In recent decades, changes made through the initiative process have included

In recent decades, changes made through the initiative process have included
 
  a. establishment of term limits for elected state officials.
  b. establishment of the California Lottery.
  c. a guarantee for public schools of over 40 percent of state general fund revenues.
  d. All of the above

 Q. 2

Authoritarianism is a regime type
 
  a. that engages in militarism and emphasizes remaking society along racial, religious, or ethnic lines.
  b. that includes an official ideology; a single mass political party, usually with a single leader, that has a monopoly of political power; a secret police force and the use of terror against the population; a monopoly over means of communication; a monopoly over weapons in society; and a command economy.
  c. in which the central government has authority over all lower levels of government, and those lower levels have no powers reserved for them.
  d. defined by its rule by a single leader or small group of leaders, limited political participation, existent but limited autonomy of society from state control, the lack of an overarching ideology, and limited control over the economy.
  e. that combines strong executives and few checks on the power of the majority to pass laws and amend the constitution.

 Q. 3

______ proposed constitutional amendments placed on the ballot through the initiative process have been ______ by the voters.
 
  a. All but three ... rejected
  b. Most ... rejected
  c. Most ... accepted
  d. All but three ... accepted

 Q. 4

Totalitarianism is a regime type defined
 
  a. as having an economy that is modernized enough to require leaders to work closely with a large bureaucracy with expertise on policy matters.
  b. by an effort to remake society and atomize the population.
  c. as militaristic with an emphasis on remaking society along racial, religious, or ethnic lines.
  d. by an effort to remake society in the name of the working class through, among other things, state ownership of the means of production.
  e. as an arrangement in which the central government has authority over all lower levels of government, and those lower levels have no powers reserved for them.

 Q. 5

The most common method of amending the California constitution has been by
 
  a. referendum.
  b. initiative.
  c. constitutional convention.
  d. executive order.

 Q. 6

Which model of democracy best reflects the ideal of majoritarian democracy?
 
  a. American model of democracy
  b. British model of democracy
  c. Westminster model of democracy
  d. Latin American model of democracy
  e. European model of democracy

 Q. 7

Initiatives:
 
  a. must be limited to a single subject.
  b. can be used to amend the constitution.
  c. can be used to revise the constitution.
  d. a and b, but not c.

 Q. 8

A democratic system that combines parliamentary and PR arrangements is following the
 
  a. American model of democracy.
  b. British model of democracy.
  c. Westminster model of democracy.
  d. Latin American model of democracy.
  e. European model of democracy.