All of the following were identified as performance ratings used to hire educators except ______.

Political culture refers to the formal rules that govern the

a. interaction between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. b. system of organizing politically, which is defined historically in the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. c. shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that serve to hold a nation and its people together. d. way artists, musicians, filmmakers, and cultural critics use their messages to influence political decision making.

When we say that Japan is a constitutional monarchy, we mean that

a. the monarch alone can amend the constitution. b. the monarch is the formal head of government although as a practical matter, executive power is exercised by the prime minister. c. the monarch serves only a ceremonial symbolic role. d. the Japanese parliament chooses the monarch. e. the monarch has a constitutional power to veto laws approved by parliament but he has never exercised this.