Week 1 Quiz

Question

(TCO 1) Which best explains the differences between
historians and political scientists?

Historians look for
generalizations, and political scientists are reluctant to generalize.

Historians are
reluctant to generalize, and political scientists look for generalizations.

Historians are more
likely to look for comparisons than political scientists.

Historians tend to
focus on nature-based explanations, and political scientists focus on
nurture-based explanations.

Question 2

(TCO 1) The statement “Man is by nature a political animal”
is attributed to _____.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Seymour Martin
Lipset

Mao Zedong

Aristotle

Question 3

(TCO 1) Which of the following explanations of power might
examine the tolerance of individuals?

Rational

Control

Authority

Culture

Question 4

(TCO 1) A political leaders’ ability to command respect and
exercise power is known as _____.

sovereignty

corruption

authority

legitimacy

Question 5

(TCO 1) Despite a disputed 2000 presidential election, once
President George W. Bush took office, few people doubted his _____.

charisma

control

legitimacy

sovereignty

Question 6

(TCO 1) The term for measuring with numbers is _____.

quantify

hypothesis

qualify

empirical

Question 7

(TCO 1) When scholars consider various approaches to
studying a given topic, they are most concerned with _____.

reason

balance

theory

rationality

Question 8

(TCO 1) Which of the following is the best example of
theory?

People join groups
because of an innate desire to be with others who have similar views.

Democratic
governments last longer than nondemocratic governments.

Republicans are
older than Democrats.

Corruption is
rampant in government.

Question 9

(TCO 1) _____ is a subfield of political science.

Public
administration

Anthropology

Biology

Sociology

Question 10

(TCO 1) Which are both true for most politicians?

They think
practically and are skeptical of power.

They seek popularity
and hold firm views.

They offer single
causes and think abstractly.

They seek accuracy
and offer long-term consequences.

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 6) Which of the following best characterizes Aristotle?

He only explained
what is.

He only explained
what ought to be.

He explained both
what is and what ought to be.

He neither explained
what is nor what ought to be.

Question 2

(TCO 6) Which of the following was of greatest concern to
John Locke?

Freedom of speech
for all

Power residing with
the proletariat

The right to
property

Voting rights

Question 3

(TCO 6) If _____ were alive, he might suggest that poor
academic performance in schools could be attributed to a society that does not
promote education and provides few resources devoted to schools.

John Locke

Jean-Jacques
Rousseau

Thomas Hobbes

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 4

(TCO 6) Karl Marx used the term _____ to refer to everything
built on top of the economy.

the social contract

institutions

behavioralism

superstructure

Question 5

(TCO 6) Which statement best supports Marxist theories?

The United States
provides ample opportunities for all who work hard.

Similarities exist
between economies in both Europe and the United States.

Tax breaks will
often create jobs, benefiting the working class.

Uneven benefits to
corporations with few benefits for workers led to the economic crises in the
early 2000s.

Question 6

(TCO 6) Adam Smith is most associated with which concept?

Socialism

Modern liberalism

Classic liberalism

Communism

Question 7

(TCO 6) Which of the following propositions would likely be
favored by modern liberals?

Tax cuts for top
income earners

Regulation of the
banking sector

Little government
involvement in economic matters

Free markets

Question 8

(TCO 6) Modern American conservatism would favor government
involvement in what activity?

Religious promotion

Regulating markets

Protecting organized
labor

A progressive tax
system

Question 9

(TCO 6) _____ prefer virtually no government involvement in
anything.

Liberals

Conservatives

Marxists

Libertarians

Question 10

(TCO 6) Which of the following assisted Germany and Italy in
their war efforts?

Disenchantment with
socialism

Appeals to the
citizens based on extreme nationalistic views

Unequal distribution
of resources domestically and abroad

A revolt against the
dominant world powers

Week 3 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 2) A(n) _____ is a political system without a monarch.

institution

monarchy

state

republic

Question 2

(TCO 2) To Aristotle, the corrupt form of monarchy is _____.

democracy

tyranny

polity

oligarchy

Question 3

(TCO 2) Which of the following might lead you to believe
Great Britain has a quasiunitary system of government?

