CHAPTER 1 What Should We Know About American Government? Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
Answers Are at the End Of Each Chapter CHAPTER 1 What Should We Know About American Government? Key
1. The belief that government is run by self-seeking politicians and dominated by special interest groups is, according to the text, A. factual. B. an exaggeration. C. well documented. D. self-evident. E. rarely held.
2. Winston Churchill observed that democracy is A. "the best government." B. "the best of all possible governments." C. "the worst form of government for most of the world." D. "the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried." E. "the only form of government that can succeed in future generations."
3. The text suggests that politics is A. inevitable. B. optional. C. counterproductive. D. a modern idea. E. largely irrelevant.