Question 1

Why did the South African government finally begin a dialogue leading to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990, among other concessions?

Accepted Answer

A) The government was running out of the money it needed to fund police and military actions against black South-Africans. 
B) The escalating violence between armed black South Africans and the government 
C) The escalating violence among armed black South Africans 
D) The government was infiltrated by less and less-racist whites. 
A) The government was running out of the money it needed to fund police and military actions against black South-Africans. 
B) The escalating violence between armed black South Africans and the government 
C) The escalating violence among armed black South Africans 
D) The government was infiltrated by less and less-racist whites.

Question 2

The U.S.hesitated supporting the __________ revolutions because it feared they would fall under extremist influences.

Accepted Answer

A) Cuban 
B) "Arab Spring" 
C) Iranian 
D) "velvet" 
A) Cuban 
B) "Arab Spring" 
C) Iranian 
D) "velvet"

Question 3

What is the relationship between a high sense of government legitimacy among the people and police officers? Where legitimacy is high __________.

Accepted Answer

A) spending on policing is low 
B) it is because there are fewer police interfering in civilian life 
C) fewer police are needed 
D) it is because police use a particularly heavy hand 
A) spending on policing is low 
B) it is because there are fewer police interfering in civilian life 
C) fewer police are needed 
D) it is because police use a particularly heavy hand

Question 4

What is it that many experts believe could be the only solution to the problem of Islamist terrorism?

Accepted Answer

A) Infiltration of terrorist groups by covert operators 
B) Totalitarian rule 
C) Modernization 
D) Pacification through military action 
A) Infiltration of terrorist groups by covert operators 
B) Totalitarian rule 
C) Modernization 
D) Pacification through military action

Question 5

Describe what can often happen in a changing society when, during times of prosperity, some people get rich faster than others.

Accepted Answer

A) Jealousy is aroused. 
B) Politicians pay more attention to poverty. 
C) The very poor revolt. 
D) Economists become confused. 
A) Jealousy is aroused. 
B) Politicians pay more attention to poverty. 
C) The very poor revolt. 
D) Economists become confused.

Question 6

An example of a situation starting in one issue category and __________ to another is when complaints of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo against their second-class status led successively to Albanian political parties, protests, underground groups, violence, and an armed rebellion that broke Kosovo away from Serbia in 1999.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An example of a situation starting in...

Question 7

Several decades ago political scientists tended to overlook __________.

Accepted Answer

A) revolutions 
B) dictatorships 
C) government legitimacy 
D) violence and upheaval 
A) revolutions 
B) dictatorships 
C) government legitimacy 
D) violence and upheaval

Question 8

In 1976, black students in South Africa's Soweto township protested against the issue of being forced to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) modernize 
B) have no more than one child per family 
C) learn Afrikaans in school 
D) take part in military service 
A) modernize 
B) have no more than one child per family 
C) learn Afrikaans in school 
D) take part in military service

Question 9

Napoleon and Stalin are examples of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) revolutions' persistent tendency to overthrow one form of tyranny only to replace it with another 
B) the partial despotism of revolutionaries being replaced by a government composed of society's elite 
C) religious despots akin to Iran's Khomeini 
D) largely nonviolent revolutionaries 
A) revolutions' persistent tendency to overthrow one form of tyranny only to replace it with another 
B) the partial despotism of revolutionaries being replaced by a government composed of society's elite 
C) religious despots akin to Iran's Khomeini 
D) largely nonviolent revolutionaries

Question 10

By the 1980s, many radical countries were trying to __________ their revolutionary systems.

Accepted Answer

A) crush 
B) spread to other nations 
C) back out of 
D) further 
A) crush 
B) spread to other nations 
C) back out of 
D) further

Question 11

A lesson learned from the Vietnam War was that while the insurgent is__________, the occupier or government is impatiently trying to substitute firepower for legitimacy.

Accepted Answer

A) planting tripwire bomb devices 
B) patiently building a network to supplant the regime 
C) trying to find the best possible leader for its cause 
D) lobbying for international support 
A) planting tripwire bomb devices 
B) patiently building a network to supplant the regime 
C) trying to find the best possible leader for its cause 
D) lobbying for international support

Question 12

In France, the Revolution is still __________ more than two centuries later.

Accepted Answer

A) controversial 
B) celebrated with unfettered zeal 
C) not taught in schools 
D) little talked about 
A) controversial 
B) celebrated with unfettered zeal 
C) not taught in schools 
D) little talked about

Question 13

The American struggle was not sidetracked by the __________ problem, so it could focus on establishing a just and durable constitution with balanced powers and political freedom

Accepted Answer

The answer of The American struggle was not sidetracked by...

Question 14

Riots triggered by police beating youths, protests against globalization, and labor strikes against austerity are all examples of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) purely traditional violence 
B) issue-oriented violence 
C) violence carried out by civilian institutions of government 
D) coups 
A) purely traditional violence 
B) issue-oriented violence 
C) violence carried out by civilian institutions of government 
D) coups

Question 15

As Russia was losing to Germany in World War II, the tsarist state collapsed, giving Lenin's small Bolshevik party a chance to grab power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to Hannah Arendt, the American struggle was indeed a revolution, perhaps history's only complete revolution, __________.

