Political Science 1

1. Individuals who are obliged to submit to a government authority against which they have no rights are

Democrats.

Subjects.

2. The absence of government and laws is a characteristic of

Totalitarianism.

Anarchy.

Authoritarianism.

Theocracy.

3. When those in government exercise power recognized by citizens as right and proper, they are exercising

Authority

Leadership.

Justice.

Force.

4. ________ can be described as a system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of people.

Federalism

Political partisanship

Force

Government

5. A __________ government combines an authoritarian government with a socialist economy.

Totalitarian

Monarchical

Democratic

6. Politics is defined in your text as

The ability to get others to do what you want.

Who gets what, when, and how.

The process by which societies resolve, reduce, or eliminate conflict.

A system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people.

7. The first Western democracy was in

Athens.

Rome.

England.

8. Power is defined in your text as

A type of totalitarianism.

The ability to get other people to do what you want.

The use of force to obtain desired goals.

The essential quality of leadership.

9. In socialist economies, control over economic decisions is exercised by

Society by its purchasing power.

The market.

The government.

Supply and demand forces.

10. The market controls economic decisions in a __________ economy.

Socialist

Totalitarian

Authoritarian

Capitalist

11. Anarchists

Value liberty over order and security.

Value order over liberty.

Value equality over liberty.

12. ________ refers to a particular view of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives.

Authority

Politics

The rules

Social order

13. All of the following statements are true concerning the Enlightenment EXCEPT

It emphasized human reason.

It emphasized the role of God in the world.

It emphasized scientific examination.

14. Government assurances that the rules will work smoothly and treat everyone fairly, with no promises of particular outcomes, are

Regulations.

Promises.

Procedural guarantees.

Political pledges.

15. Government assurances of particular outcomes or results are

Social democracy.

Substantive guarantees.

Procedural guarantees.

Democracy.

16. The role of citizens is limited to choosing among competing leaders in the __________ theory of democracy.

Pluralist

Elite

Participatory

Hierarchical

17. The major difference between the three major theories of democracy is related to

The importance of the economy.

He importance of security as a goal of government.

The role of the people.

The importance of economic redistribution as a goal of government.

18. How do rules fit into the concept of "who gets what, and how?"

Rules are not relevant.

Rules define the "getting."

Rules can be thought of as the what.

Rules can be thought of as the how.

19. A society in which government allows people economic freedom but maintains stringent social regulations to limit noneconomic behavior is

Authoritarian socialism.

Totalitarianism.

Authoritarian capitalism

Communist democracy. communist democracy.

20. The key concept of the pluralist theory of democracy is

Citizen participation.

Elections.

Groups.

The economy.

21. A political system in which the state holds all power over the social order is

An Athenian-like democracy.

A republic.

Authoritarian government.

A social monarchy.

22. What are the organizations where government power is exercised and where political struggle takes place?

Socialist countries

Capitalist economies

Monarchies

Institutions

23. A theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of their lives is

Elite democracy.

Pluralist democracy.

Anarchy.

Participatory democracy.

24. All of the following statements concerning popular sovereignty are true EXCEPT

It is the principle that there is no authority higher than the people.

The central idea is that government is legitimate only if the people consent to it.

It is based on the belief that people are not truly free unless they govern themselves.

It is the basis for anarchy as a form of government.

25. The break with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500s that helped pave the way for new ideas about the world was

The Enlightenment.

Social contract theory.

Atheism.

The Protestant Reformation.