Question 1

In __________, British troops patrolled with automatic weapons and armored cars.

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The answer of In __________, British troops patrolled with automatic...

Question 2

How is high unemployment relevant to civil conflict?

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A) Unemployed young men incline naturally to unrest. 
B) The unemployed tend to be passive, keeping civil conflict at bay. 
C) Unemployed mothers, desperate for their children, tend to take to the streets. 
D) The unemployed tend to be uninformed about politics, and therefore rarely take part in civil conflict. 
A) Unemployed young men incline naturally to unrest. 
B) The unemployed tend to be passive, keeping civil conflict at bay. 
C) Unemployed mothers, desperate for their children, tend to take to the streets. 
D) The unemployed tend to be uninformed about politics, and therefore rarely take part in civil conflict.

Question 3

The Sandinistas' overthrow of Somoza in Nicaragua is an example of a peaceful revolutionary movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Attempting to correct social injustice, the Dutch Revolution became a bloody mess that ended in dictatorship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When faced with __________, a government's initial inclination is to crush it and blame a handful of "radicals and troublemaker."

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The answer of When faced with __________, a government's initial...

Question 6

Reasoning by __________ is often mistaken, as no two situations are exactly alike.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Reasoning by __________ is often mistaken, as...

Question 7

What was the relationship between the rough handling by army troops of World War I veterans known as the "Bonus Army" and then-President Herbert Hoover's election outcome?

Accepted Answer

A) Public support for the veterans' rough treatment helped turn the country decisively equally in support of President Herbert Hoover in that fall's election. 
B) Public revulsion at the veterans' rough treatment helped force President Herbert Hoover to replace his Vice President in that fall's election. 
C) Public revulsion at the veterans' rough treatment helped turn the country decisively against President Herbert Hoover in that fall's election. 
D) Public support at the veterans' rough treatment helped turn the country decisively equally in support of Hoover's sending of American forces to protect American interests during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, and hence his campaign in that fall's election. 
A) Public support for the veterans' rough treatment helped turn the country decisively equally in support of President Herbert Hoover in that fall's election. 
B) Public revulsion at the veterans' rough treatment helped force President Herbert Hoover to replace his Vice President in that fall's election. 
C) Public revulsion at the veterans' rough treatment helped turn the country decisively against President Herbert Hoover in that fall's election. 
D) Public support at the veterans' rough treatment helped turn the country decisively equally in support of Hoover's sending of American forces to protect American interests during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, and hence his campaign in that fall's election.

Question 8

In the "extremists take over" stage of revolution, even revolutionary comrades who are deemed to have strayed from the True path are __________.

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The answer of In the "extremists take over" stage of...

Question 9

Despite thousands of young black South Africans being willing to risk jail or worse by taking up arms against the whites-only regime, that regime imagined for decades that the massive African majority would __________.

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A) continue to rebel, but to no avail 
B) simply keep their place 
C) peacefully be folded into the political system 
D) emigrate over time 
A) continue to rebel, but to no avail 
B) simply keep their place 
C) peacefully be folded into the political system 
D) emigrate over time

Question 10

Most twentieth-century revolutionary movements were founded and led by __________ people.

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The answer of Most twentieth-century revolutionary movements were founded and...

Question 11

What did anthropologist Eric R.Wolf argue regarding societal changes?

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A) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks brings greater wealth to many peasants and yet fails to prevent them from fomenting revolution. 
B) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks impoverishes many peasants but is enough to prevent them from fomenting revolution. 
C) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks brings wealth to many peasants and turns them away from revolution. 
D) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks impoverishes many peasants and turns them from quietude to revolution. 
A) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks brings greater wealth to many peasants and yet fails to prevent them from fomenting revolution. 
B) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks impoverishes many peasants but is enough to prevent them from fomenting revolution. 
C) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks brings wealth to many peasants and turns them away from revolution. 
D) The shift from simple subsistence farming to cash crops dependent on markets, landlords, and banks impoverishes many peasants and turns them from quietude to revolution.

