THE DISCIPLINE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

THE DISCIPLINE OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The process of man governing himself is called: - ANSWER-politics

The area of political science that studies the ways in which different governments work
is called: - ANSWER-comparative government

fideism - ANSWER-The idea that knowledge is based upon faith.

empiricism - ANSWER-The idea that knowledge is based upon the physical senses.

rationalism - ANSWER-The idea that knowledge is based upon logical human thought.

Using any one way of knowing is sufficient in all areas of life. - ANSWER-false

city-states - ANSWER-small kingdoms

Athens - ANSWER-leaders were elected by all male citizens

oligarchy - ANSWER-rule by a small group

Augustine - ANSWER-The City of God

Plato - ANSWER-The Republic

Moses - ANSWER-passed the Law of God to the Israelites

Thomas Aquinas - ANSWER-Summa Theologica

divine law - ANSWER-the Word of God

hierarchy - ANSWER-group of officials to judge disputes

Aristotle - ANSWER-The Politics (classified governments)

Romans - ANSWER-developed a republican form of government

Machiavelli was the first political scientist to use methods based on the actual
observation. - ANSWER-true