Country Studies 4 year Module 1_30 Sep 2024

Choose the correct answer: What was the compromise to please the large states into the House of Representatives?

• the number of seats per state was made proportional to population in the House of Representatives
• the number of seats for the House of Representatives was equal from each state
• the slaves were included into the count so that in large states they could increase the representation in the House of Representatives
• the Electoral College should have helped large states in representation in the House of Representatives

Choose the correct answer: What economic compromise was reached?

• drafters allowed the House of Representatives to tax gold in banks
• the drafters permitted the Congress to tax imports but not exports
• drafters allowed southern states to keep their slaves
• drafters introduced Article 1 of the amendments

Choose the correct answer: What are the major principles of the US Constitution?

• slavery, nobility
• class differentiation, clergy
• hierarchy of law
• separation of powers, checks and balances

Choose the correct answer: What document guarantees freedom of religion?

• the decree fo President Lincoln
• First Amendment to the Constitution
• checks and balances
• joint declaration of Senate and House of Representatives

Choose the correct answer: What is the size of Christian population in the US?

• about 2%
• about 13%
• about 80%
• about 10%

Choose the correct answer: What is the largest denomination in the US?

• United Methodist
• Roman Catholic
• Baptist
• Presbyterian

Choose the correct answer: What denomination has more than 1% of population?

• Greek Orthodox
• Islam
• Hinduism
• Judaism

Choose the correct answer: What denomination has the largest growth in the latest decades?

• Roman Catholic
• Evangelical Protestantism
• Russian Orthodox
• Hinduism

Choose the correct answer: Who were the Founding Fathers?

• King James, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King
• Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy
• Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington
• Thomast Jefferson, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter

Choose the correct answer: The President of the US is eligible to serve

• 3 non-consecutive terms
• an unlimited number of terms
• if s/he is a naturalized citizen
• only 2 terms