Civics
Which of the following is true about both the electoral college and the House of Representatives?
A. The are directly elected by the citizens.
B. They can be impeached by the Senate.
C. They are described in the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
D. They provide greater power to more populous states.
D. They provide greater power to more populous states.
Poverty as defined by the United States government is best understood as
A. The index value of the government services such as Medicaid and public housing.
B. The concept of relative deprivation and is based on changes in the distribution of income.
C. An absolute level set in the 1960s and since adjusted to reflect inflation at the consumer level.
D. A concept based on lifestyle and measured on a sliding scale based on the needs of an individual.
C. An absolute level set in the 1960s and since adjusted to reflect inflation at the consumer level.
The Supreme Court's power of judicial review was established under
A. Hylton v. United States.
B. Marbury v. Madison.
C. Article I of the United States Constitution
D. The Ninth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
B. Marbury v. Madison.
The term "Cold War" refers to the
A. Race between the United States and the Soviet Union to claim ownership of Antarctica.
B. Contest between the United States and the European Union for economic domination in the West.
C. Struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain political hegemony in world affairs.
D. Competition between the Soviet Union and China for the resources of the Pacific Rim.
C. Struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain political hegemony in world affairs.
What type of data is produced when using a Global Positioning System (GPS) to find the coordinates of a particular place?
A. Absolute distance
B. Relative distance
C. Absolute location
D. Relative location
C. Absolute location
Which TWO of the following campaign strategies is a candidate running for public office most likely to use to attract younger voters?
A. Create and use a hastag (#) slogan
B. Go door-to-door passing out flyers
C. Run an advertisement in the local paper
D. Support reducing education costs and increasing minimum wage
A. Create and use a hastag (#) slogan AND D. Support reducing education costs and increasing minimum wage
In one hour, Amada can type five pages of a report or she can make 10 sandwiches. The opportunity cost of typing one page of a report is
A. 2 sandwiches
B. 5 sandwiches
C. 10 sandwiches
D. 50 sandwiches
A. 2 sandwiches
The legal basis for the escalation of United States involvement in the Vietnam War was the
A. Declaration of war by Congress
B. Passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by Congress
C. United Nations resolution condemning the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam
D. Mutual defense provisions of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
B. Passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by Congress
Which of the following most strongly inspired the French Revolution?
A. Englightenment philosophies.
B. Marxists economic theories.
C. Humanist interest in classical learning.
D. Absolutist political theories.
A. Englightenment philosophies.
In North Africa and the Middle East, population distribution is most often limited by
A. The closeness of seaports.
B. The distance from petroleum deposits.
C. The avaliability of freshwater.
D. the nearness to the equator.
C. The avaliability of freshwater.
In a proportional representation system, a party that wins 20 percent of the vote will recieve how many seats in a 100-member parliament?
A. The party will not recieve any seats.
B. The party will recieve 20 seats.
C. The party will recieve 49 seats.
D. The number of seats the party will recieve depends on how the electoral districts are drawn.
B. The party will recieve 20 seats.
Some observers argue that a limitation of the official employment rate is that it understates the true unemployment level because it fails to include which of the following?
A. New entrants to the labor market.
B. People who are laid off and are looking for new jobs.
C. Discouraged people who have given up looking for jobs.
D. Full-time students looking for part-time jobs.
C. Discouraged people who have given up looking for jobs.
President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves who
A. Were living in the areas still in rebellion.
B. Were serving in the Union armies.
C. Were living in the border states.
D. Had escaped to Northern states.
A. Were living in the areas still in rebellion.
The inital spread of Buddhism in China and the spread of Christianity in the Mediterranean before 600 C.E. shared which of the following similarities?
A. Both religions were popular because they emphasized gender equality
B. Both religions were heavily influenced by local religions and philosophies.
C. Both religions gained popularity despite opposition from imperial authorities.
D. Neither religion was significantly influenced by commerce.
B. Both religions were heavily influenced by local religions and philosophies.
If the tax rate for a single person with $25,000 in taxable income is 24 percent, and the tax rate for a signle person with $20,000 in taxable income is 20 percent, the tax rate over this income range is
A. Regressive
B. Progressive
C. Proportional
D. Revenue-neutral
B. Progressive
Which of the following best characterizes the effect of the electoral college on United States presidential elections?
A. It encourages candidates to maximize their votes in the states where most of their supporters live.
B. It requires the winner to gain a plurailty of the popular vote in a majority of states.
C. It ensures that the winner will also win a majority of the national popular vote.
D. It encourages candidates to focus their campaigns on a handful of competitive states.
D. It encourages candidates to focus their campaigns on a handful of competitive states.
The use of inexpensive labor in Asian countries by footwear companies based in the United States and Europe is an example of which of the following?
A. Primary economic activity.
B. Global divison of labor.
C. Intervening opportunity.
D. Global-local continuum.
B. Global divison of labor.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense contributed most to which of the following developments?
A. The American colonists declaring independence from Great Britain.
B. The adoption of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution.
C. The abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
D. The ratification of the Paris Peace Treaty at the end of the American Revolution.
A. The American colonists declaring independence from Great Britain.
Which of the following most accurately describes Maya civilization?
A. Maya kingdoms were never unified into a single empire.
B. Maya rulers had no ceremonial duties.
C. Maya rulers were usually female.
D. Maya military forces were not interested in acquiring captives.
A. Maya kingdoms were never unified into a single empire.
"I counted seven ministers all preaching at once... Some of the people were singing, others praying, some crying for mercy in the most piteous accents."
The quotation above describes group participation in an event that was most characteristic of which of the following?
A. A meeting of the Pennsylvania Quakers during the time of the Revolution.
B. A frontier camp meeting of the Second Great Awakening during the early nineteenth century.
C. A presentation to a Chautauqua Assembly during the late nineteenth century.
D. A convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union during the late nineteenth century.
B. A frontier camp meeting of the Second Great Awakening during the early nineteenth century.
In the United States, the federal bureacracy functions as part of the
A. Legislative branch
B. Judidcial branch
C. Military
D. Executive Branch
D. Executive Branch
Reindeer herding as an economic activity of the Sami in Norway is an example of which of the following types of diffusion?
A. Stimulus
B. Hierarchical
C. Relocation
D. Contagious
A. Stimulus
Which TWO of the following were results of the 1783 Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain?
A. The United States agreed to outlaw the Atlantic slave trade.
B. Great Britain agreed to pay the United States reparations.
C. Great Britain relinquished all claims to the United States.
D. The United States gained access to lands east of the Mississippi River.
C. Great Britain relinquished all claims to the United States. AND D. The United States gained access to lands east of the Mississippi River.
The Arab conquests of the seventh century introduced which of the following forms of government to Afro-Eurasia?
A. The Mandate of Heaven
B. The sultanate
C. The caliphate
D. the Raj
C. The caliphate
During President Dwight Eisenhower's administration in the 1950s, the federal government promoted significant changes in transportation in the United States by
A. Establishing generous subsides for urban mass transit.
B. Sponsoring research to develop less polluting automobiles
C. Funding the construction of the interstate highway system.
D. Funding the establishment of a national railroad passenger system.
C. Funding the construction of the interstate highway system.