These questions allow you to test yourself on chapter material and become more comfortable and familiar with test-taking. Only fill in your name and e-mail address if you wish to send the results to yourself or an instructor. All definitions of politics try to explain how human beings regulate a. natural resources within their society. The Athenian model of government was considered a. the ideal form of democracy.
Initiative is a procedure by which voters can a. directly make laws.
The U. S. Constitution creates a form of republican government known as a a. pure democracy. A central feature of the American governmental system is a. the supremacy of Congress over the other branches. To ensure that majority rule does not become oppressive, modern democracies a. provide guarantees of minority rights. The U.S. Constitution a. does not set forth enough detail about how the government should function. According to the elite theory, the primary goal of government should be stability, because a. elites do not want any change in their status.