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Chapter 01 TestBank - Easy
Questions & Answers
1. In the democratic systems where the defining principle is called the rule of law, the idea is that we
are governed by laws, not men and women, and that no person is ever above the law.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
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2. The political philosophy of classical liberalism began to take shape during the Age of
Enlightenment.
A. True
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B. False
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Correct Answer: A. True
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3. Politics is defined in your text as ______.
A. the ability to get others to do what you want
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B. who gets what, when, and how
C. the way we organize and live our collective lives
D. a system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people
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Correct Answer: B. who gets what, when, and how
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4. Politics is determined by “______” gets power and resources in society and “______” they get
them.
A. who; where
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B. who; how
C. what; where
D. what; how
Correct Answer: B. who; how
5. Power is defined in your text as the ______.
A. ability to get other people to do what you want
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B. use of force to obtain desired goals
C. essential quality of leadership
D. use of military, paramilitary, or police forces to control people
(?
Correct Answer: A. ability to get other people to do what you want
6. ______ refers to a particular view of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives.
A. Authority
B. Politics
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C. The rules
D. Social order
Correct Answer: D. Social order
7. ______ can be described as a system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of
people.
A. Political partisanship
B. Federalism
C. Power
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D. Government
(?
Correct Answer: D. Government
8. Which of the following are tacit guidelines that help determine acceptable political behavior?
A. rules
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B. political narratives
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C. norms
D. social order
Correct Answer: C. norms
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9. How do rules fit into the concept of “who gets what, and how?”
A. Rules can be thought of as the “what.”
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B. Rules are not relevant.
D es
C. Rules can be thought of as the “who.”
D. Rules can be thought of as the “how.”
Correct Answer: D. Rules can be thought of as the “how.”
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10. What are organizations called in which government power is exercised and where political
struggle takes place?
A. socialist countries
B. capitalist economies
C. democracies
D. institutions
Correct Answer: D. institutions
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11. What is defined as a story that people believe about who has power, who wants power, who
deserves power, and what someone has done to get and maintain power?
A. political discourse
(?
B. political narrative
C. political storytelling
D. self−reflection
Correct Answer: B. political narrative
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12. The market controls economic decisions in a(n) ______ economy.
A. socialist
B. totalitarian
C. authoritarian
D. capitalist
Correct Answer: D. capitalist
13. In socialist economies, control over economic decisions is exercised by ______.
A. society, through its purchasing power
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B. the market
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C. the government
D. supply−and−demand forces
Correct Answer: C. the government
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14. Government assurances of particular outcomes or results are ______.
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A. social democracy
B. substantive guarantees
C. procedural guarantees
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D. democracy
Correct Answer: B. substantive guarantees
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15. Many European countries follow the theory of ______, which is a hybrid system combining a
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capitalist economy and a government that supports equality.
A. Jeffersonian democracy
B. Italian fascism
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C. social democracy
D. Marxism
Correct Answer: C. social democracy
16. According to the text, which of the following can often easily exploit populist movements?
A. public−interested citizens
B. subjects
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C. mediated citizens
D. authoritarian groups or individuals
Correct Answer: D. authoritarian groups or individuals
(?
17. A political system in which the state holds all power over the social order is ______.
A. an Athenian−like democracy
B. a republic
C. an authoritarian government
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D. a theocracy
Correct Answer: C. an authoritarian government
18. A(n) ______ government combines an authoritarian government with a socialist economy.
A. totalitarian
B. monarchical
C. libertarian
D. anarchic
Correct Answer: A. totalitarian
)
(?
19. In a(n) ______ system, government allows people complete economic freedom but maintains
stringent social regulations to limit noneconomic behavior.
A. authoritarian socialist
B. advanced industrial democratic
tS k
p
C. totalitarian
un an
ho
D. authoritarian capitalist
Correct Answer: D. authoritarian capitalist
20. A theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of
co B
their lives is ______.
A. participatory democracy
B. anarchy
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D es
C. pluralist democracy
D. elite democracy
Correct Answer: A. participatory democracy
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21. The role of citizens is limited to choosing among competing leaders in the ______ theory of
democracy.
A. pluralist
B. elite
C. participatory
D. economic
Correct Answer: B. elite
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22. Individuals who are obliged to submit to a government authority against which they have no
rights are ______.
A. elitists
(?
B. Democrats
C. citizens
D. subjects
Correct Answer: D. subjects
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Wright [All Chaters 1 to 18 Original Test Bank, A+ Grade]
Test Bank Chapter 1- 18 (?) eDiscountShop (?)
