- Use the following information to answer questions 1-2 First-past-the-post is so named because a candidate has only to win more votes than his nearest competitor to take the riding,not an absolute majority of the votes cast. The most direct consequence is to exaggerate the majority enjoyed by the winning party,often grotesquely:with less than half the popular vote,governments have been formed with nearly all of the seats. - from The Globe and Mail 1. From a liberal democratic perspective, the most serious weakness of the system describe in the excerpt is its tendency to a. deny interest groups an opportunity to influence government decisions b. undermine the authority of the executive branch C. reduce the effectiveness of the governing party d. distort the expressed will of the electorate 2. Individuals who would defend the single-member constituency system described in the excerpt claim that such a system ultimately preserves government a. stability b frugalness c accountability d.responsiveness
- How can the government insure Free and Fair Elections? CIVIC LITERACY E XAM STUDY ( GUID E (Sample Questions) 1.American Democracy 1. What form does the US government have? 2. What was one of the main reasons the English colonists came to the New World? 3. What right are stated in the Declaration of Independence? 4. What were the reasons the colonists separated from England? 5. How did the French and Indian War (1763) affect the colonists? 6. What was the Virginia House of Burgesses? 7. What are the three branches of the US government? 8. What is the system of checks and balance of the US government? 9. What are the three levels of the US government? 10. What are the powers of Congress? 11. What are the powers of the President? 12. What are the powers of the Supreme Court? 13. What was the "Great Compromise"? 14. How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate chosen? 15. How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate allocated? 16. What is the process of Presidential succession? 17. What is the Electoral College? 18. What is "gerrymandering"? 19. What is the "Separation of Church and State" doctrine? 20. What was "Shays' Rebellion about? 21. What are two holidays that honor the members of the armed forces?
- __ is an ideology based on the right of individuals to compete in the capitalist marketplace to acquire consumer goods and wealth within a system of free markets and free trade supported by the state. A Conservatism B Neoconservatism C Crony capitalism D Neoliberalism
- In order to vote in Virginia, what are the requirements?
- What is the term for a city that acts like a state? State-City Country Kingdom City-State
