Question 1

Conservative billionaires generously funded pro-Romney __________ and yet still lost the 2012 presidential election.

Accepted Answer

A) politicians 
B) policies 
C) super-PACs 
D) social media 
A) politicians 
B) policies 
C) super-PACs 
D) social media

Question 2

Petrostates, like those around the Persian Gulf, are not ripe for democracy but are ripe for overthrow.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Right-wing totalitarianism does not desire revolution; instead, it attempts to block __________.

Accepted Answer

A) a leftist revolution 
B) ethnic turmoil 
C) an Islamic fundamentalist movement 
D) a libertarian revolution 
A) a leftist revolution 
B) ethnic turmoil 
C) an Islamic fundamentalist movement 
D) a libertarian revolution

Question 4

Which type of regime has an obedient media, state-supervised interest groups, and pervasive corruption?

Accepted Answer

A) Transitional 
B) Democratic 
C) Authoritarian 
D) Totalitarian 
A) Transitional 
B) Democratic 
C) Authoritarian 
D) Totalitarian

Question 5

What are the main types of authoritarianism?

Accepted Answer

A) Military, personalistic, traditional plutarchy, dominant-party, and single-party 
B) Security, personalistic, traditional monarchy, dominant-party, and single-party 
C) Military, personalistic, traditional monarchy, dominant-party, and single-party 
D) Military, pluarlistic, traditional monarchy, dominant-party, and single-party 
A) Military, personalistic, traditional plutarchy, dominant-party, and single-party 
B) Security, personalistic, traditional monarchy, dominant-party, and single-party 
C) Military, personalistic, traditional monarchy, dominant-party, and single-party 
D) Military, pluarlistic, traditional monarchy, dominant-party, and single-party

Question 6

Describe the purpose of total control as relates to the image of the state.

Accepted Answer

A) To reveal the state as genuine and open entity 
B) To excuse the state's invasive and/or violent political measures 
C) To convey to the citizens a perception of only everyday order 
D) To convey to visitors a perception of nearly perfect order 
A) To reveal the state as genuine and open entity 
B) To excuse the state's invasive and/or violent political measures 
C) To convey to the citizens a perception of only everyday order 
D) To convey to visitors a perception of nearly perfect order

Question 7

Sponsors of __________ can oversimplify and manipulate issues, despite their appearance of being very democratic.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Sponsors of __________ can oversimplify and manipulate...

Question 8

What two types of regimes have contributed to the latest wave of democracy?

Accepted Answer

A) Authoritarian and communist 
B) Communist and totalitarian 
C) Authoritarian and totalitarian 
D) Theocratic and communist 
A) Authoritarian and communist 
B) Communist and totalitarian 
C) Authoritarian and totalitarian 
D) Theocratic and communist

Question 9

Democracy is dependent for its growth, at least in part, on a __________ economy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Democracy is dependent for its growth, at...

Question 10

The U.S.congress reluctantly voted for the 2008 and 2009 financial bailouts, as opinion ran against those bailouts, abandoning the __________ theory to act as trustees for the public good.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The U.S.congress reluctantly voted for the 2008...

Question 11

Describe the relationship of citizens of petrostates to their governments.

Accepted Answer

A) Citizens stand independent of the government with regard to employment, but do not form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class. 
B) Citizens depend on the government for jobs and handouts, but form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class. 
C) Citizens depend on the government for jobs and handouts and do not form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class. 
D) Citizens stand independent of the government with regard to employment, and tend to form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class. 
A) Citizens stand independent of the government with regard to employment, but do not form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class. 
B) Citizens depend on the government for jobs and handouts, but form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class. 
C) Citizens depend on the government for jobs and handouts and do not form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class. 
D) Citizens stand independent of the government with regard to employment, and tend to form an autonomous, pluralistic middle class.

Question 12

All political scientists agree that in democracy elites make the actual decisions while the masses generally go along with it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Nazi Gestapo, the Soviet NKVD under Stalin, and Mussolini's OVRA had no judicial restraints.How is this indicative of the totalitarian state's embrace of organized terror?

Accepted Answer

A) In an effort to keep the military from seeking too much power, security police utilize both physical and psychological methods. 
B) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police utilize both physical and psychological methods. 
C) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police solely utilize physical methods. 
D) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police solely utilize psychological methods. 
A) In an effort to keep the military from seeking too much power, security police utilize both physical and psychological methods. 
B) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police utilize both physical and psychological methods. 
C) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police solely utilize physical methods. 
D) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police solely utilize psychological methods.

Question 14

The non-violent civil rights campaigner, Martin Luther King, and his followers changed both the __________ of America.

Accepted Answer

A) religion and psychology 
B) laws and the psychology 
C) laws and economy 
D) public policy and educational system 
A) religion and psychology 
B) laws and the psychology 
C) laws and economy 
D) public policy and educational system

Question 15

Why might authoritarianism have spread in newly independent nations around the early mid-twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Though colonialists had encouraged democracy; there was a lack of individualism and market economies, levels of education and income were low. 
B) Colonialists had never encouraged democracy; there was too much individualism and levels of education and income were low. 
C) Colonialists had never encouraged democracy; there was a lack of individualism and market economies, and levels of education and income were low. 
D) Though colonialists had encouraged democracy, and there was a tradition of individualism and market economies, levels of education and income were low. 
A) Though colonialists had encouraged democracy; there was a lack of individualism and market economies, levels of education and income were low. 
B) Colonialists had never encouraged democracy; there was too much individualism and levels of education and income were low. 
C) Colonialists had never encouraged democracy; there was a lack of individualism and market economies, and levels of education and income were low. 
D) Though colonialists had encouraged democracy, and there was a tradition of individualism and market economies, levels of education and income were low.

