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What can rapid Front Range population growth encourage in water management?

  • Elimination of all reservoirs
  • End of municipal water systems
  • Dependence on ocean desalination only
  • Conservation, reuse, storage, and transfers among users or basins
Correct answer(s):
  • Conservation, reuse, storage, and transfers among users or basins

What administrative problem did the creation of Colorado Territory address?

  • All counties belonged to one city
  • Denver was outside North America
  • Colorado had no land
  • The future state area had been divided among several territorial jurisdictions
Correct answer(s):
  • The future state area had been divided among several territorial jurisdictions

Why are Colorado’s 64 counties important to political geography?

  • They control federal foreign policy
  • They provide local government across very different regions
  • They all have identical populations
  • They replace the state government
Correct answer(s):
  • They provide local government across very different regions

Why do urban and rural Colorado often have different public-service needs?

  • All communities are identical
  • Urban areas have no roads
  • Population density, distance, economies, and infrastructure differ
  • Rural counties have no residents
Correct answer(s):
  • Population density, distance, economies, and infrastructure differ

What is unusual about Denver’s local government structure?

  • It is a consolidated city and county
  • It has no local government
  • It belongs to two states
  • It is governed by Wyoming
Correct answer(s):
  • It is a consolidated city and county

What did the creation of Colorado Territory do politically?

  • Combined lands previously divided among other territories
  • Made Colorado part of Canada
  • Created the first U.S. coastline
  • Ended all county governments
Correct answer(s):
  • Combined lands previously divided among other territories

What is Colorado’s state lawmaking body called?

  • Colorado Supreme Council
  • Denver Parliament
  • Western Congress
  • Colorado General Assembly
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado General Assembly

Which two chambers make up the Colorado General Assembly?

  • Assembly and Council of Governors
  • House of Representatives and Senate
  • House of Commons and Lords
  • Supreme Court and Cabinet
Correct answer(s):
  • House of Representatives and Senate

What is the highest court in Colorado’s state judicial system?

  • U.S. Senate
  • Colorado General Assembly
  • Denver District Council
  • Colorado Supreme Court
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado Supreme Court

Where are major Colorado state government functions housed?

  • Pikes Peak summit house
  • Colorado State Capitol in Denver
  • Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
  • Great Sand Dunes visitor center
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado State Capitol in Denver

Which responsibility can belong to Colorado county governments?

  • Setting national immigration law
  • Printing U.S. currency
  • Managing elections, records, roads, and some local services
  • Declaring war on foreign countries
Correct answer(s):
  • Managing elections, records, roads, and some local services

How does California’s initiative process shift political power?

  • It gives voters and petition campaigns some agenda-setting power outside the legislature.
  • It allows other states to write California laws.
  • It eliminates elections.
  • It transfers all power to federal courts.
Correct answer(s):
  • It gives voters and petition campaigns some agenda-setting power outside the legislature.

What is the key difference between a referendum and a recall?

  • A referendum concerns a policy or law, while a recall concerns removing an officeholder.
  • Both are only presidential elections.
  • They are identical terms.
  • A recall concerns laws and a referendum removes judges only.
Correct answer(s):
  • A referendum concerns a policy or law, while a recall concerns removing an officeholder.

Why is multilevel government especially important in California?

  • Counties have no service role.
  • Large states require fewer institutions by definition.
  • California has only one local government.
  • Its large population and geographic scale require state, county, city, and special-district administration.
Correct answer(s):
  • Its large population and geographic scale require state, county, city, and special-district administration.

What is one potential trade-off of California’s direct-democracy system?

  • Direct democracy eliminates all political conflict.
  • Initiatives automatically expire in one day.
  • Voters can bypass legislators, but ballot rules may create complex long-term constraints.
  • Voters have no policy role.
Correct answer(s):
  • Voters can bypass legislators, but ballot rules may create complex long-term constraints.