Test Bank For
The Challenge of Democracy American Government in Global Politics by Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. Berry,
Jerry Goldman, Deborah Schildkraut, Paul Manna 16th Edition
Chapter 1-18
Ch_01_Freedom_Order_or_Equality
1. Globalization means that citizens and nations are increasingly which of the following?
a. Similarly ordered
b. Commercialized
c. Belligerent
d. Interdependent
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.2.7 - Describe how cultural factors influence political attitudes and socialization.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
2. National sovereignty means which of the following?
a. Complete independence to govern without interference
b. Regular peaceful transfer of governmental power
c. A government’s ability to effectively manage elections
d. A political entity’s externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.1 - Define government.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
3. The Cold War showed that actions of foreign nations could have a profound impact on American government in which
of the following ways?
a. Increasing the need for an established social order
b. Increasing the need for political equality
c. Increasing the need for military spending
d. Increasing the need for spending for the public good
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 8.1.4 - Examine the advantages and disadvantages of living in a democracy.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Apply
4. How did some early twentieth-century scholars believe the actions of sovereign nations were controlled?
, a. By international law
b. By pursuit of the public good
c. By liberalist doctrine
d. By pursuit of order and equality
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 8.1.4 - Examine the advantages and disadvantages of living in a democracy.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
5. Which organization replaced the League of Nations with the goal of introducing supranational order into the world
while promoting national sovereignty as the guiding principle of international relations?
a. The United Nations
b. The World Trade Organization
c. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d. The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.2.2 - Explain the ideals that have been central to American values.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
6. Which of the following purposes of government is best defined as “preserving life and protecting property”?
a. Establishing legitimacy
b. Providing authority
c. Pursuing liberty
d. Maintaining order
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.3.2 - Explain the concept of order.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
7. Which of the following is the oldest purpose of government?
a. To establish laws to protect members of society
b. To print money and control the economy
c. To redistribute wealth and promote fairness
d. To act to protect the rights of the minority groups
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
,REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.3 - Identify the problems that government is meant to address.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
8. Hobbes’s description of life in a “state of nature” refers to which of the following?
a. Life without equality
b. Life without conflict
c. Life without values
d. Life without government
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.3 - Identify the problems that government is meant to address.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Apply
9. Using the state to redistribute wealth is a policy based on which of the following?
a. Western religious tradition
b. Fundamental democratic ideas
c. The philosophy of Karl Marx
d. Majoritarian political thought
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.2.4 - Differentiate equality of opportunity from equality of outcome.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
10. Why do people surrender some of their freedom to the control of the state?
a. To obtain the benefits of government
b. To limit the role of government in their lives
c. To ensure decency in society
d. To establish order in society
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.3.2 - Explain the concept of order.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
11. According to John Locke, what should be the basic objective of government?
a. Maintaining the public good and equality before the law
b. Protecting life, liberty, and property
, c. Establishing freedom, order, and equality
d. Providing a consistent set of values and beliefs
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.1 - Define government.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
12. The concept that gives ownership of all land and productive facilities to the government is based on the ideas of which
of the following philosophers?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. John Locke
c. Karl Marx
d. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 8.1.6 - Identify examples of democracies, oligarchies, and autocracies.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
13. Why do people often oppose the role of government in creating welfare states aimed at reducing social inequalities?
a. They believe taxation should be used only for public goods such as roads and schools.
b. They resent taxation designed to promote economic and social equality.
c. They view taxation as something designed solely to redistribute income.
d. They believe governments should use lawful policies to reduce social inequities.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 12.1.3 - Explain the criticism of social welfare policies that culminated in the late 1970s and
1980s.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Analyze
14. Which objective of government is usually the least controversial?
a. Equality
b. Taxation
c. Maintaining order
d. Providing public goods
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: A Conceptual Frame for Analyzing Government
The Challenge of Democracy American Government in Global Politics by Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. Berry,
Jerry Goldman, Deborah Schildkraut, Paul Manna 16th Edition
Chapter 1-18
Ch_01_Freedom_Order_or_Equality
1. Globalization means that citizens and nations are increasingly which of the following?
a. Similarly ordered
b. Commercialized
c. Belligerent
d. Interdependent
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.2.7 - Describe how cultural factors influence political attitudes and socialization.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
2. National sovereignty means which of the following?
a. Complete independence to govern without interference
b. Regular peaceful transfer of governmental power
c. A government’s ability to effectively manage elections
d. A political entity’s externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.1 - Define government.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
3. The Cold War showed that actions of foreign nations could have a profound impact on American government in which
of the following ways?
a. Increasing the need for an established social order
b. Increasing the need for political equality
c. Increasing the need for military spending
d. Increasing the need for spending for the public good
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 8.1.4 - Examine the advantages and disadvantages of living in a democracy.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Apply
4. How did some early twentieth-century scholars believe the actions of sovereign nations were controlled?
, a. By international law
b. By pursuit of the public good
c. By liberalist doctrine
d. By pursuit of order and equality
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 8.1.4 - Examine the advantages and disadvantages of living in a democracy.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
5. Which organization replaced the League of Nations with the goal of introducing supranational order into the world
while promoting national sovereignty as the guiding principle of international relations?
a. The United Nations
b. The World Trade Organization
c. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d. The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Globalization of American Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.2.2 - Explain the ideals that have been central to American values.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
6. Which of the following purposes of government is best defined as “preserving life and protecting property”?
a. Establishing legitimacy
b. Providing authority
c. Pursuing liberty
d. Maintaining order
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.3.2 - Explain the concept of order.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
7. Which of the following is the oldest purpose of government?
a. To establish laws to protect members of society
b. To print money and control the economy
c. To redistribute wealth and promote fairness
d. To act to protect the rights of the minority groups
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
,REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.3 - Identify the problems that government is meant to address.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
8. Hobbes’s description of life in a “state of nature” refers to which of the following?
a. Life without equality
b. Life without conflict
c. Life without values
d. Life without government
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.3 - Identify the problems that government is meant to address.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Apply
9. Using the state to redistribute wealth is a policy based on which of the following?
a. Western religious tradition
b. Fundamental democratic ideas
c. The philosophy of Karl Marx
d. Majoritarian political thought
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.2.4 - Differentiate equality of opportunity from equality of outcome.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
10. Why do people surrender some of their freedom to the control of the state?
a. To obtain the benefits of government
b. To limit the role of government in their lives
c. To ensure decency in society
d. To establish order in society
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.3.2 - Explain the concept of order.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Understand
11. According to John Locke, what should be the basic objective of government?
a. Maintaining the public good and equality before the law
b. Protecting life, liberty, and property
, c. Establishing freedom, order, and equality
d. Providing a consistent set of values and beliefs
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 7.1.1 - Define government.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
12. The concept that gives ownership of all land and productive facilities to the government is based on the ideas of which
of the following philosophers?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. John Locke
c. Karl Marx
d. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 8.1.6 - Identify examples of democracies, oligarchies, and autocracies.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Remember
13. Why do people often oppose the role of government in creating welfare states aimed at reducing social inequalities?
a. They believe taxation should be used only for public goods such as roads and schools.
b. They resent taxation designed to promote economic and social equality.
c. They view taxation as something designed solely to redistribute income.
d. They believe governments should use lawful policies to reduce social inequities.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: The Purposes of Government
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 12.1.3 - Explain the criticism of social welfare policies that culminated in the late 1970s and
1980s.
OTHER: Bloom’s: Analyze
14. Which objective of government is usually the least controversial?
a. Equality
b. Taxation
c. Maintaining order
d. Providing public goods
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: A Conceptual Frame for Analyzing Government
