4Th Quarterly Assessment

Government

4th Quarterly Assessment

Name: ______Class Period: ______

Directions: Choose the response that best answers the following questions.

1.  Most command economies are characterized by

A.  Centralized decision making

B.  Decentralized decision making

C.  A competitive marketplace

D.  Investment of private capital

2.  Socialism is often criticized for

A.  Ignoring the needs of the work force and community

B.  Relying totally on authoritarian methods

C.  Inhibiting industrial growth in developing countries

D.  Burying individual initiative under layers of bureaucracy

3.  The type of business organization that is a legal entity in its own right, and whose owners have limited liability is a

A.  Corporation

B.  Partnership

C.  Sole proprietorship

D.  Monopoly

4.  The view of human history as a class struggle between the oppressed and the oppressors was a basic concept of

A.  Laissez-faire theory

B.  Marx’s communist theory

C.  Engel’s socialist theory

D.  Perestroika

5.  Because the government plays a large part in the American economic life, the United States system is described as

A.  A federalist economy

B.  A mixed economy

C.  Pure capitalism

D.  A quasi-command economy

6.  Which of the following is NOT a basic factor of production?

A.  Capital

B.  Labor

C.  Land

D.  Services

7.  The type of business organization whose income is subject to two taxes, one on profits and one on dividends, is a

A.  Sole proprietorship

B.  Partnership

C.  Corporation

D.  monopoly

8.  Which of the following actions or policies was based primarily on Marx’s theory of communism?

A.  Lenin’s New Economic Policy

B.  Stalin’s practice of rewarding talented or productive individuals

C.  Gorbachev’s “Law of Individual Labor Activity”

D.  Communist party control of all social, political, and economic institutions

9.  An advantage of Sole proprietorship is that

A.  It draws on the capital resources of more than one person

B.  The owner is not personally responsible for its debts

C.  It can continue indefinitely after the owner dies

D.  The owner can make business decisions quickly

10.  Private individuals and companies decide what products to manufacture and what prices to charge for goods and services in a

A.  Market economy

B.  Socialist economy

C.  Welfare state

D.  Command economy

11.  The fundamental law of each State is

A.  Established by the Governor

B.  Determined by State Courts

C.  The United States Constitution

D.  Its State Constitution

12.  State legislatures do all of the following except

A.  Make public policy in the form of laws

B.  Remove legislators by impeachment

C.  Regulate commercial activities

D.  Protect public health and safety

13.  Except in Nebraska, each state legislator today is

A.  Unicameral

B.  Bicameral

C.  Nonpartisan

D.  Relatively powerless

14.  Who is responsible for interpreting a State’s Constitution and statutes?

A.  The governor

B.  The lieutenant governor

C.  The secretary of state

D.  The attorney general

15.  Governors in most states

A.  Serve two-year terms

B.  May serve more than two consecutive terms

C.  Are succeeded by the lieutenant governor if they vacate office in midterm.

D.  May be recalled from office by voters

16.  Preparing a State budget is an example of a governor’s

A.  Legislative powers

B.  Executive powers

C.  Judicial powers

D.  Constituent powers

17.  Counties, boroughs, and parishes

A.  Are basic components of the federal system

B.  Are in unitary form

C.  Have greater powers than state governments

D.  Exist only by authority of the states

18.  Which of the following is not a formal qualification for governor in most states?

A.  American citizenship

B.  Minimum age of 25 to 30

C.  Party membership

D.  Residence in the state

19.  Which action is the police power of State Legislatures?

A.  Impeaching a State judge

B.  Imposing a meals tax

C.  Requiring the use of seat belts

D.  Rejecting the appointment of a probation officer

20.  State legislatures have certain nonlegislative powers, including

A.  Power to tax

B.  Police power

C.  Constituent power

D.  Power to establish courts

21.  Marx envisioned communism in its final form as a

A.  Triumph for nationalism

B.  Religion for the bourgeoisie

C.  Dictatorship by the proletariat

D.  Free and classless society

22.  The idea that an economic system functions best when there is little or no government interference is called

A.  Perestroika

B.  Laissez-faire theory

C.  Communist theory

D.  Social democracy

23.  Those who support Socialism argue that it

A.  Rewards the efforts of enterprising individuals

B.  Decreases social and economic inequalities among people

C.  Is able to utilize new technologies quickly and effectively

D.  Frees business and industry to act in their own best interests.

24.  Which of the following is not true of each state’s constitution?

A.  It is superior to any other State or Local law within that state

B.  It takes priority over most provisions of federal law

C.  It establishes a legislative body

D.  It distributes power among the branches of the state government.

25.  One provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires that federal funds be cut off to any program that discriminates on the basis of

A.  Sex

B.  Race

C.  Physical ability

D.  All of the above

26.  The first major challenge to affirmative action was the ______case.

A.  Johnson

B.  Fullilove

C.  Croson

D.  Bakke

27.  In recent decades, the fastest growing minority group in the United States has been

A.  Asian Americans

B.  Native Americans

C.  African Americans

D.  Hispanic Americans

28.  The Native American population dropped drastically after the arrival of Europeans in North America, largely as a result of

A.  Poverty and Slavery

B.  Slavery and disease

C.  Disease and warfare

D.  Warfare and poverty

29.  The main reason that woman earn only 70 cents for every dollar earned by men is that

A.  Women have less job experience

B.  On average, women are less capable

C.  Historically, only low-paying occupations were open to women

D.  Historically, women have not formed labor unions

30.  Which of the following is NOT a way of classifying persons that would be subject to the strict scrutiny test?

A.  Race

B.  Criminal record

C.  Sex

D.  National origins

31.  The Supreme Court decision that ended legalized segregation in the public schools was

A.  Hoyt v. Florida 1961

B.  Orr v. Orr 1979

C.  Brown v. Board of Education 1954

D.  Alexander v. Holmes Country Board of Ed. 1969

32.  In which of the following areas has the court ruled that laws MAY treat men and women differently?

A.  Alimony

B.  Jury service

C.  Military benefits

D.  Military conscription

33.  Jim Crow laws were passed in the southern United States in the

A.  Early 1700s

B.  Late 1700s

C.  Early 1800s

D.  Late 1800s

Section II. Short Answer ( 8 points Each)

1.  Identify two characteristics of the Chinese government? ______

2.  Who is the chief executive of a Parliamentary democracy, the type of government that England and Japan currently have? ______

3.  What are the two houses of the Japanese government? ______

4.  What is the name of the two houses of the British government? ______

5.  Which party has dominated Mexican politics for nearly 70 years before being replaced in 2000? ______

6.  Who was the Soviet premier who tried to reform the Soviet government and economy in the mid-1980s? ______

7.  Who was t he Chinese revolutionary who established a Communist country in 1949? ______

8.  What are 5 year plans? ______