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Chapter 02 Test Bank
True / False Questions
1. The term political economy is used to stress the fact that the political, economic, and legal
systems of a country are independent of each other.
FALSE
We use the term political economy to stress that the political, economic, and legal systems of a
country are interdependent; they interact and influence each other, and in doing so they affect
the level of economic well-being.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Introduction
2. Political systems that emphasize collectivism tend to be democratic, while political systems that
place a high value on individualism tend to be totalitarian.
FALSE
Political systems that emphasize collectivism tend to be totalitarian, while political systems that
place a high value on individualism tend to be democratic.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
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3. Plato did not equate collectivism with equality.
TRUE
Plato did not equate collectivism with equality; he believed that society should be stratified into
classes, with those best suited to rule administering society for the benefit of all.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remembe
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
4. Karl Marx advocated state ownership of the basic means of production, distribution, and
exchange (i.e., businesses).
TRUE
Karl Marx advocated state ownership of the basic means of production, distribution, and
exchange (i.e., businesses).
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
5. The social democrats believed that socialism could be achieved only through violent revolution
and totalitarian dictatorship.
FALSE
The social democrats committed themselves to achieving socialism by democratic means,
turning their backs on violent revolution and dictatorship.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
2-2
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
6. By the mid-1990s, communism was rising worldwide.
FALSE
By the mid-1990s, communism was in retreat worldwide.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
7. One of the tenets of collectivism is that the welfare of society is best served by letting people
pursue their own economic self-interest.
FALSE
In collectivist societies, an individual's right to do something may be restricted on the grounds
that it runs counter to "the good of society" or to "the common good." However, individualism
holds that the welfare of society is best served by letting people pursue their own economic
self-interest, as opposed to some collective body (such as government) dictating what is in
society's best interest.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
2-3
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8. The Cold War was in many respects a war between collectivism, championed by the former
Soviet Union, and individualism, championed by the United States.
TRUE
The Cold War was in many respects a war between collectivism, championed by the former
Soviet Union, and individualism, championed by the United States.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
9. In a totalitarian country, all the constitutional guarantees on which representative democracies
are built—an individual's right to freedom of expression and organization, a free media, and
regular elections—are denied to the citizens.
TRUE
In a totalitarian country, all the constitutional guarantees on which representative democracies
are built—an individual's right to freedom of expression and organization, a free media, and
regular elections—are denied to the citizens.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
2-4
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Hill GBT 10e
Chapter 02 Test Bank
True / False Questions
1. The term political economy is used to stress the fact that the political, economic, and legal
systems of a country are independent of each other.
FALSE
We use the term political economy to stress that the political, economic, and legal systems of a
country are interdependent; they interact and influence each other, and in doing so they affect
the level of economic well-being.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Introduction
2. Political systems that emphasize collectivism tend to be democratic, while political systems that
place a high value on individualism tend to be totalitarian.
FALSE
Political systems that emphasize collectivism tend to be totalitarian, while political systems that
place a high value on individualism tend to be democratic.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
2-1
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3. Plato did not equate collectivism with equality.
TRUE
Plato did not equate collectivism with equality; he believed that society should be stratified into
classes, with those best suited to rule administering society for the benefit of all.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remembe
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
4. Karl Marx advocated state ownership of the basic means of production, distribution, and
exchange (i.e., businesses).
TRUE
Karl Marx advocated state ownership of the basic means of production, distribution, and
exchange (i.e., businesses).
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
5. The social democrats believed that socialism could be achieved only through violent revolution
and totalitarian dictatorship.
FALSE
The social democrats committed themselves to achieving socialism by democratic means,
turning their backs on violent revolution and dictatorship.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
2-2
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
6. By the mid-1990s, communism was rising worldwide.
FALSE
By the mid-1990s, communism was in retreat worldwide.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
7. One of the tenets of collectivism is that the welfare of society is best served by letting people
pursue their own economic self-interest.
FALSE
In collectivist societies, an individual's right to do something may be restricted on the grounds
that it runs counter to "the good of society" or to "the common good." However, individualism
holds that the welfare of society is best served by letting people pursue their own economic
self-interest, as opposed to some collective body (such as government) dictating what is in
society's best interest.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
2-3
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8. The Cold War was in many respects a war between collectivism, championed by the former
Soviet Union, and individualism, championed by the United States.
TRUE
The Cold War was in many respects a war between collectivism, championed by the former
Soviet Union, and individualism, championed by the United States.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
9. In a totalitarian country, all the constitutional guarantees on which representative democracies
are built—an individual's right to freedom of expression and organization, a free media, and
regular elections—are denied to the citizens.
TRUE
In a totalitarian country, all the constitutional guarantees on which representative democracies
are built—an individual's right to freedom of expression and organization, a free media, and
regular elections—are denied to the citizens.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Political Systems
2-4
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