Terms of Doom Part 2 (The Review)

Question 1

A list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country for the purpose of protecting them against government

Accepted Answer

Bill of Rights

Question 2

fiscal conservatives believe in free trade, deregulation, and lower taxes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

power is concentrated in a central government

Accepted Answer

unitary system

Question 4

Separation of Powers

Accepted Answer

legislative, executive, and judicial

Question 5

Removal of Davis-era legislation and a Plural Executive are characteristics of the Texas Constitution of 1875

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

fiscal conservatism advocates a decrease in government spending

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

communitarians believe citizens have a right to education, housing, health care

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

in a direct democracy citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of their lives

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

the basis for states’ rights arguments is the Supremacy Clause

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Advocates institutions and traditional practices that have developed organically

Accepted Answer

conservative

Question 11

social conservatives support polygamous marriages

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

pol. subculture that views government as a pos force, values the individual but functions to benefit the gen. public

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moralistic culture

Question 13

Began as a reaction to the French Revolution

Accepted Answer

conservative

Question 14

liberal conservatism avoids deficit spending

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Federalism: national and regional governments share powers and are considered independent equals

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

State and local policy controls our lives more than we think

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Political system in which national and regional governments share powers and are considered independent equals.

Accepted Answer

federalism

Question 18

Texas has written 6 different constitutions

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

in a participatory democracy citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of their lives

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

social conservatism believes in pro-life

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

arose from the age of enlightenment

Accepted Answer

liberal

Question 22

Americans are richly informed about government in general

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

power is concentrated in regional governments

Accepted Answer

confederacy

Question 24

Regular legislative sessions are scheduled by the constitution. In Texas, they are held once every two years

Accepted Answer

biennial legislature

Question 25

limits the citizens’ role to choosing among competing leaders

Accepted Answer

elite democracy

Question 26

State Police and Militia, Education spending, and Railroads are all characteristics of the Texas Constitution of 1836

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

closer to our definition of conservatism

Accepted Answer

liberal conservatism

Question 28

social conservatives believe the government has a role in enforcing traditional values

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

liberals believe in the state playing a minimal role

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Consisting of two houses or chambers (senate and house of representatives)

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bicameral legislature

Question 31

liberals believe in anti-taxation

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

views government as an institution to maintain the dominant social and religious values

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traditional culture

Question 33

views gov. as a practical institution that should further pvt. enterprise but intervene minimally in peeps lives

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individual culture

Question 34

ideology that rejects older assumptions of the government

Accepted Answer

liberalism

Question 35

political Ideology that believes in the importance of individual freedom

Accepted Answer

liberalism

Question 36

communitarianism is communism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Checks and balances and Protection of special interests are characteristics of the Texas Constitution of 1876

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

libertarians believe in maximizing individual liberty

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

citizen membership in groups is the key to political power

Accepted Answer

pluralist democracy

Question 40

representatives act as agents of the people

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representative democracy

Question 41

Emphasizes stability and continuity

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conservative

Question 42

Less government intrusion into the market (laissez-faire)

Accepted Answer

economic liberalism

Question 43

a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution

Accepted Answer

limited government

Terms of Doom Part 2 (The Review)

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Terms of Doom Part 2 (The Review)

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