Gareth, a first-grade teacher, finds three of his students fighting over the few toys lying in the play area. Gareth intervenes and decides which student gets to play with which toy and in what order. In resolving the conflict among his students, Gareth essentially demonstrates a process similar to the one involved in _____.
A) centralization
B) electioneering
C) partisanship
D) appeasement
E) politics
Question -2-A totalitarian dictator__________.
A) attempts to satisfy the individual needs of a country's citizens
B) opposes government redistribution of income
C) seeks to control almost all aspects of social and economic life
D) acquires power through inheritance
E) is limited by other branches of government
Question -3-The English Bill of Rights passed by the English Parliament in 1689 established that the king or queen:
A) had to conduct and monitor parliamentary elections.
B) had to have Parliament's approval to maintain an army.
C) could levy taxes without being answerable to anyone.
D) could refuse to take the Parliament's suggestions in matters of national concern.
E) could make changes to the Constitution without the Parliament's consent.
Question -4-Which of the following is true of a monarchy?
A) The government is a form of democracy.
B) A monarch's power is not supported by tradition.
C) A monarch's power is acquired through inheritance.
D) The government is a form of dictatorship.
E) A monarch always has unlimited power over the subjects.
Question -5-Undemocratic systems that are not supported by tradition are called _____.
A) monarchies
B) kingships
C) theocracies
D) plutocracies
E) dictatorships
Question -6-Which of the following statements is true about liberalism?
A) Liberals advocate adherence to traditional family values.
B) Liberals strongly oppose the separation of church and state.
C) Liberals think that the government should support laws that impose traditional religious values.
D) Liberals commonly accuse conservatives of valuing big government for its own sake.
E) Liberals support the protection of minority rights of all kinds.
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