Political Institutions Quiz 6 (30 MCQs)

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1. What makes power illegitimate?
2. Person A has the capacity to make Person B do something that he would not do otherwise. What does person A has?
3. The United States is what form of democracy?
4. Legislative Assembly of Kazakhstan
5. What is power gained based on fear?
6. Kinship is traced through both ancestral lines of the mother and father.
7. A defining characteristic of all states is their power to
8. Which statement about the "Trail of Tears" is accurate?
9. "Nation" is synonymous with the word "State"
10. What is the term for a system where separate election processes are used in the selection of the president and the national legislature, and the president serves as head of state and selects the head of government, with the legislature's approval, to shape policies and implement the legislature's laws?
11. The system of government is based on the 1787 constitution.
12. Traditional institutions is-
13. Parliament is responsible for making laws and for approving the decision of the government.
14. ..... is the action of doing something for someone after that person had done something for you.
15. Is it possible to be a person in "authority" without having "power" ?
16. Which country has a head of government who serves for a fixed term of six years?
17. The manner of taking the money or property through a deceit.
18. The president and the vice president are part of what branch of government?
19. ..... get to make the economic decisions under capitalism.
20. Which type of legitimacy depends on ideas embodied by an individual leader?
21. A system of government by the whole population, typically through elected representatives.
22. What are the two types of governments?
23. The Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for finance.
24. Both male and female offspring are considered members of the mother's matrilineal descent group but only the daughters can pass on the family line to their offspring.
25. Which jurisdiction allows a court to review the decision of a lower court for errors?
26. The term "bureaucracy" means "rule by officials" .
27. The ability of the individual to act independently without fear of restriction or punishment by others of the state.
28. It is a traditional type of family structure.
29. This term refers to the state, government, regime, and the people and place where these things exist.
30. How long is the term for members of the Senate?