As a political value, equality is defined as the idea that all people
A) should make the same amount of money.
B) should be in a position to succeed economically.
C) should have equal access to their elected representatives.
D) have access to the courts to enforce their rights.
E) are of equal worth.
E
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Which of the following is a disadvantage of surveying the public using traditional telephone polls?
a. Many people do not have landlines. b. Pollsters are no longer exempt from federal do-not-call lists. c. Pollsters are no longer exempt from state do-not-call lists. d. Polling is a form of constitutionally protected speech.
Which of the following accidents was one of the first cases to bring environmental issues together with the questions of poverty and development?
a. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown in the late 1900s in Ukraine b. The Bhopal chemical leak in India in the early 1980s c. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan d. The Aswan Dam collapse in Egypt in the mid-1950s
Elections based on a plurality system discourage new parties from forming because
A) plurality requires each party to be as narrowly based as possible, leaving little room for new parties. B) plurality gives an advantage to savvy political unknowns who can grab the media spotlight. C) plurality requires parties to form alliances with other parties to win elections. D) only parties receiving more than 5 percent of the vote are allocated seats. E) under this winner-take-all system, no incentive is given for finishing second.
The dominant culture in U.S. political culture comes from Western European civilization. Which of the following values is NOT among those of the dominant culture?
A. individualism B. private property C. economic equality D. Judeo-Christian ethics E. All of these choices are true.