vietnam War draft followed all of Thoreau's criteria for civil disobedience.

Which of the following is the power of the judicial system to overturn laws it believes conflict with the Constitution?

Which of the following best describes a liberal democracy?

Which of the following is a check on the power of the executive branch?

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following is NOT one of Thoreau's criteria for civil disobedience?

Critical Thinking: Why Its Important?

Reason and Emotion

Language and Communication

Knowledge, Evidence, and Errors in Thinking

Informal Fallacies

Recognizing, Analyzing, and Constructing Arguments

Inductive Arguments

Deductive Arguments

Ethics and Moral Decision Making

Marketing and Advertising

Mass Media

Science

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