Chapter 9. Constitutions and the Design of Government: Practice Quiz

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1) The _________ should be relatively easy to change.

aFederation

bConstitution

cLaw

dNone of the above

2) Super-centralized India moved over the latter half of the twentieth century to decrease the centralization of power.

aTrue

bFalse

3) _________ has left the protection of individuals’ rights up to the judiciary, through the body of precedents they develop.

aAustralia

bIndia

cFrance

dHolland

4) The _________ (the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution) guarantees U.S. citizens freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, and other basic rights.

aBill of Justice

bBill of Faith

cBill of Law

dBill of Rights

5) Written constitutions usually spell out fairly precisely how power is to be distributed and who has the right to make decisions.

aTrue

bFalse

6) The regional governments, called _________, have total control of education, television, and radio.

aLänder

bCounty

cState

dNone of the above

7) The Founding Fathers made the U.S. Constitution difficult to change.

aTrue

bFalse

8) Germany is an example of a federation.

aTrue

bFalse

9) _________ means the holders of power should find that they are personally rewarded when they do what society needs done and personally punished when they do not.

aIncentive assistance

bIncentive costs

cIncentive compatibility

dIncentive adjustment

10) The Mitterrand reforms of 1981 sharply decreased the powers of the prefects, civil servants who were formerly responsible for keeping Paris in control of what local governments were doing.

aTrue

bFalse

11) In many states, provisions for adapting the constitution are very complex.

aTrue

bFalse

12) The constitution should preferably not break drastically with long-standing traditions of government.

aTrue

bFalse

13) The Danish Basic Law guarantees to all citizens that they “shall not in any manner whatever be deprived of their liberty because of their political or religious convictions or because of their descent.”

aTrue

bFalse

14) When Germany lost World War I, the monarchy to which its people were accustomed was destroyed.

aTrue

bFalse

15) Constitutionalism consists of faithful adherence to both the letter and the spirit of the constitution.