At the core of the European Union is a unified set of tariffs with regard to goods coming in from outside the free trade area. This is called a __________.

Which one of the following best explains why the Articles of Confederation purposely created a weak national government?

a. The Articles were based on a theory of state sovereignty. b. The Articles were intended to not offend Parliament and King George III. c. The Articles separated power into three distinct branches: executive, legislative, judicial. d. The Articles were actually intended to create a very powerful central government. e. The Articles intended for a strong executive branch but weak judicial and legislative branches.

Surveys reveal that Americans are ___________ confident about government and politics

a. becoming more b. neither more nor less c. less d. overly