Scotland has gained
autonomy over some policy areas.

Scotland remains
under British control on all matters.

Great Britain has a
federal system of government.

Great Britain has a
confederal system of government.

Question 4

(TCO 2) In _____, representatives are elected based on their
party’s percentage of the vote.

proportional
representative systems

majoritarian systems

single-member
districts

multimember
districts

Question 5

(TCO 2) If the Green Party receives 15% of the vote in a proportional
system, which of the following is likely to happen?

The Green Party
would receive no seats.

The Green Party
would try to form a coalition with other parties.

The Green Party
would attempt to gerrymander districts to its advantage.

The Green Party
would demand a recount of the votes.

Question 6

(TCO 2) Welfare states tend to have which of the following
combinations of state ownership and welfare benefits?

High levels of state
ownership and high levels of welfare benefits

High levels of state
ownership but low levels of welfare benefits

Low levels of state
ownership and high levels of welfare benefits

Low levels of state
ownership and low levels of welfare benefits

Question 7

(TCO 2) Judicial activism refers to _____.

liberal judges

conservative judges

judicial restraint
by judges

willingness to
override legislatures

Question 8

(TCO 2) Which type of regime has a free media, competitive
elections, and protected civil liberties?

Democratic

Transitional

Authoritarian

Totalitarian

Question 9

(TCO 2) The mass media in totalitarian states _____.

show the system is
functioning well under wise leaders, but practice a mildly critical attitude
toward the official ideology

question the system,
but still push the official ideology

show the system is
functioning well under wise leaders, and sell the official ideology

question the system
only in times of crisis, otherwise selling the official ideology

Question 10

(TCO 2) How do totalitarian regimes eliminate armed
resistance?

They hold a monopoly
on all weapons.

They attempt to
pacify the people by encouraging peaceful protest.

They attempt to
distract the people with entertainment and sports.

They ensure that the
only weapon the people have access to is manual action.

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 3) What group or groups do interest groups
overrepresent?

The wealthy and
specialized interest groups

Businesses and
nonprofit organizations

The wealthy and
businesses

The larger interest
groups and specialized interest groups

Question 2

(TCO 3) Why did the
2010 healthcare reform bill contain no provision for public insurance options?

The insurance
industry blocked the Democrats’ efforts for a public option.

The people had no
desire for a public option.

Democrats were not
interested in a public option.

Farmers, heavily
invested in the insurance industry, blocked them

Question 3

(TCO 3) Many interest groups are brought about by
government, insofar as they are _____.

associated with
government programs

funded largely by
the government

almost exclusively
based in the nation’s capital

usually formed by
former politicians

Question 4

(TCO 3) Some interest groups maintain a low profile by
promoting their objectives without _____ them.

lobbying for

fully funding

advertising

openly debating

Question 5

(TCO 3) Large parties in particular can be analyzed as
_____.

generations of
like-minded voters

coalitions of
interest groups

team-led
organizations based around a theme

trustworthy
representatives of national interest

Question 6

(TCO 3) _____ allow and even encourage parties to split.

Single-member
districts

“First past the
post” systems

Proportional
representation systems

Plurality systems

Question 7

(TCO 3) Which of the following has recently done much to
encourage state and local party organizations to cooperate with national party
platforms?

Door-to-door
canvassing

Cohesive national
platforms

Computerized mailing
lists

Local political
pandering

Question 8

(TCO 3) What do you think might be a side effect of or a
cause of nations with very high voter turnout having that level of turnout?

They may have a kind
of political fever in which partisan politics has become too intense.

They likely play
host to elections in which indistinct personalities and a relatively unified
electorate bring out more voters.

They probably don’t
offer automatic voter registration.

They usually have
mandatory voting.

Question 9

(TCO 3) Describe the impact of education on those who vote.

Education drops the
sense of participation and makes people feel more cynical, which makes people
more likely to take action but not to actually follow political news.

