1. if joe sells important nuclear secrets to iraq, he is committing (unit 7)
a. libel
b. slander
c. treason
d. defamation

2. which of the following would result in an individual losing their citizenship (select 4)? (unit 8)
a. enlisting in the military of a foreign nation
b. being convicted of treason or sedition
c. the discovery that a naturalized citizen was deceptive on their naturalization documents
d. voluntarily giving up american citizenship to become a citizen of another country
e. living outside the united states for 18 or more consecutive years.

3. “in no country in the world has the principle of association been more successfully used, or more unsparingly applied to a multitude of different objects, than in america.”
—alexis de tocqueville
use the quotation above to answer the question
what did de tocqueville suggest americans do more frequently than the rest of the
world? (unit 8)
a. americans form interest groups to support a variety of different causes
b. americans express independent and diverse political views
c. americans form political parties to nominate candidates
d. americans donate generously to political causes

4. mary and sara want to go shopping to buy new outfits for the weekend. they both fall in love with the same shirt and each decide to buy one for $15. at the register, a sales tax of 6% is added to the total. since mary earns more money than sara, this purchase will not impact her overall budget as much as it will for sara who earns less money. this is an example of a… (unit 9)
a. progressive tax
b. regressive tax
c. income tax
d. excise tax

5. is the largest territorial and political subdivision of a state. the state of pennsylvania is organized into 67 of these. (unit 9)
a. county
b. city
c. township
d. borough

6. which of these is the correct analogy statement below (unit 9)
a. duel federalism is to concurrent powers as corporative federalism is to reserved powers
b. layered cake is to dual federalism as marble cake is to corporative federalism
c. marble cake is to congress as layered cake is to the pa general assembly
d. the supreme court is to the legislative branch as states’ rights is to federalism

7. who is the head of the executive branch at the state level? (unit 9)
a. attorney general
b. governor
c. lieutenant governor
d. president

8. when alabama’s governor, george wallace refused to end the policy of segregation in public universities, he proclaimed that his decision was protected under states’ rights, but which portion of the constitution did the supreme court rule in brown v. board of education that overcomes (defeat) the states’ right argument. (unit 9)
a. equal protection clause
b. necessary and proper clause
c. free exercise clause
d. 4th amendment

9. the government cuts taxes, hoping that having more money will result in people buying more goods and services. which term best describes this type of policy? (unit 10)
a. monetary policy
b. fiscal policy
c. labor policy
d. income policy

10. currently, government discrimination by gender, race or ethnicity is
permissible (allowed) only if it: (unit 8)
a. provides separate but equal services to everyone
b. serves a compelling government interest and is narrowly tailored to meet that interest
c. does not discriminate by religion or socioeconomic status
d. none of the above - this type of government discrimination is never permissible.