Accepted Answer

A) for it alone ended with a democratic institutions. 
B) because it became an example for other nations. 
C) because it managed to route what was then the great world power. 
D) for it alone ended with a new foundation of liberty instead of the tyranny that came after other revolutions. 
A) for it alone ended with a democratic institutions. 
B) because it became an example for other nations. 
C) because it managed to route what was then the great world power. 
D) for it alone ended with a new foundation of liberty instead of the tyranny that came after other revolutions.

Question 17

Fighting between Arabs and Darfuris in Sudan, Sunni and Shia in Iraq, and Tibets and Chinese in Tibet are all examples of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) underground violence 
B) primordial violence 
C) rebellions based on Communist politics 
D) self-defense 
A) underground violence 
B) primordial violence 
C) rebellions based on Communist politics 
D) self-defense

Question 18

Intellectuals tend to resent people who are richer but not as smart.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Thinkpieces are often justifiable because we know that many data are __________.

Accepted Answer

A) flawed 
B) falsified 
C) analogous 
D) always based on facts rather than estimates 
A) flawed 
B) falsified 
C) analogous 
D) always based on facts rather than estimates

Question 20

The__________, in Cambodia, in the late 1970s murdered an estimated 1.7 million of their fellow citizens.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The__________, in Cambodia, in the late 1970s...

Why did the South African government finally begin a dialogue leading to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990, among other concessions?

The U.S.hesitated supporting the __________ revolutions because it feared they would fall under extremist influences.

What is the relationship between a high sense of government legitimacy among the people and police officers? Where legitimacy is high __________.

What is it that many experts believe could be the only solution to the problem of Islamist terrorism?

Describe what can often happen in a changing society when, during times of prosperity, some people get rich faster than others.

Several decades ago political scientists tended to overlook __________.

In 1976, black students in South Africa's Soweto township protested against the issue of being forced to __________.

Napoleon and Stalin are examples of __________.

By the 1980s, many radical countries were trying to __________ their revolutionary systems.

A lesson learned from the Vietnam War was that while the insurgent is__________, the occupier or government is impatiently trying to substitute firepower for legitimacy.

In France, the Revolution is still __________ more than two centuries later.

The American struggle was not sidetracked by the __________ problem, so it could focus on establishing a just and durable constitution with balanced powers and political freedom

Riots triggered by police beating youths, protests against globalization, and labor strikes against austerity are all examples of __________.

As Russia was losing to Germany in World War II, the tsarist state collapsed, giving Lenin's small Bolshevik party a chance to grab power.

According to Hannah Arendt, the American struggle was indeed a revolution, perhaps history's only complete revolution, __________.

Fighting between Arabs and Darfuris in Sudan, Sunni and Shia in Iraq, and Tibets and Chinese in Tibet are all examples of __________.

Intellectuals tend to resent people who are richer but not as smart.

Thinkpieces are often justifiable because we know that many data are __________.

The__________, in Cambodia, in the late 1970s murdered an estimated 1.7 million of their fellow citizens.

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Exam 17: Violence and Revolution

Why did the South African government finally begin a dialogue leading to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990, among other concessions?

The U.S.hesitated supporting the __________ revolutions because it feared they would fall under extremist influences.

What is the relationship between a high sense of government legitimacy among the people and police officers? Where legitimacy is high __________.

What is it that many experts believe could be the only solution to the problem of Islamist terrorism?

Describe what can often happen in a changing society when, during times of prosperity, some people get rich faster than others.

Several decades ago political scientists tended to overlook __________.

In 1976, black students in South Africa's Soweto township protested against the issue of being forced to __________.

Napoleon and Stalin are examples of __________.

By the 1980s, many radical countries were trying to __________ their revolutionary systems.

A lesson learned from the Vietnam War was that while the insurgent is__________, the occupier or government is impatiently trying to substitute firepower for legitimacy.

In France, the Revolution is still __________ more than two centuries later.

The American struggle was not sidetracked by the __________ problem, so it could focus on establishing a just and durable constitution with balanced powers and political freedom

Riots triggered by police beating youths, protests against globalization, and labor strikes against austerity are all examples of __________.

As Russia was losing to Germany in World War II, the tsarist state collapsed, giving Lenin's small Bolshevik party a chance to grab power.

According to Hannah Arendt, the American struggle was indeed a revolution, perhaps history's only complete revolution, __________.

Fighting between Arabs and Darfuris in Sudan, Sunni and Shia in Iraq, and Tibets and Chinese in Tibet are all examples of __________.

Intellectuals tend to resent people who are richer but not as smart.

Thinkpieces are often justifiable because we know that many data are __________.

The__________, in Cambodia, in the late 1970s murdered an estimated 1.7 million of their fellow citizens.

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