Exam 7: Revolutionary Change

Which of the following revolutionary leaders most closely followed Mao's strategy of "people's war"?

Unlike Karl Marx,Mao Zedong

Classical Marxist theory (and Marx himself)believed that the first communist revolutions would take place in

While revolutionary governments typically broaden political participation,they are rarely democratic

What causes some Third World peasants to join revolutionary movements? Which type of peasant is most likely to join and which are least likely?

To seize power,successful revolutionary movements always have needed to gain the active support of over half the population.

"Relative deprivation" is the gap that exists between what people want or expect from life and what they actually get.

Which of the following "revolutions" fails to meet the definition of revolution offered by Theda Skocpol and many other major scholars?

Which theory indicates that revolutions and rebellions often take place when an extended period of economic growth is followed by an economic downturn?

In some revolutions,such as Cuba's,government corruption undermined the legitimacy of the old regime.However,in other revolutions,such as Nicaragua's,the issue of government corruption played no role in the collapse of the old regime.

Although Cuba's revolutionary government has "reached out" to the country's large black and mulatto populations,those groups remain underrepresented among those in top leadership posts in both the government and the Communist Party.

The Chinese and Cuban revolutions both started

In the view of advocates and supporters of Third World revolutions,which one of the following choices was NOT one of the promised outcomes that attracted them to revolutions?

Cubans were shocked by revelations about the "Ochoa affair." What was the Ochoa affair?

Classical Marx theory (i.e.,as originally laid down by Marx)argued that either the working class or the peasantry could provide the main participants in communist revolutions.

Often,but not always,revolutions begin after a country has been defeated in a war.In which of the following did that happen?

Marxist (communist)leadership and ideology played key roles in the revolutions in Cuba,Iran,and Vietnam.

Discuss James Davies's J-Curve theory of the causes of revolutions.In what ways is his theory supported and/or refuted by other scholars who tested it?

Which one of these was NOT a positive accomplishment of several major revolutions in the developing world?

According to Davies's J-curve theory,many of the governments that have been toppled by revolutions were delegitimized by political corruption.