Question 16

What country is a contemporary example of a totalitarian regime?

Accepted Answer

A) Iran 
B) North Korea 
C) Vietnam 
D) China 
A) Iran 
B) North Korea 
C) Vietnam 
D) China

Question 17

How are security forces an example of a tool of organized terror?

Accepted Answer

Security forces, such as the police, mil

Question 18

The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans received the biggest of the Bush administration's 2001 tax cuts, which some would argue is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) government being too big 
B) the unaccountable nature of elites 
C) political power benefitting those with money and connections 
D) good public policy 
A) government being too big 
B) the unaccountable nature of elites 
C) political power benefitting those with money and connections 
D) good public policy

Question 19

There are different types of democracy.Explain the differences between representative democracy and direct democracy.Which type of democracy does the U.S.have and why? Also, how are liberal and illiberal democracies different? Provide at least one example of each.

Accepted Answer

1. Define the different types of democra

Question 20

__________ showed an early form of authoritarianism with his famous phrase: "The state-that's me."

Accepted Answer

A) Francisco Franco 
B) Fidel Castro 
C) Queen Anne 
D) Louis XIV 
A) Francisco Franco 
B) Fidel Castro 
C) Queen Anne 
D) Louis XIV

Conservative billionaires generously funded pro-Romney __________ and yet still lost the 2012 presidential election.

Petrostates, like those around the Persian Gulf, are not ripe for democracy but are ripe for overthrow.

Right-wing totalitarianism does not desire revolution; instead, it attempts to block __________.

Which type of regime has an obedient media, state-supervised interest groups, and pervasive corruption?

What are the main types of authoritarianism?

Describe the purpose of total control as relates to the image of the state.

Sponsors of __________ can oversimplify and manipulate issues, despite their appearance of being very democratic.

What two types of regimes have contributed to the latest wave of democracy?

Democracy is dependent for its growth, at least in part, on a __________ economy.

The U.S.congress reluctantly voted for the 2008 and 2009 financial bailouts, as opinion ran against those bailouts, abandoning the __________ theory to act as trustees for the public good.

Describe the relationship of citizens of petrostates to their governments.

All political scientists agree that in democracy elites make the actual decisions while the masses generally go along with it.

The Nazi Gestapo, the Soviet NKVD under Stalin, and Mussolini's OVRA had no judicial restraints.How is this indicative of the totalitarian state's embrace of organized terror?

The non-violent civil rights campaigner, Martin Luther King, and his followers changed both the __________ of America.

Why might authoritarianism have spread in newly independent nations around the early mid-twentieth century?

What country is a contemporary example of a totalitarian regime?

How are security forces an example of a tool of organized terror?

The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans received the biggest of the Bush administration's 2001 tax cuts, which some would argue is an example of __________.

There are different types of democracy.Explain the differences between representative democracy and direct democracy.Which type of democracy does the U.S.have and why? Also, how are liberal and illiberal democracies different? Provide at least one example of each.

__________ showed an early form of authoritarianism with his famous phrase: "The state-that's me."

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Conservative billionaires generously funded pro-Romney __________ and yet still lost the 2012 presidential election.

Petrostates, like those around the Persian Gulf, are not ripe for democracy but are ripe for overthrow.

Right-wing totalitarianism does not desire revolution; instead, it attempts to block __________.

Which type of regime has an obedient media, state-supervised interest groups, and pervasive corruption?

What are the main types of authoritarianism?

Describe the purpose of total control as relates to the image of the state.

Sponsors of __________ can oversimplify and manipulate issues, despite their appearance of being very democratic.

What two types of regimes have contributed to the latest wave of democracy?

Democracy is dependent for its growth, at least in part, on a __________ economy.

The U.S.congress reluctantly voted for the 2008 and 2009 financial bailouts, as opinion ran against those bailouts, abandoning the __________ theory to act as trustees for the public good.

Describe the relationship of citizens of petrostates to their governments.

All political scientists agree that in democracy elites make the actual decisions while the masses generally go along with it.

The Nazi Gestapo, the Soviet NKVD under Stalin, and Mussolini's OVRA had no judicial restraints.How is this indicative of the totalitarian state's embrace of organized terror?

The non-violent civil rights campaigner, Martin Luther King, and his followers changed both the __________ of America.

Why might authoritarianism have spread in newly independent nations around the early mid-twentieth century?

What country is a contemporary example of a totalitarian regime?

How are security forces an example of a tool of organized terror?

The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans received the biggest of the Bush administration's 2001 tax cuts, which some would argue is an example of __________.

There are different types of democracy.Explain the differences between representative democracy and direct democracy.Which type of democracy does the U.S.have and why? Also, how are liberal and illiberal democracies different? Provide at least one example of each.

__________ showed an early form of authoritarianism with his famous phrase: "The state-that's me."

Politics and Political Science

Theories

Political Ideologies

States

Constitutions and Rights

Political Culture

Public Opinion

Political Communication

Interest Groups

Parties

Elections

Legislatures

Executives and Bureaucracies

Judiciaries

Political Economy

Violence and Revolution

International Relations

Filters