Question 1

What is the crux of radical revolutionary thinking?

Accepted Answer

A) an economic plan to back up political idealism 
B) the belief that it is possible to remake society 
C) the belief that violence is an end in itself 
D) the willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good

Question 2

Until the 1960s,political scientists tended to overlook __________.

Accepted Answer

A) normative ideas about how politics should work 
B) nondemocratic regimes 
C) government legitimacy 
D) violence and upheaval

Question 3

The United States generally paid little attention to the plight of poor,inner-city whites until a series of riots took place in the late 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Why was jealousy provoked in the Iranian people,despite the booming economy of the early to mid-1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) Poor Iranians became slightly richer,but they realized that they were still much poorer than the lower classes in Western countries. 
B) No one who was not already rich became rich,which made all other classes of society bitter and resentful. 
C) Only Iranians with personal connections to the Shah received any benefit from soaring oil prices. 
D) Economic growth was uneven,with some getting rich fast and others benefitting little to not at all.

Question 5

According to Hannah Arendt,why could the American struggle be considered history's only complete revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) Unlike other struggles,it addressed social justice issues as well as political ones. 
B) Unlike other struggles,it was based on an idealistic pursuit of individual freedoms. 
C) Unlike other struggles,it ended with the defeat of a mighty superpower. 
D) Unlike other struggles,it ended with liberty instead of tyranny.

Question 6

In 1976,South African police opened fire on hundreds of protesters in Soweto who objected to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) Christian school prayer 
B) separate-but-equal public accommodations 
C) learning Afrikaans in school 
D) enlisting in the military

Question 7

According to many experts,what could be the only solution to the problem of Islamist terrorism?

Accepted Answer

A) infiltration of terrorist groups by covert operators 
B) permanent military occupation 
C) modernization 
D) assimilation into Western society

Question 8

Lenin was a prominent Soviet intellectual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The conflict between Croatia,Bosnia,and Serbia in the 1990s was primarily __________,resulting in the collapse of Yugoslavia.

Accepted Answer

A) an Islamic revolution 
B) a military takeover 
C) a separatist war 
D) a coup

Question 10

During the Vietnam War,what did the Saigon regime and the Americans have in common?

Accepted Answer

A) They collaborated with Communists. 
B) They were much more successful than the earlier French occupation. 
C) They lacked legitimacy in the villages. 
D) They easily defeated the Vietcong.

Question 11

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 have only occurred in recent history.

Question 12

Why are intellectuals nearly everywhere discontented with the existing state of affairs?

Accepted Answer

A) They are highly educated and acquainted with a variety of ideas,some of them utopian. 
B) They are elitists and have trouble working with the common people. 
C) Negative people tend to be attracted to intellectual occupations. 
D) Intellectuals usually support fringe candidates that do not win elections.

Question 13

By the 1980s,revolutionary systems around the world were __________.

Accepted Answer

A) collapsing due to economic globalization 
B) inspiring more successful revolutions in neighboring countries 
C) failing or backing away from their radical ideals 
D) becoming even more extremist

Question 14

What was the relationship between the army's intervention against demonstrating World War I veterans and President Hoover's bid for reelection in 1932?

Accepted Answer

A) National unity stemming from World War I caused Hoover to win the election in a landslide. 
B) Public contempt for Hoover's weak control of the army caused Hoover to lose the election in a landslide. 
C) Public revulsion at Hoover's treatment of World War I veterans caused him to lose the election by a landslide. 
D) Public support for Hoover's decisive leadership caused him to win the election in a landslide.

Question 15

At the 1968 Democratic Convention,Chicago police attacked __________ protestors and bystanders.

Accepted Answer

A) Vietnam War 
B) feminist 
C) civil rights 
D) Republican

Question 16

What is sociologist Theda Skocpol's theory on revolutions?

Accepted Answer

A) Revolutions are usually caused by widespread inequality and hardship. 
B) Revolutions primarily bubble up from below. 
C) Successful revolutions happen when the government stops even pretending to consider public opinion in its decision making. 
D) Successful revolutions happen when the government is caught in a situation it cannot manage.

Question 17

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 18

Terrorism rarely works,and usually only __________.

Accepted Answer

A) in addition to severe economic or political pressures 
B) against Western governments 
C) through guerilla tactics in the jungle 
D) when terrorists' demands are extreme

Question 19

Political breakdown creates the conditions necessary for a small group of people,often __________,to take over and create a __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the political elite; police state 
B) the merchant class; new capitalist democracy 
C) the military; dictatorship 
D) the working class; Marxist revolution

Exam 16: Violence and Revolution

What is the crux of radical revolutionary thinking?

Until the 1960s,political scientists tended to overlook __________.

The United States generally paid little attention to the plight of poor,inner-city whites until a series of riots took place in the late 1960s.

Why was jealousy provoked in the Iranian people,despite the booming economy of the early to mid-1970s?

According to Hannah Arendt,why could the American struggle be considered history's only complete revolution?

In 1976,South African police opened fire on hundreds of protesters in Soweto who objected to __________.

According to many experts,what could be the only solution to the problem of Islamist terrorism?

Lenin was a prominent Soviet intellectual.

The conflict between Croatia,Bosnia,and Serbia in the 1990s was primarily __________,resulting in the collapse of Yugoslavia.

During the Vietnam War,what did the Saigon regime and the Americans have in common?

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

Why are intellectuals nearly everywhere discontented with the existing state of affairs?

By the 1980s,revolutionary systems around the world were __________.

What was the relationship between the army's intervention against demonstrating World War I veterans and President Hoover's bid for reelection in 1932?

At the 1968 Democratic Convention,Chicago police attacked __________ protestors and bystanders.

What is sociologist Theda Skocpol's theory on revolutions?

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.

Terrorism rarely works,and usually only __________.

Political breakdown creates the conditions necessary for a small group of people,often ,to take over and create a .