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7. A(n) ________ occurs when a small group of wealthy landowners and corporate leaders
control the government.
a. monarchy c. authoritarian regime
b. oligarchy d. totalitarian state
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 1
MSC: Remembering
9. The willingness to be restrained by the power of social institutions, but not by political or
legal institutions, is a hallmark of a(n) ________ regime.
a. totalitarian c. democratic
b. authoritarian d. monarchic
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 1
MSC: Remembering
12. Approximately ________ percent of the world’s population currently lives in a constitutional
democracy.
a. 95 c. 60
b. 75 d. 40
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 1
MSC: Applying
13. The ________ was the key group in Europe that pushed for limited government.
a. bourgeoisie c. peasantry
b. gendarmes d. Socialist Party
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 1
MSC: Remembering
14. Which of the following statements best characterizes the bourgeoisie’s view of electoral and
representative institutions?
a. They were opponents of electoral and representative institutions and favored a government
run by a single monarch.
b. They were opponents of electoral and representative institutions and favored a government
run by a small group of aristocrats and clergy members.
c. They were advocates of electoral and representative institutions that allowed for universal
participation among all adults.
d. They were advocates of electoral and representative institutions, but they favored limiting
participation to the middle and upper classes.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 1
MSC: Understanding
15. Having some share or say in the composition of a government’s leadership, how it is organized,
or what its policies are going to be is called
a. government. c. autocracy.
b. power. d. federalism.
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 8
MSC: Remembering
18. The theory that all interests are and should be free to compete for influence in the government
is called
a. republicanism. c. pluralism.
b. hedonism. d. communism.
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 5
MSC: Remembering
20. The demand that there be no taxation without representation is a good example of what political
reform of the eighteenth century?
a. the decline of popular influence on government
b. more popular influence on government
c. the decline in citizenship
d. the spread of autocracy
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 8
MSC: Applying
21. What major legal and political changes led to the rise of constitutional government in the West?
a. legal limits on government and the right of more people to vote
b. the right of revolution and the spread of socialism
c. debt relief for the poor and the right of average citizens to hold office
d. the growth in ethnic and religious diversity
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: CH01—Government
OBJ: Define government and forms of government STA: 8
MSC: Remembering
27. Which of the following statements best describes direct democracy in the United States?
a. Every state and local government allows direct democracy, but initiatives are always
limited to issues of taxation and economic regulation.
b. Every state and local government allows direct democracy, and many hot-button issues are
determined by initiatives.
c. Some state and local governments allow direct democracy, and many hot-button issues are
determined by initiatives.
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defeats Porras, 261.
Columbus, Christopher, born, 1;
translated, 3;
anecdotes of boyhood, 5;
goes to Pavia, 9;
becomes sailor, 11;
engages in Neapolitan expedition, 12;
deceives sailors or posterity, 13;
does not arrive in Portugal, 16;
does arrive there, 18;
marries, 19;
makes maps, 20;
lives at Porto Santo, 21;
goes to Iceland or elsewhere, 28;
talks to King John, 35;
goes to Spain, 38;
deposited with Quintanilla, 41;
meets Scientific Congress, 43;
goes to Convent of Rabida, 49;
meets committee on exploration, 54;
starts for France, 56;
goes to Palos, 61;
sails on first voyage, 67;
keeps false reckoning, 72;
discovers San Salvador, 89;
sails for Spain, 97;
wrecked, 102;
founds colony, 105;
sees Mermaids, 110;
displays seamanship, 115;
arrives at Azores, 116;
arrives at Palos, 125;
flattens egg, 135;
sails on second voyage, 138;
discovers Dominica, 141;
returns to Spain, 191;
loses popularity, 196;
sails on third voyage, 200;
discovers Trinidad, 204;
invents ingenious theory, 205;
arrives at Hispaniola, 208;
arrested, 228;
sent to Spain, 229;
arrives in Spain, 230;
sails on fourth voyage, 237;
reaches Honduras, 240;
searches for Panama Canal, 240;
founds colony at Veragua, 243;
sails away, 250;
reaches Jamaica, 251;
manages lunar eclipse, 258;
reaches Hispaniola, 262;
returns to Spain, 264;
dies, 268;
is extensively buried, 268;
perhaps is a sun-myth, 269;
character, 284.
Columbus, Diego, born, 4;
Governor of Isabella, 162;
sent to Spain to wait for opening in Connecticut, 177;
returns to Hispaniola, 187;
arrested by Bobadilla, 227.
Columbus, Dominico, combs wool, 3.
Compass, variation of, 55.
Congress of Salamanca, 46;
its tediousness, 45.
Correo, Pedro, 21;
he winks, 25;
is talked to death, 34.
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