US Government Review Unit 2

Question 1

What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

Compromise with Britain if possible

Question 2

Why is media literacy important?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

Which is not an issue which social media companies face in regards to the spread of information?

Accepted Answer

Very few people get their news and opinions from social media posts

Question 4

Which of the following is not a way to be media literate?

Accepted Answer

Taking a source at face value due to its title

Question 5

Which of the following is not a way that many news networks appeal to their audiences?

Accepted Answer

Logic

Question 6

Why might an echo chamber be problematic in politics?

Accepted Answer

It creates an unwillingness to listen to the other side

Question 7

Which of the following was the first document to really limit the power of the king?

Accepted Answer

The English Bill of Rights

Question 8

The Federalists favored a government similar to the Articles of Confederation

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

If a source is biased, that immediately means it is useless

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

The first 10 amendments are called the...

Accepted Answer

The Bill of Rights

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT one of the taxes imposed on the colonies?

Accepted Answer

Clothing Act

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT one of the ideas of government which the English brought over to its colonies?

Accepted Answer

Militaristic

Question 13

What is the Great Compromise?

Accepted Answer

An agreement which embraces both population-based and equal representation

Question 14

Which plan for the Constitution favored an approach based on population?

Accepted Answer

Virginia Plan

Question 15

Who are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment meant to protect?

Accepted Answer

Slaves

Question 16

many news media companies are more concerned with money and entertainment rather than finding the truth of an issue

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

It would be impossible to make an amendment that gets rid of the senate, as the senate is responsible for passing them

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What is often considered the first government of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Second Continental Congress

Question 19

What was the main point of Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die" picture?

Accepted Answer

Colonies must unite or they will be conquered by the French (or British)

Question 20

Of the three sources analyzed (Reuters, Breitbart, and MSNBC), which tends to lean the most center?

Accepted Answer

Reuters

Question 21

What is an amendment?

Accepted Answer

A change to the US Constitution

Question 22

What was a major issue of the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 23

Which of the following describes the tendency for people to follow sources which only support their point of view?

Accepted Answer

Confirmation Bias

Question 24

What was an effect of the Seven Years' War?

Accepted Answer

The costly British victory forced the king to tax the colonists more

Question 25

The English government had strong control over its North American colonies before the Seven Years' War

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Which document established a stronger central government for the US

Accepted Answer

The US Constitution

Question 27

The period of the Articles of Confederation had states working together and cooperating

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

To ratify a document means...

Accepted Answer

To make it official

Question 29

What is media literacy?

Accepted Answer

The ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media

Question 30

What was the document that laid the groundwork for the American colonies formally leaving Britain?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

US Government Review Unit 2

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US Government Review Unit 2

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