PSCI 1024 MIDTERM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Comparative politics focuses on - Answers -politics between national governments
the difference between empirical theory and normative theory is that - Answers -
empirical theory describes what actually occurs; normative theory describes what ought
to occur
quantitative methods are used in comparative politics in order to allow - Answers -the
study of a large number of cases
a comparative study looking at revolutions in France, China, Nicaragua, and Iran would
be an example of what research method? - Answers -most different system design
case studies are unable to - Answers -prove or disprove theory
quantitative techniques can show broad patterns, but only for questions involving
evidence that can be presented numerically, and they provide - Answers -little depth on
any particular case
which method is best suited for generating new ideas and insights that can lead to new
theories? - Answers -case studies
The Glorious Revolution in 1688 in England - Answers -marked the start of the shift of
the source of legitimacy from monarchy to democracy
federalism is a political system in which - Answers -a state's power is constitutionally
divided among more than one level of government
Germany unified as a state for the first time under: - Answers -Otto von Bismarck
Brazil differed from Spanish colonies in South America in that it - Answers -gained
independence as a single country
The New Deal programs in the United States in the 1930s began an increase in the size
of the U.S. government and - Answers -strengthened the role of the central government
vis- a-vis the states
at the present time, China has a - Answers -market-oriented economy and a stable
authoritarian government
what development(s) best characterize the period of the Meiji Restoration beginning in
the 1860s in Japan - Answers -Centralization of power, modernization, and imperialism
Comparative politics focuses on - Answers -politics between national governments
the difference between empirical theory and normative theory is that - Answers -
empirical theory describes what actually occurs; normative theory describes what ought
to occur
quantitative methods are used in comparative politics in order to allow - Answers -the
study of a large number of cases
a comparative study looking at revolutions in France, China, Nicaragua, and Iran would
be an example of what research method? - Answers -most different system design
case studies are unable to - Answers -prove or disprove theory
quantitative techniques can show broad patterns, but only for questions involving
evidence that can be presented numerically, and they provide - Answers -little depth on
any particular case
which method is best suited for generating new ideas and insights that can lead to new
theories? - Answers -case studies
The Glorious Revolution in 1688 in England - Answers -marked the start of the shift of
the source of legitimacy from monarchy to democracy
federalism is a political system in which - Answers -a state's power is constitutionally
divided among more than one level of government
Germany unified as a state for the first time under: - Answers -Otto von Bismarck
Brazil differed from Spanish colonies in South America in that it - Answers -gained
independence as a single country
The New Deal programs in the United States in the 1930s began an increase in the size
of the U.S. government and - Answers -strengthened the role of the central government
vis- a-vis the states
at the present time, China has a - Answers -market-oriented economy and a stable
authoritarian government
what development(s) best characterize the period of the Meiji Restoration beginning in
the 1860s in Japan - Answers -Centralization of power, modernization, and imperialism