Chapter 01 TestBank - Easy
Questions & Answers
1. In the democratic systems where the defining principle is called the rule of law, the idea is that we
are governed by laws, not men and women, and that no person is ever above the law.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
)
(?
2. The political philosophy of classical liberalism began to take shape during the Age of
Enlightenment.
A. True
tS k
B. False
p
Correct Answer: A. True
un an
ho
3. Politics is defined in your text as ______.
A. the ability to get others to do what you want
co B
B. who gets what, when, and how
C. the way we organize and live our collective lives
D. a system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people
is t
Correct Answer: B. who gets what, when, and how
D es
4. Politics is determined by “______” gets power and resources in society and “______” they get
them.
A. who; where
T
B. who; how
C. what; where
D. what; how
Correct Answer: B. who; how
5. Power is defined in your text as the ______.
A. ability to get other people to do what you want
)e
B. use of force to obtain desired goals
C. essential quality of leadership
D. use of military, paramilitary, or police forces to control people
(?
Correct Answer: A. ability to get other people to do what you want
6. ______ refers to a particular view of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives.
A. Authority
B. Politics
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C. The rules
D. Social order
Correct Answer: D. Social order
7. ______ can be described as a system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of
people.
A. Political partisanship
B. Federalism
C. Power
)
D. Government
(?
Correct Answer: D. Government
8. Which of the following are tacit guidelines that help determine acceptable political behavior?
A. rules
tS k
p
B. political narratives
un an
ho
C. norms
D. social order
Correct Answer: C. norms
co B
9. How do rules fit into the concept of “who gets what, and how?”
A. Rules can be thought of as the “what.”
is t
B. Rules are not relevant.
D es
C. Rules can be thought of as the “who.”
D. Rules can be thought of as the “how.”
Correct Answer: D. Rules can be thought of as the “how.”
T
10. What are organizations called in which government power is exercised and where political
struggle takes place?
A. socialist countries
B. capitalist economies
C. democracies
D. institutions
Correct Answer: D. institutions
)e
11. What is defined as a story that people believe about who has power, who wants power, who
deserves power, and what someone has done to get and maintain power?
A. political discourse
(?
B. political narrative
C. political storytelling
D. self−reflection
Correct Answer: B. political narrative
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12. The market controls economic decisions in a(n) ______ economy.
A. socialist
B. totalitarian
C. authoritarian
D. capitalist
Correct Answer: D. capitalist
13. In socialist economies, control over economic decisions is exercised by ______.
A. society, through its purchasing power
)
B. the market
(?
C. the government
D. supply−and−demand forces
Correct Answer: C. the government
tS k
p
14. Government assurances of particular outcomes or results are ______.
un an
ho
A. social democracy
B. substantive guarantees
C. procedural guarantees
co B
D. democracy
Correct Answer: B. substantive guarantees
is t
15. Many European countries follow the theory of ______, which is a hybrid system combining a
D es
capitalist economy and a government that supports equality.
A. Jeffersonian democracy
B. Italian fascism
T
C. social democracy
D. Marxism
Correct Answer: C. social democracy
16. According to the text, which of the following can often easily exploit populist movements?
A. public−interested citizens
B. subjects
)e
C. mediated citizens
D. authoritarian groups or individuals
Correct Answer: D. authoritarian groups or individuals
(?
17. A political system in which the state holds all power over the social order is ______.
A. an Athenian−like democracy
B. a republic
C. an authoritarian government
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D. a theocracy
Correct Answer: C. an authoritarian government
18. A(n) ______ government combines an authoritarian government with a socialist economy.
A. totalitarian
B. monarchical
C. libertarian
D. anarchic
Correct Answer: A. totalitarian
)
(?
19. In a(n) ______ system, government allows people complete economic freedom but maintains
stringent social regulations to limit noneconomic behavior.
A. authoritarian socialist
B. advanced industrial democratic
tS k
p
C. totalitarian
un an
ho
D. authoritarian capitalist
Correct Answer: D. authoritarian capitalist
20. A theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of
co B
their lives is ______.
A. participatory democracy
B. anarchy
is t
D es
C. pluralist democracy
D. elite democracy
Correct Answer: A. participatory democracy
T
21. The role of citizens is limited to choosing among competing leaders in the ______ theory of
democracy.
A. pluralist
B. elite
C. participatory
D. economic
Correct Answer: B. elite
)e
22. Individuals who are obliged to submit to a government authority against which they have no
rights are ______.
A. elitists
(?
B. Democrats
C. citizens
D. subjects
Correct Answer: D. subjects
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