Education lifts the
sense of participation and abstract intellectual curiosity, which makes people
more likely to follow individual politicians.

Education lifts the
sense of political knowledge, which makes people more likely to follow
political news and feel involved.

Education lifts the
sense of participation and abstract intellectual curiosity, which makes people
more likely to follow political news and feel involved.

Question 10

(TCO 3) Why might
factory workers in small towns feel a different sense of the stakes elections
hold than executives and professionals?

Factory workers in
small towns may perceive a great deal of difference between candidates,
noticing considerable change from one administration to another, and executives
and professionals feel generally less involved but still perceive a direct
correlation between who wins and their personal fortunes.

Factory workers in
small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little
change from one administration to another, and although executives and
professionals share this sense of noticing little change from one
administration to another, they still perceive a direct correlation between who
wins and their personal fortunes.

Factory workers in
small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little
change from one administration to another, and executives and professionals
feel involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their
personal fortunes.

Executives and
professionals may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing
little change from one administration to another, and factory workers in small
towns feel involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and
their personal incomes.

Week 5 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 5) Which of the following terms is defined as the
post-feudal concentration of power in a monarch?

Absolutism

Totalitarianism

Teetotalism

Monarchy

Question 2

(TCO 5) Why do the responsibilities of legislative and
executive powers often overlap?

Separation of powers
is rarely clear-cut.

Separation of powers
is rare among industrialized nations.

Separation of powers
is absolute.

Separation of powers
grants obtuse levels of power to the executive branch.

Question 3

(TCO 5) In a parliamentary system, voters directly elect
_____.

members of
parliament and the prime minister

members of
parliament and the ministerial cabinet

members of
parliament only

the prime minister
only

Question 4

(TCO 5) Because of the separation of powers inherent in a
presidential system, some scholars think that executive-legislative _____ is
common in systems like that used in the United States.

cooperation

stagnation

deadlock

insolvency

Question 5

(TCO 5) The head of ministry is equivalent to the _____ in
the United States.

chief of government

head of state

departmental
secretary

premier

Question 6

(TCO 5) Distinguish the process that a parliamentary system
uses to oust a chief executive from the one available in the U.S. presidential
system.

Parliamentary
systems rely on impeachment and presidential ones rely on constructive no
confidence.

Parliamentary
systems use constructive no confidence and presidential systems have the option
of impeachment.

The prime minister
can dissolve parliament and the president can resign from office.

Parliamentary
systems can hold a vote of no confidence and presidential ones have the option
of impeachment.

Question 7

(TCO 4) Unlike natural law, positive law uses _____.

the spirit of the
law to make determinations

books to reach
conclusions

judicial sentencing
to determine case outcomes

jury selection to
manipulate judgment

Question 8

(TCO 4) International law consists of _____ and established
customs recognized by most nations.

treaties

ratification

amendments

cease-fires

Question 9

(TCO 4) What legal agency in the United States generates
reputation-based ratings of prospective federal judges?

Judicial Ratings
Bureau

Federal Bureau of
Judicial Review

American Bar
Association

Office of Legal
Assessment

Question 10

(TCO 4) Describe the significance of Marbury v. Madison.

The ruling laid
precedent for judicial review.

The ruling stated
that the president is subject to the court’s decisions.

The ruling decreed
that current administrations must honor the appointments of previous
administrations.

The ruling claimed
that federal taxes could not be levied on the states.

Week 6 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 7) Radicals use the term “political economy” instead of
_____ to describe their critique of capitalism and the inequitable distribution
of wealth among nations.

Marxism

laissez-faire

public choice

Keynesian

Question 2

(TCO 7) Early 20th-century European governments subscribed
to _____ doctrines, generally keeping their hands away from the economy.

classic liberal

inflationary

neoclassical

Smithian

Question 3

(TCO 7) President Jimmy Carter attempted to stimulate the
economy, but this made inflation worse. This led him to _____.

lose the 1980
election

slash prices of corn
and soybeans

subsidize major oil
companies

increase the
national deficit

Question 4

(TCO 7) What event is largely considered responsible for
deterring Johnson’s War on Poverty?

