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Question #1

Studying government allows people to:

A. Run for office ourselves

B. Allows us to pass our General Education requirements

C. Participate in an informed way

D. Better Understand why we hate politics

Question #2

Government is:

A. A way to extract taxes from the masses

B. A benevolent group of people who want the best for their fellow humankind

C. A set of rules and institutions set up so that they can function together as a unified society

D. A way for oligarchs to maintain political power

Question #3

Politics is a term that describes:

A. How taxes are distributed in government

B. How resources and power are distributed through government

C. How the military are distributed through government

D. How resources are distributed in government

E. How power is distributed in government

Question #4

Everyone born in the U.S. is:

A. Automatically a citizen

B. Is a citizen if their parents are citizens

C. Is a citizen if can pass a citizenship exam

D. Is a citizen, as long as they not from a country banned from traveling to the U.S.

Question #5

The U.S.A is a:

A. Republic

B. Oligarchy

C. Democracy

D. Democracy and a Republic

Question #6

Which are valid ways to participate in politics?

A. Engage with the news

B. Getting people to register to vote

C. Contacting your political representatives

D. All of the These

E. Voting

F. Work for a campaign