The philosopher John Locke believed constitutions were
a. divinely inspired agreements.
b. evolutionary concepts of governance.
c. contracts between people and government.
d. largely unwritten processes of governing.
Q. 2Which of the following statements about Britain's national parties (the Scottish National Party and the Plaid Cymru) is CORRECT?
a. These national parties dominate the contests in their regions.
b. The biggest competitor for these national parties in their respective regions is the Labour Party.
c. These parties have seen their support erode in favor of the British Green Party.
d. These parties have started to competitively participate in electoral districts outside of their respective regions.
e. The biggest competitor to these parties in their respective regions is the Conservative Party.
Q. 3Constitutionalism suggests that government operates
a. within certain rules.
b. within the perimeters of politics.
c. by virtue of people power.
d. by God-given values.
Q. 4In terms of gender and ethnic representation in the British Parliament following the 2010 election, Parliament
a. became less diverse, only seeing an increase of white women in its ranks.
b. saw its numbers of ethnic minority MPs double.
c. became very diverse with its MPs proportionally representing Britain's ethnic and gender divisions for the first time.
d. saw its number of women MPs fall from those elected in 2005.
e. saw the election of its first Asian male MP.
Q. 5By the time Jerry Brown embarked on his fourth and final term as governor, public officials were _________about California's future.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Q. 6If it had passed, the 2011 referendum on the a vote (alternative vote) system would have established a _______________ voting system in the United Kingdom for its parliamentary elections.
a. proportional representation
b. first-past-the-post
c. multi-member districts
d. rank-ordered preferential
e. two-round majoritarian
Q. 7In 1906, British Ambassador _____ asked what will happen when California is filled with 50 million people.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Q. 8Britain's single-member plurality electoral system tends to
a. exaggerate the scale of victory of the largest party.
b. result in minority or coalition governments.
c. result in a House of Commons that accurately reflects the demographic characteristics (such as race, ethnic identity, and gender) of the populace.
d. keep the combined popular vote for smaller and national parties below 5 percent.
e. all of these.
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