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A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
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organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^___.^
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Which of these terms refers to
the rule of an elite few for their
own interests?
According to Plato, who should
rule a properly constituted
d
a
Monarchy
A philosopher-
king
Polis
A political science-
king
Democracy
The few wisest
citizens
Oligarchy
None of these
polis?
D la
According to Aristotle’s typology
of governments, which of these
statements accurately defines a
d Oligarchy is a
government
organized around
Democracy is a
government
organized around
Tyranny is any
government that is
oppressive to the
All of these
O r
c
type of government? a few men who many men who people.
are primarily are primarily
motivated by motivated by the
C their narrow
private and class
broad public
interest.
o
interests.
S
Which one of the following pairs
of cities formed the centers of
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c Paris and London Berlin and Madrid Athens and Rome Oslo and Copenhagen
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, the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
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was ancient Rome?
Which theorists made the first
and most influential efforts to
a
empire.
Polybius and
Cicero
democracy.
Plato and Aristotle St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and
Thomas Aquinas John Locke
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explain how mixed governments
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can work in practice?
According to the Pro & Con b The people met A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
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section, which of the following
was not a characteristic of
“Athenian democracy?”
in the Assembly
to discuss and
decide major
the individual
rights and liberties
of all city residents
aliens (three-fifths
of the population)
were denied
one vote in the
Assembly
SE h
What is the temporal world?
Who wrote that, without an all-
powerful monarch, human
c
c
issues
The world of the
sacred
Niccolò
Machiavelli
The world of the
politically
powerful
John Calvin
citizenship
The world of
peoples and nations
and human history
Thomas Hobbes
The otherworldly
John Locke
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beings will fall into a war of all
against all in which life is
“solitary, poor, nasty, brutish,
O r
and short”?
c
Who was the founder of the c Martin Luther Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? King, Jr.
C
In addition to social contract
theory, what are two other
c Nothing else was
taken.
There is nothing
besides social
Separation of
powers and free
Unlimited, immoderate
constitutional regimes
o
concepts taken from classical contract theory in markets
S
liberalism that influenced the
Founding generation?
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classical liberalism.
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, Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who Anglicans who Anglicans who settled
settled in the settled in New settled in the South in the Mid-Atlantic in
South in order to England in order in order to develop order to develop it
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persecution in
their home
to avoid religious
persecution in
their home
it economically economically and in
some cases to avoid
religious persecution in
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In the population of the a The English The Irish The Germans The Dutch
American colonies in 1765,
R which ethnic group was the
largest?
What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox did Banishment was The vastness of the All of these
SE h notion that the Americans had
“space” for dissent?
not feel the need
to destroy the
unorthodox.
an accepted form
of punishment.
land allowed for
pockets of
acceptability
interspersed
between places of
orthodoxy.
D la What was political participation
like in the early colonies?
a It was very
democratic in
nature.
It was oligarchic
but still modestly
democratic in
It was oligarchic and
hence not very
democratic at all in
It was aristocratic and
hence not very
democratic at all in
O r nature. nature. nature.
c
To what area of social life did c Law Government and The economy Culture
Adam Smith most extensively politics
apply the principles of classical
C liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Thomas Hobbes Niccolò Baron de Francis Bacon
o
argued the earliest and most Machiavelli Montesquieu
S influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
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Development and Institutional Change,
12th Edition
Complete Test Bank | U.S. Government &
Politics
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, Test Bank for
American Government Political Development and Institutional Change By Cal Jillson
Tr
N te
Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 12e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
U ds
us
Question Answer A B C D
A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
R
organization, often embedded
in rules and law, is called a
^___.^
SE h
Which of these terms refers to
the rule of an elite few for their
own interests?
According to Plato, who should
rule a properly constituted
d
a
Monarchy
A philosopher-
king
Polis
A political science-
king
Democracy
The few wisest
citizens
Oligarchy
None of these
polis?
D la
According to Aristotle’s typology
of governments, which of these
statements accurately defines a
d Oligarchy is a
government
organized around
Democracy is a
government
organized around
Tyranny is any
government that is
oppressive to the
All of these
O r
c
type of government? a few men who many men who people.
are primarily are primarily
motivated by motivated by the
C their narrow
private and class
broad public
interest.
o
interests.
S
Which one of the following pairs
of cities formed the centers of
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c Paris and London Berlin and Madrid Athens and Rome Oslo and Copenhagen
Trustedscholar
, the two greatest European
societies of the ancient world?
Before it was an empire, what c It was always an It was a It was a republic. It was a polity.
Tr
N te
was ancient Rome?
Which theorists made the first
and most influential efforts to
a
empire.
Polybius and
Cicero
democracy.
Plato and Aristotle St. Augustine and St. Thomas Hobbes and
Thomas Aquinas John Locke
U ds
explain how mixed governments
us
can work in practice?
According to the Pro & Con b The people met A deep respect for Slaves and resident All citizens were given
R
section, which of the following
was not a characteristic of
“Athenian democracy?”
in the Assembly
to discuss and
decide major
the individual
rights and liberties
of all city residents
aliens (three-fifths
of the population)
were denied
one vote in the
Assembly
SE h
What is the temporal world?
Who wrote that, without an all-
powerful monarch, human
c
c
issues
The world of the
sacred
Niccolò
Machiavelli
The world of the
politically
powerful
John Calvin
citizenship
The world of
peoples and nations
and human history
Thomas Hobbes
The otherworldly
John Locke
D la
beings will fall into a war of all
against all in which life is
“solitary, poor, nasty, brutish,
O r
and short”?
c
Who was the founder of the c Martin Luther Thomas Hobbes Martin Luther John Winthrop
Protestant Reformation? King, Jr.
C
In addition to social contract
theory, what are two other
c Nothing else was
taken.
There is nothing
besides social
Separation of
powers and free
Unlimited, immoderate
constitutional regimes
o
concepts taken from classical contract theory in markets
S
liberalism that influenced the
Founding generation?
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classical liberalism.
Trustedscholar
, Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who Anglicans who Anglicans who settled
settled in the settled in New settled in the South in the Mid-Atlantic in
South in order to England in order in order to develop order to develop it
Tr
N te avoid religious
persecution in
their home
to avoid religious
persecution in
their home
it economically economically and in
some cases to avoid
religious persecution in
U ds country country their home country
us
In the population of the a The English The Irish The Germans The Dutch
American colonies in 1765,
R which ethnic group was the
largest?
What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox did Banishment was The vastness of the All of these
SE h notion that the Americans had
“space” for dissent?
not feel the need
to destroy the
unorthodox.
an accepted form
of punishment.
land allowed for
pockets of
acceptability
interspersed
between places of
orthodoxy.
D la What was political participation
like in the early colonies?
a It was very
democratic in
nature.
It was oligarchic
but still modestly
democratic in
It was oligarchic and
hence not very
democratic at all in
It was aristocratic and
hence not very
democratic at all in
O r nature. nature. nature.
c
To what area of social life did c Law Government and The economy Culture
Adam Smith most extensively politics
apply the principles of classical
C liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker d Thomas Hobbes Niccolò Baron de Francis Bacon
o
argued the earliest and most Machiavelli Montesquieu
S influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
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