Test 1 (Ch 1-2) ANSWERS | Judge J. D. Langley | Govt 2305 | |

1. Ch01-001-p002
The Jamestown settlement was funded by c. The London Company.

2. Ch01-002-p004
The Preamble to the Constitution begins a. "We the People . . ."

3. Ch01-003-p005
Which of the following is the best explanation of why most American Indian reservations are in the West today? b. European settlers and the U.S. government pushed Indian tribes westward.

4. Ch01-004-p006
Enlightenment thinkers argued that the world could be improved through b. human reason, science, and religious toleration.

5. Ch01-005-p007
The House of Burgesses was c. the first representative assembly in North America.

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A social contract theory of government was proposed by d. Locke and Hobbes.

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Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government sets out a theory of e. natural rights.

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Congress's authority to check the president's judicial appointment power is a concept that can be attributed largely to the ideas of d. Charles-Louis, the Second Baron of Montesquieu.

9. Ch01-009-p010
Why was indirect democracy a necessary alternative to direct democracy? b. It became increasingly difficult to bring all the colonists together in the decision-making process.

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Aristotle attempted to devise a way to classify governments. Critical to his analyses was knowledge of d. whom citizens were ruled by and in whose interest.

11. Ch01-011-p011
In an oligarchy, rule is by b. the few.

12. Ch01-012-p011
American political culture embodies many key concepts including
I. absolute personal liberty.
II. political equality.
III. majority rule.
IV. individualism. e. II, III, and IV

13. Ch01-013-p012
The ________ expanded Americans' conceptions of personal