This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Institutions > Government > Political Institutions – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Institutions Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the powers and responsibilities of the local civic institutions in your community? A) They have no powers or responsibilities. B) Varies by community. C) Their only responsibility is to collect taxes. D) They are responsible for national security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Varies by community. 2. Which house has the power to conduct impeachment trials and, with a 2/3 vote convict and remove impeached officials? A) Senate. B) House of Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Senate. 3. TRUE or FALSE:The political organizations that have existed over time include bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 4. Which system has a fusion of powers and less separation between the executive and legislative branches? A) Presidential. B) Authoritarian. C) Parliamentary. D) Semi-presidential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliamentary. 5. An escaped slave and abolitionist who became an influential writer and lecturer in the North. A) Harriet Tubman. B) Frederick Douglass. C) Susan B. Anthony. D) William Lloyd Garrison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frederick Douglass. 6. Which is an example of a traditional form of authority A) A Texas senator is elected to office. B) A really likeable person who talks very well. C) A son is crowned king when his father dies. D) Students vote and choose a classmate as class president. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A son is crowned king when his father dies. 7. Which is generally considered a gift or an innate quality unique to a person, but can also be manufactured through the use of propaganda? A) Patron. B) Power. C) Legitimacy. D) Charisma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charisma. 8. A type of family structure which is consist of two partners living and working together. A) Childless family. B) Grandparent family. C) Nuclear family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Childless family. 9. What are the major functions of socio-cultural institutions in preserving cultural heritage? A) Ignoring cultural heritage and promoting modern practices. B) Destroying traditional practices and rituals. C) Promoting and supporting traditional practices, rituals, customs, and providing education and awareness about cultural heritage. D) Spreading misinformation about cultural heritage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promoting and supporting traditional practices, rituals, customs, and providing education and awareness about cultural heritage. 10. Who is considered the commander-in-chief of the armed forces in China? A) The Premier. B) The Supreme Leader. C) The President. D) The Monarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The President. 11. Citizens of nondemocractic regimes may be allowed to participate in elections in order to A) Prepare the country for a transition to democracy. B) Allow voters a choice between candidates and/or parties. C) Assess the state of public opinion. D) Provide legitimacy to the ruling regime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provide legitimacy to the ruling regime. 12. Which country has a head of government who is the first among equals? A) United Kingdom. B) Russia. C) Mexico. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Kingdom. 13. In a socialist economy, the wealth is distributed evenly among citizens. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. Jacksonian Democracy A) An informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen. B) The practice of giving government jobs to political backers. C) The period of expanding democracy in the 1820s and 1830s. D) The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The period of expanding democracy in the 1820s and 1830s. 15. Which part of the government is responsible for writing laws and major policies? A) Q. Executive Cabinet. B) G. Head of State. C) F. Legislative Branch. D) A. Commander in Chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) F. Legislative Branch. 16. Sets of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate for the ultimate purpose of getting support and votes. A) Political parties. B) Political platforms. C) Suffrage. D) Abolitionist movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political platforms. 17. Which election determines who will actually hold office? A) Primary election. B) Caucus election. C) Preference election. D) General election. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) General election. 18. Which present-day state were most of the Native Americans relocated to during Andrew Jackson's presidency? A) Mississippi. B) Texas. C) Oklahoma. D) Arkansas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oklahoma. 19. TRUE or FALSE:The bases of legitimacy of rule vary in different types of societies. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 20. Which country has a head of government who can be removed with a vote of no confidence? A) China. B) United Kingdom. C) Russia. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United Kingdom. 21. A system of roles and norms that governs the distribution and exercise of power in society. A) Government. B) Democracy. C) Political Institutions. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Institutions. 22. About ..... Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears. A) 15000. B) 400. C) 1500. D) 4000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4000. 23. If the President is trying to convince American allies to enact trade sanctions against a foreign country, which Secretary will he work with to engage in those conversations? A) Secretary of Defense. B) Secretary of State. C) Secretary of the Interior. D) Secretary of Commerce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secretary of State. 24. The monarch is the head of state and a symbol of national unity. A) UK. B) US. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UK. 25. Which of the following is characterized by rationality, rule governed behavior and impersonal behavior? A) Bureaucracy. B) Nation. C) Government. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bureaucracy. 26. Having only the ability and right to make others do what you would have them do means that you have: A) Legitimacy and authority, but not power. B) Power and authority, but not legitimacy. C) Power and legitimacy, but not authority. D) Authority and capacity, but not power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power and authority, but not legitimacy. 27. This man was president from 1829-1837. A) Thomas Jefferson. B) Andrew Jackson. C) George Washington. D) Henry Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andrew Jackson. 28. Top governmental officials in charge of formulating, implementing, and enforcing policy through differentmethods and bureaucratic agencies A) K. Civil Service. B) D. Parliamentary Hybrid. C) Q. Executive Cabinet. D) B. Judicial Branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Q. Executive Cabinet. 29. This is observed when one person has nothing and they tend to share what they have to them. A) Respectful. B) Hospitable. C) Hardworking. D) Generosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generosity. 30. The leadership in charge of running the state at the current time. A) Government. B) Country. C) Unitary State. D) Regime. 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