What makes the European Union a “supranational” legislature?
True or false? Often the person who introduces a piece of legislation is known as its
architect.
True or false? Bills or even ideas for bills can only come from legislatures; executives
may not propose legislative ideas.
Why is impeachment in the United States an example of a supermajority vote?
True or false? The minority party is the political party in a legislature that represents the
interests of members of minority groups.
What is another name for a person represented by an elected official?
True or false? The partisan representation approach implies that legislators are
primarily concerned with meeting the needs of their parties first and only later meeting
the needs of voters and constituents.
Which of the following is the best explanation of legislative oversight?
True or false? The United States is best characterized as a parliamentary system
because the president is also the head of the legislative branch.
True or false? Among all interinstitutional relationships, the most important is the one
between the legislative and executive branches.
Congress has not declared war since June 8, 1941. What best explains the failure of
Congress to utilize this power?
Which of the following best describes the role of the president of the United States?
True or false? The head of government in Japan is also the head of state.
What ceremonial but powerful act is associated with President George W. Bush a few
months after 9/11?
According to surveys and polling, how did COVID-19 impact the 2020 election?
True or false? The Electoral College allows citizens in the United States to directly vote
for president.
Which country’s president was nicknamed “Trump of the tropics” because he took an
antiestablishment attitude similar to President Trump’s?
What can one learn from Senator Bernie Sanders?
True or false? Parliamentary regimes can operate with coalition governments when
there is no majority party.
What country’s head of government is also known as the chancellor?
What are the consequences of no-confidence votes?
True or false? A president is outside the legislature; the prime minister is in the
legislature.
True or false? Since the United States has sovereignty over Puerto Rico, the
government can create and impose rules on people within that territory.
North Korea is an example of a country with what kind of governmental principle?
Which description best represents Alexander Hamilton’s view of the responsibilities of a
branch of government?
True or false? SCOTUS stands for State Court of the United States.
Why are Supreme Court justices, who have lifetime tenure, subject to political pressures
during the appointment process?
Why is it potentially problematic that judges are elected in some US states?
Which legal system is characterized by a judicial decision applying only to the case at
hand and not to future decisions?
True or false? Louisiana is the only American state that does NOT rely on common law.
commit felonies and misdemeanors.
What are the three primary levels of courts in rule-of-law countries?
In which scenario would double jeopardy apply?
Which answer choice best explains why the US Supreme Court hears fewer than 100
cases a year?
Which of the following is not true about judicial review?
Why are the media and press also known as “the fourth estate”?
Which president resigned in response to the investigative reporting of Carl Bernstein
and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post?
Which of the following accurately describes an impact on media freedom in the United
States?
What 11th-century invention changed the course of history by allowing for shareable
printed text?
What was the primary form of news delivery in the United States from the 1920s to the
1950s?
True or false? The statement “print is dead” is judged to be true by most media
researchers.
True or false? A monopoly is another way to describe a media ownership pattern where
a small number of corporations dominate the market.
True or false? Horse-race coverage is another name for media depictions of how
candidates fare compared to other candidates, with little emphasis on policy issues or
platforms.
Which statement is true of negative campaign ads?
Which statement most accurately describes how social media has “weakened the
traditional gatekeeping media model”?
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the type of governing regime has a direct
consequence on how a government responds to crises.
True or false? Taxation is another way governments regulate people’s behavior: if you
do not pay your taxes, the government is authorized to punish you.
Why are cigarettes taxed so heavily in the United States?
What is another name for the power of the president to shape the opinions of the
population, often through rhetoric?
______ is measured in perceptions of the rightfulness of government actions—that is,
the sense that those actions are morally appropriate and consistent with basic justice
and social welfare.
True or false? Under certain circumstances, governing regimes may legally suspend
established laws or regulations.
What is the condition for a fragile state to become a failed state?
Which of the following countries was ruled by a shadow government between 1996 and
2001 and, more recently, between 2021 and 2022?
What makes federalism the ideal system of government in Canada?
What is a difference between federalism in the United States and Mexico?
What is the focus of the study of international relations?
True or false? States often exert power through the strategy of deterrence or building up
their military strength to deter other states from using their military against them.
A state can manipulate its _____ policy to alter the value of its currency to encourage
more domestic consumer spending.
True or false? Diplomacy is a form of hard power where states use brute force to
convince other states to comply with international agreements.
Does Cuba meet the criteria of a state?
True or false? The concept of sovereignty does NOT allow a state to prevent other
states from interfering to stop or prevent human rights abuses.
What is another name for a lack of consensus or a general sense of order in the
international system?
True or false? In a democracy like the United States, the state derives its legitimacy
from the consent of the people.
hen ___ elected _______ in 1960, she became the first female prime minister in the
world.