Chapter 1.3 Pages 15 to 22

1) The current population of the United States is about
A) 3 million people.
B) 30 million people.
C) 300 million people.
D) 3 billion people.
E) 30 billion people.


2) Recent immigrants to the United States are most likely to be
A) Southeast Asians.
B) Irish Catholics.
C) unemployed Europeans.
D) Jews.
E) Africans.


3) The largest minority group in the United States is
A) Asians.
B) Pacific Islanders.
C) African Americans.
D) Hispanics.
E) Native Americans and Alaskan Natives.


4) Which of the following accurately describes a demographic trend in the United States?
A) The proportion of white, non-Hispanic Americans has been increasing.
B) The American population is becoming older.
C) The size of the typical American family is growing.
D) The number of children growing up in two-parent households is increasing.
E) The number of immigrants coming to America is larger than it has ever been in the past.


5) According to Samuel Huntington, Mexican immigrants pose a danger to American society
because many
A) are lazy.
B) do not have American values.
C) take jobs that Americans do not want.
D) learn English and try to assimilate with other Americans.
E) are Catholic.


6) Which of the following is a key function of an ideology?
A) to polarize the electorate
B) to help citizens make political decisions
C) to serve as a substitute for religious faith
D) to protect citizensʹ civil liberties
E) to encourage citizens to engage in civil society


7) Someone who favors a free market economy without government interference in personal
liberties is best described as a
A) conservative.
B) egalitarian.
C) liberal.
D) Christian Democrat.
E) libertarian.


8) Conservatives believe that
A) the federal government should have more power than state and local government.
B) activist government is necessary to ensure personal liberty.
C) government should only provide for defense and little else.
D) there should be little government regulation of the economy.
E) government social programs provide important safety nets for vulnerable citizens.


9) The coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government is called
A) political theory.
B) an ideology.
C) sociology.
D) dogma.
E) a schema.


10) Currently, Americans are most likely to consider themselves
A) liberal.
B) moderate.
C) conservative.
D) Ecofascists.
E) Libertarians.