Answer all please without a link! 8. Which statement best summarizes why a free press is essential to a democracy and is usually suppressed by authoritarian governments?
a. A free press is an important tool for keeping the media honest, ensuring that political parties hold fair elections and offer qualified candidates.
b. A free press is a source of individual opinions, a forum that serves as the most reliable source of nonpartisan political news and information for citizens.
c. A free press is an expression of freedom of speech, a foundation of democracy that limits the power of government by allowing citizens to openly criticize it.
d. A free press is a place for open debate, guaranteeing that civilian desires are taken into consideration by the government in national and international matters.

9. Choose the answer that BEST completes the chart about the roles of the President of the United States.
a. Chief of Party
b. Chief of State
c. Chief Legislator
d. Chief Economist

10. Study the outline to answer the question. Which of the following headings most accurately completes the outline?
a. Greater role of Vice President
b. National crises
c. Checks and balances
d. Political parties

11. In what way is the United States a representative democracy?
a. Citizens allow a self-appointed elite to make decisions for them.
b. Citizens decide laws and policies directly in mass meetings.
c. Citizens choose small groups of people to make laws and policies for them.
d. Citizens elect a President who has absolute power to make decisions for them.
12. Choose the answer that best completes the chart.
a. A government controlled by a single person
b. A government-controlled by a legislative body
c. A government-controlled by the people
d. A government controlled by the rich

13. Use the chart to answer the question. What is the difference between a unitary government and a federal government?
a. In a unitary government, power is shared by an alliance of independent states; in a federal government, power is divided between a central government and local governments.
b. In a federal government, power is shared by an alliance of independent states; in a unitary government, power is divided between a central government and local governments.
c. In a federal government, power is held by a single, central agency; in a unitary government, power is divided between a central government and local governments.
d. In a unitary government power is held by a single, central agency; in a federal government, power is divided between a central government and local governments.

14. A legitimate government is
a. one in which government leaders obtain and keep power by using force.
b. one that offers the fastest solutions to a nation’s problems and citizens’ needs.
c. one that is created by a union of many smaller groups that could not obtain power on their own.
d. one that is accepted by its people and other governments as the sovereign authority of a nation.

15. Review the chart. Why would the more conservative Patriots prefer the establishment of a bicameral legislature?
a. It created a balance of power.
b. It led to legislation being passed in a short period of time.
c. It worked best in a system with a strong national government.
d. It was cheaper to maintain.