Sample AHTG Test Questions
1.
A free market or capitalism exists insofar as:
(A)
experts managing the nation’s commerce are appointed by elected officials.
(B)
individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources.
(C)
charity, philanthropy, and volunteering decrease.
(D)
demand and supply are decided through majority vote.
(E)
government implements policies that favor businesses over consumers.
2.
John Locke wrote his Second Treatise on Government to justify which of the
following events?
(A)
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
(B)
The formation of the Constitution of the United States
(C)
The Glorious Revolution in England
(D)
The English Civil War
(E)
The founding of the Church of England
3.
Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
(A)
The government should guarantee every citizen economic security.
(B)
The central government and state governments should have equal power.
(C)
If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can
be overthrown.
(D)
Rulers derive their right to govern from God and are therefore bound to
govern in the nation’s best interest.
4.
The king of Pandora and its parliament have passed new laws that levy tariffs on the
imports from certain countries. This has caused there to be more exports from the
country than there are imports coming in. The country of Pandora is most clearly
exhibiting which of the following economic systems?
(A)
Mercantilism
(B)
Socialism
(C)
Market Economy
(D)
Communism
(E)
Free trade
5.
Which of the following best captures the idea of the Christian Calling?
(A)
The Christian Calling is a Calvinist idea that says workers should choose only
those occupations allowed in scripture.
(B)
The Christian Calling is the Calvinist (and later, Mormon) conception of doing
work that helps the congregation be successful in their Sabbath worship.
(C)
The Christian Calling is primarily an Amish idea that includes working
together in the community to help each other, as in the collective barn
raising.
(D)
The Christian Calling can include many different kinds of occupations, but the
important point is to work hard and be successful in order to glorify God.
(E)
The Christian Calling includes all the duties of the “mouth” (such as
preaching and proclaiming the Gospel) in the community Body of Christ.
6.
A grocery store recently dropped its discount program, but a certain employee likes
to randomly give discounts to girls that he thinks are cute, in the hopes that it will
one day land him a date. This practice is most closely analogous to which type of
violation of the rule of law?
(A)
Prospectivity
(B)
Publicity
(C)
Generality
(D)
Due Process
(E)
Consent
(F)
No violation
7.
The Anglan parliament recently passed a new, harsher penalty for drunk driving.
Instead of just receiving a fine of $5,000 for the first offense, they now have to pay
the $5,000 fine plus serve 10 years in jail for the first offense. As a result of the new
policy the number of drunk-driving incidents has decreased dramatically. Which of
the following economic principles best describes why the number of drunk-driving
incidents has decreased?
(A)
Law of Comparative Advantage
(B)
Competition
(C)
Law of Demand
(D)
Role of Profits
(E)
Role of Money
8.
According to the law of supply, which of the following situations would be most
likely to occur?
(A)
Farmers rush to get hogs to the market before the price of the hogs increases.
(B)
The price of digital watches has fallen so low that producers have decreased
their production of them.
(C)
With the price of milk rising, most dairy farmers are quitting the business
and focusing their efforts on other products.
(D)
Now that Sony, Atari, Microsoft, and Nintendo are all producing video games,
the price of games is climbing out of sight.
(E)
The price of gas has continued to rise the past few months, this has led to a
decrease in the amount of driving that people do.
9.
A certain political leader has a very warm view of human nature and sees much of
the conflict in the world arising from social institutions such as private property or
competition. Of the alternatives to government discussed by City Upon a Hill, which
would this leader most closely associate with?
(A)
Classical Republicanism
(B)
Libertarianism
(C)
Liberalism
(D)
Autocracy
(E)
Theocracy
10.
The Human Predicament Cycle is BEST illustrated by which of the following?
(A)
Somalians riot when aid trucks from the United Nations run out of food.
(B)
The poverty of medieval peasants in the kingdom of Genovia causes them to
revolt against nobles and establish a democratic republic.
(C)
The oppression of Kurds in Iraq causes them to flee into Turkey where they
are initially received in refugee camps and then returned to Iraq.
(D)
Haitian slaves revolt against their French masters and are then brutalized by
a leader of the revolution, a former slave.
(E)
An American Heritage student is stuck on one question and can’t choose
between true or false.
11.
The text presents the social compact as a philosophical idea of the European
Enlightenment; which of the following bests represents the idea of social compact?
(A)
On the first day of class, students debate and vote on the class syllabus and
class rules that they will follow.
(B)
The class is designed to give autonomy to each student in deciding what tests
and assignments he or she wants to do.
(C)
A student who is retaking the class explains to the other students what it
will be like based on his past experience.
(D)
Students break into groups and brainstorm ideas for course improvement
and then present them to the professor for approval.
Historical Figures Matching: Match the following individuals to the idea or description
they best represent.
Some exams will feature matching sections where you have to identify historical figures or
documents that we have read in class, etc.
(A)
John Adams
(F)
James II
(B)
John Locke
(G)
Thomas Jefferson
(C)
John Winthrop
(H)
David Hume
(D)
John Calvin
(I)
Charles I
(E)
William and Mary
(J)
Adam Smith
12.
Considered the father of modern economics.
13.
Believed that men enter into social contracts for the “mutual preservation of their
lives, liberties, and estates…”
14.
Invited to rule subject to the authority of Parliament
15.
Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
16.
Was beheaded in English Civil War.