Which political group has seen its numbers increase in the United States in the past decade?
a. Independents
b. Republicans
c. Democratic socialists
d. Democrats
e. Libertarians
Q. 2All of the formal procedures for constitutional change in the states involve two basic steps. These steps consist of
a. legislative and executive proposals.
b. constitutional conventions and commissions.
c. direct and indirect initiatives.
d. initiation and ratification.
Q. 3A country's executive may include
a. the president.
b. the prime minister.
c. the cabinet.
d. a religious supreme leader.
e. all of these.
Q. 4When it comes to moral issues, conservatives
a. believe morality is personal.
b. think it is the job of government to regulate morality.
c. promote tolerance as a key moral value.
d. look to religion as the foundation of morality.
e. avoid discussions about morality.
Q. 5Judicial review evolved at the state level
a. through formal adoption in state constitutions.
b. through the courts' own insistence that they hold this authority.
c. through executive order.
d. through the initiative process.
Q. 6In comparative politics, the term state refers to
a. subnational units of government like Missouri.
b. the total area of a country.
c. the key political institutions in a country.
d. the government in power in a country.
e. a group of people with a common ethnicity.
Q. 7Which of the following most significantly accelerated the values divide between liberals and conservatives?
a. The election of Ronald Reagan
b. The rise of the KKK
c. The Contract with America
d. The war on terror
e. The election of Barack Obama
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