Q. What type of government does the United States have?
a) Parliamentary monarchy
b) Presidential constitutional federal republic
c) Socialist republic
d) Absolute monarchy
Q. How many branches does the U.S. national government have?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) One
Q. What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
a) Legislative, electoral, economic
b) Legislative, executive, judicial
c) Executive, military, judiciary
d) Federal, state, local
Q. What type of legislature does the U.S. have?
a) Bicameral
b) Unicameral
c) Tricameral
d) Direct democracy
Q. What is the basis for representation in the U.S. House of Representatives?
a) Population
b) Equal representation for each state
c) State land area
d) Length of statehood
Q. How is representation determined in the U.S. Senate?
a) Based on state population
b) Equal representation for each state
c) Determined by the president
d) Assigned based on economic output
Q. Which two political parties have dominated U.S. politics since the 1850s?
a) Libertarian and Green
b) Democratic and Republican
c) Whig and Federalist
d) Socialist and Independent
Q. What system allows substantial autonomy to the 50 U.S. states?
a) Unitarianism
b) Federalism
c) Autocracy
d) Communism
Q. Which movement heavily influenced American political traditions?
a) Romanticism
b) European Enlightenment
c) Renaissance
d) Industrial Revolution
Q. What has shaped U.S. culture over the centuries?
a) Isolationism
b) Immigration
c) Military conquests
d) Climate diversity