Question 12

What is the crux of radical revolutionary thinking?

Accepted Answer

A) An economic plan to back up political ideas 
B) Belief that it is possible to remake society 
C) Belief that violence is the key to change 
D) A purely ideological motive 
A) An economic plan to back up political ideas 
B) Belief that it is possible to remake society 
C) Belief that violence is the key to change 
D) A purely ideological motive

Question 13

Why did Hubert Humphrey lose the election to Richard Nixon in 1968?

Accepted Answer

A) Specifically because he supported the feminist movement 
B) Mostly because he stood against secret U.S. bombing campaigns in Laos and Cambodia 
C) Largely because of his enormous support of the protestors at the convention 
D) Primarily because of his ambiguous position on the Vietnam War 
A) Specifically because he supported the feminist movement 
B) Mostly because he stood against secret U.S. bombing campaigns in Laos and Cambodia 
C) Largely because of his enormous support of the protestors at the convention 
D) Primarily because of his ambiguous position on the Vietnam War

Question 14

"Class antagonism" can be described as certain groups feeling bypassed by the economic growth of other groups, and therefore feeling embittered.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Why do some scholars say velvet revolutions are not revolutions at all?

Accepted Answer

A) They are not ideologically driven. 
B) They fail to bring about genuine democracy. 
C) They lack the ferocious qualities of violent revolutions. 
D) They don't bring about real regime change. 
A) They are not ideologically driven. 
B) They fail to bring about genuine democracy. 
C) They lack the ferocious qualities of violent revolutions. 
D) They don't bring about real regime change.

Question 16

Describe what happens to intellectuals during Brinton's "the old regime decays" stage of the revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) Intellectuals are alienated from the regime and turn to a proposed ideal system. 
B) Intellectuals are liquidated. 
C) The state intelligence agencies fold the intellectuals into their operations. 
D) Intellectuals exult. 
A) Intellectuals are alienated from the regime and turn to a proposed ideal system. 
B) Intellectuals are liquidated. 
C) The state intelligence agencies fold the intellectuals into their operations. 
D) Intellectuals exult.

Question 17

What brought about real mass unrest in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A) The fall of Soviet-supported communist regimes in Latin America 
B) Brezhnev repressing the people 
C) President Reagan threatening nuclear attack 
D) Gorbachev admitting that things were wrong, and instituting major reforms 
A) The fall of Soviet-supported communist regimes in Latin America 
B) Brezhnev repressing the people 
C) President Reagan threatening nuclear attack 
D) Gorbachev admitting that things were wrong, and instituting major reforms

Question 18

__________ and his followers were calm and rational in their pursuit of political goals that strike outsiders as mistaken and evil.

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The answer of __________ and his followers were calm and...

Question 19

Why is the Middle East currently the breeding ground for considerable terrorist activity?

Accepted Answer

A) High birth rates produce many unemployed youth who are attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism, which has made the United States an object of hate. 
B) Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing and poverty breeds unrest. 
C) High birth rates produce many unemployed youth who are attracted to the complex lessons of Islamism, which has made other Middle Eastern nations an object of hate. 
D) Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, and the poor are attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism, which has made the United States an object of hate. 
A) High birth rates produce many unemployed youth who are attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism, which has made the United States an object of hate. 
B) Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing and poverty breeds unrest. 
C) High birth rates produce many unemployed youth who are attracted to the complex lessons of Islamism, which has made other Middle Eastern nations an object of hate. 
D) Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, and the poor are attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism, which has made the United States an object of hate.

Question 20

Describe Harvard scholar, sociologist Theda Skocpol's recent theory on revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) Revolutions nearly always fail because states, even those that are poorly managed, simply have too much power at their disposal. 
B) Revolutions primarily bubble up from below, but are usually aided by an explicitly incompetent state leader. 
C) Governments caught in situations they are able to manage become distracted nevertheless, which leads to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below. 
D) Governments caught in situations they cannot manage lead to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below. 
A) Revolutions nearly always fail because states, even those that are poorly managed, simply have too much power at their disposal. 
B) Revolutions primarily bubble up from below, but are usually aided by an explicitly incompetent state leader. 
C) Governments caught in situations they are able to manage become distracted nevertheless, which leads to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below. 
D) Governments caught in situations they cannot manage lead to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below.

