Quiz on AP Government required terms

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a claim by the president or a member of the executive branch that information or documents

Regressive tax Miranda warning Redistricting Executive privilege

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Executive agreement

standards or guides based on prior decisions that serve as a rule for settling similar disputes agreement with another head of state not requiring approval from the Senate a primary election in which an individual does not have to be a registered voter in a particular party to small changes in policy over long periods of time; usually in reference to budget making - that the

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Elite theory of democracy

serves as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president; chosen by the majority citizens choose officials who make decisions about public policy; a republic the idea that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule, after listening to constituents, elected representatives vote based on their own opinions

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

action by the president that does not require the approval of Congress; subject to judicial review

Straight-ticket voting Executive order Delegate Representation Constitutional courts

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Exclusionary rule

rule that evidence acquired as a result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person a primary election in which an individual does not have to be a registered voter in a particular party to Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens citizens choose officials who make decisions about public policy; a republic

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Deviating election

minority party is able to win the support of majority party members, independents, and new voters

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

De facto segregation

segregation that results from living patterns rather than law

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Cooperative federalism

a governing or controlling body whose power exists only within predefined limits that are

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Delegate Representation

Congress may not make laws restricting or prohibiting a person's religious practices

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Dealigning election

party loyalty becomes less important to voters, and they vote for the other party candidate or

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

a claim by the president or a member of the executive branch that information or documents

Executive agreement

Elite theory of democracy

action by the president that does not require the approval of Congress; subject to judicial review

Exclusionary rule

Section 2: True/false questions

Deviating election

minority party is able to win the support of majority party members, independents, and new voters

De facto segregation

segregation that results from living patterns rather than law

Cooperative federalism

a governing or controlling body whose power exists only within predefined limits that are

Delegate Representation

Congress may not make laws restricting or prohibiting a person's religious practices

Dealigning election

party loyalty becomes less important to voters, and they vote for the other party candidate or

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