This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Institutions > Government > Political Institutions – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Institutions Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What makes power illegitimate? A) From the government. B) It is not with the consent of the people. C) If you can exercise the power, it's legitimate. D) From strain theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is not with the consent of the people. 2. Person A has the capacity to make Person B do something that he would not do otherwise. What does person A has? A) Legitimacy. B) Authority. C) Sovereignty. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power. 3. The United States is what form of democracy? A) Constitutional monarchy. B) Authoritarian. C) Representative democracy. D) Constitutional congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative democracy. 4. Legislative Assembly of Kazakhstan A) Bicameral. B) Unicameral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bicameral. 5. What is power gained based on fear? A) Rational-legal authority. B) Authority. C) Coercion. D) Legitimacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coercion. 6. Kinship is traced through both ancestral lines of the mother and father. A) MATRILINEAL DESCENT. B) BILATERAL DESCENT. C) PATRILINEAL DESCENT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BILATERAL DESCENT. 7. A defining characteristic of all states is their power to A) Hold a monopoly over the legitimate means of force. B) Draft and adopt constitutions. C) Provide education and other social expenditures to their citizens. D) Schedule elections are regular intervals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hold a monopoly over the legitimate means of force. 8. Which statement about the "Trail of Tears" is accurate? A) President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia. B) Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate during the winter months. C) Chief Justice John Marshall ordered the Cherokee Indians to move westwards. D) The Cherokee were moved because they lacked a written alphabet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate during the winter months. 9. "Nation" is synonymous with the word "State" A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 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? A) D. Parliamentary hybrid. B) O. Presidential Systems. C) H. Semi-Presidential Systems. D) N. Bicameral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. Semi-Presidential Systems. 11. The system of government is based on the 1787 constitution. A) UK. B) US. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) US. 12. Traditional institutions is- A) Based on hard rutials. B) Court. C) Organizations. D) Regulated by law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Based on hard rutials. 13. Parliament is responsible for making laws and for approving the decision of the government. A) UK. B) US. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UK. 14. ..... is the action of doing something for someone after that person had done something for you. A) Conflict. B) An aggregate. C) Reciprocity. D) Accommodation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reciprocity. 15. Is it possible to be a person in "authority" without having "power" ? A) No. B) Yes. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 16. Which country has a head of government who serves for a fixed term of six years? A) Nigeria. B) China. C) Russia. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 17. The manner of taking the money or property through a deceit. A) Corruption. B) Coherence. C) Predictability. D) Graft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corruption. 18. The president and the vice president are part of what branch of government? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) Financial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive. 19. ..... get to make the economic decisions under capitalism. A) Individuals. B) Government. C) Literally no one. D) The President. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individuals. 20. Which type of legitimacy depends on ideas embodied by an individual leader? A) Coercive legitimacy. B) Traditional legitimacy. C) Rational-legal legitimacy. D) Charismatic legitimacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charismatic legitimacy. 21. A system of government by the whole population, typically through elected representatives. A) Political platforms. B) Communism. C) Democracy. D) Political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 22. What are the two types of governments? A) Democratic System-Authoritarianism. B) Socialism-Monarchy. C) Aristocracy-Colonialism. D) Communism-Fascism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democratic System-Authoritarianism. 23. The Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for finance. A) US. B) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) US. 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. A) PATRILINEAL DESCENT. B) MATRILINEAL DESCENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MATRILINEAL DESCENT. 25. Which jurisdiction allows a court to review the decision of a lower court for errors? A) Appellate jurisdiction. B) Original jurisdiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appellate jurisdiction. 26. The term "bureaucracy" means "rule by officials" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. The ability of the individual to act independently without fear of restriction or punishment by others of the state. A) Autonomy. B) Freedom. C) Devolution. D) Equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freedom. 28. It is a traditional type of family structure. A) Nuclear family. B) Extended family. C) Blended family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear family. 29. This term refers to the state, government, regime, and the people and place where these things exist. A) Country. B) Sovereign. C) Unitary State. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Country. 30. How long is the term for members of the Senate? A) 6 years. B) 8 years. C) 4 years. D) 2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 years. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesInstitutions QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Institutions Quiz 1Political Institutions Quiz 2Political Institutions Quiz 3Political Institutions Quiz 4Political Institutions Quiz 5Political Institutions Quiz 7Political Institutions Quiz 8Political Institutions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books