In __________, British troops patrolled with automatic weapons and armored cars.

How is high unemployment relevant to civil conflict?

The Sandinistas' overthrow of Somoza in Nicaragua is an example of a peaceful revolutionary movement.

Attempting to correct social injustice, the Dutch Revolution became a bloody mess that ended in dictatorship.

When faced with __________, a government's initial inclination is to crush it and blame a handful of "radicals and troublemaker."

Reasoning by __________ is often mistaken, as no two situations are exactly alike.

What was the relationship between the rough handling by army troops of World War I veterans known as the "Bonus Army" and then-President Herbert Hoover's election outcome?

In the "extremists take over" stage of revolution, even revolutionary comrades who are deemed to have strayed from the True path are __________.

Despite thousands of young black South Africans being willing to risk jail or worse by taking up arms against the whites-only regime, that regime imagined for decades that the massive African majority would __________.

Most twentieth-century revolutionary movements were founded and led by __________ people.

What did anthropologist Eric R.Wolf argue regarding societal changes?

What is the crux of radical revolutionary thinking?

Why did Hubert Humphrey lose the election to Richard Nixon in 1968?

"Class antagonism" can be described as certain groups feeling bypassed by the economic growth of other groups, and therefore feeling embittered.

Why do some scholars say velvet revolutions are not revolutions at all?

Describe what happens to intellectuals during Brinton's "the old regime decays" stage of the revolution.

What brought about real mass unrest in the Soviet Union?

__________ and his followers were calm and rational in their pursuit of political goals that strike outsiders as mistaken and evil.

Why is the Middle East currently the breeding ground for considerable terrorist activity?

Describe Harvard scholar, sociologist Theda Skocpol's recent theory on revolution.

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Exam 17: Violence and Revolution

In __________, British troops patrolled with automatic weapons and armored cars.

How is high unemployment relevant to civil conflict?

The Sandinistas' overthrow of Somoza in Nicaragua is an example of a peaceful revolutionary movement.

Attempting to correct social injustice, the Dutch Revolution became a bloody mess that ended in dictatorship.

When faced with __________, a government's initial inclination is to crush it and blame a handful of "radicals and troublemaker."

Reasoning by __________ is often mistaken, as no two situations are exactly alike.

What was the relationship between the rough handling by army troops of World War I veterans known as the "Bonus Army" and then-President Herbert Hoover's election outcome?

In the "extremists take over" stage of revolution, even revolutionary comrades who are deemed to have strayed from the True path are __________.

Despite thousands of young black South Africans being willing to risk jail or worse by taking up arms against the whites-only regime, that regime imagined for decades that the massive African majority would __________.

Most twentieth-century revolutionary movements were founded and led by __________ people.

What did anthropologist Eric R.Wolf argue regarding societal changes?

What is the crux of radical revolutionary thinking?

Why did Hubert Humphrey lose the election to Richard Nixon in 1968?

"Class antagonism" can be described as certain groups feeling bypassed by the economic growth of other groups, and therefore feeling embittered.

Why do some scholars say velvet revolutions are not revolutions at all?

Describe what happens to intellectuals during Brinton's "the old regime decays" stage of the revolution.

What brought about real mass unrest in the Soviet Union?

__________ and his followers were calm and rational in their pursuit of political goals that strike outsiders as mistaken and evil.

Why is the Middle East currently the breeding ground for considerable terrorist activity?

Describe Harvard scholar, sociologist Theda Skocpol's recent theory on revolution.

Politics and Political Science

Theories

Political Ideologies

States

Constitutions and Rights

Regimes

Political Culture

Public Opinion

Political Communication

Interest Groups

Parties

Elections

Legislatures

Executives and Bureaucracies

Judiciaries

Political Economy

International Relations

Filters