Great Society

Vietnam War

Middle-class
entitlements

Tax expenditures

Question 5

(TCO 7) Analyze recent changes to the Food Stamp program.

The distribution of
cash grants allows the program to be easily misused.

The updated debit
card system makes the program more difficult to misuse.

Many recipients sell
Food Stamps for 50 cents on the dollar in order to purchase drugs and alcohol.

The program allocates
surplus government dairy to the poor, ameliorating milk and cheese inflation.

Question 6

(TCO 7) Differentiate between the rising costs of Medicare
and Medicaid.

Medicare anticipates
rising costs due to changing proportions of people over 65.

Medicaid expects
rising costs due to looming financial busts.

Medicare plans to
keep spending down by raising the eligibility age to 69.

Medicaid hopes to
beat rising costs by adjusting the poverty level.

Question 7

(TCO 7) Why are many politicians wary about limiting Social
Security and Medicare expenses?

Many would be left
without enough to support them.

Caps to these
programs would undermine the welfare state.

It can cost them
votes.

Both are primary
social safety nets.

Question 8

(TCO 7) How does the American welfare state compare to those
of other industrialized nations?

Much less is
allocated to welfare in the United States.

Other nations
allocate less to welfare than the United States.

The United States
allocates about the same to welfare.

Few nations besides
the United States maintain funds for welfare.

Question 9

(TCO 7) Most liberals feel that the poverty line is _____.

reasonable

disproportionate

too high

too low

Question 10

(TCO 7) Many conservative economists argue that some banks
are _____, because they would topple the rest of the economy with them.

inherently
successful

too big to fail

destined for profit

practically
invincible

Week 7 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 9) Rarely the work of small bands and conspirators
alone, _____ are usually the result of system collapse, which permits small but
well-organized groups (often military) to take over.

erosions of
legitimacy

acts of genocide

dictatorships

coups d’état

Question 2

(TCO 9) Describe what can often happen in a changing society
when, during times of prosperity, some people get rich faster than others.

Jealousy is aroused.

Politicians pay more
attention to poverty.

The very poor
revolt.

Economists become
confused.

Question 3

(TCO 9) What is likely to happen if the people are unhappy
and there is no organization to focus their discontent?

They will almost
assuredly turn to violence.

Not much will
happen.

The people will
organize themselves regardless.

They will eventually
find other means of achieving contentedness.

Question 4

(TCO 9) Some states engage in _____, despite officially
denouncing terrorism.

sharing intelligence
with nongovernmental militias

“state-sponsored
terrorism”

targeting specific
groups for violence

democracy

Question 5

(TCO 9) According to Hannah Arendt, the American struggle
was indeed a revolution, perhaps history’s only complete revolution, _____.

because it alone
ended with a democratic institutions.

because it became an
example for other nations.

because it managed
to rout what was then the great world power.

because it alone
ended with a new foundation of liberty instead of the tyranny that came after
other revolutions.

Question 6

(TCO 8) Countries generally sign treaties over which of the
following concerns?

Economic sanctions,
cease-fires, and fiscal cliffs

Tariffs,
infrastructure, and drug trafficking

Global warming, land
mines, and germ warfare

Trade, energy, and
education

Question 7

(TCO 8) The recent global contraction brought a new wave of
_____, as one country after another started to worry about keeping jobs at
home.

isolationism

outsourcing

offshoring

protectionism

Question 8

(TCO 8) According to macro theorists, _____ are the key
factors leading to war.

cultures

leaders

states

citizens

Question 9

(TCO 8) The United Nations’ predecessor, the _____, tried
collective security to ensure peace.

Geneva Convention

Fourteen Points of
Peace

Court of
International Justice

League of Nations

Question 10

(TCO 8) Evaluate the changing role of sovereignty in today’s
international relations.

International
relations have reinforced the notion of sovereignty.

Sovereignty is
dwindling in the face of international law.

Weaker nations are
losing sovereignty to larger, more powerful ones.

United States
sovereignty has weakened due to the threat of terrorism.