National States - The Traditional Structure
- 1.Which of the following is not a characteristic of states?
- A.
Sovereignty
- B.
Territory
- C.
Universal suffrage
- D.
Diplomatic recognition
- 2.A state has sovereignty when it
- A.
Has a territory.
- B.
Has an internal organization.
- C.
Does not recognize as legitimate any higher authority.
- D.
Has independence.
- 3.According to some, which state does not have physical boundaries?
- A.
Albania
- B.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
- C.
The Holy See
- D.
Palestine
- 4.Somalia has continued to exist legally as a state despite its lack of
- A.
Internal organization.
- B.
Population
- C.
Diplomatic recognition.
- D.
Sovereignty
- 5.All authoritarian forms of government can be characterized as having
- A.
Military rule.
- B.
An all-powerful leader.
- C.
Participation based on ethnicity.
- D.
Little or no popular participation.
- 6.Which of the following is the defining feature of a theocracy?
- A.
An unwritten constitution
- B.
A powerful monarch
- C.
Regular elections
- D.
A spiritual leader
- 7.Which country maintains a monarchical form of government?
- A.
Great Britain
- B.
Lebanon
- C.
Netherlands
- D.
Saudi Arabia
- 8.Which of the following is a component of fascism?
- A.
A dependence on rationality and a reliance on reason to govern
- B.
A rejection of the rights of individuals in favor of the view that people are "workers" in the corporatist state
- C.
A rejection of institutions such as the church, nation, and military
- D.
Gearing all economic activity to support the individual
- 9.At what point in history did democracy begin to grow at an accelerated pace?
- A.
After the American Revolution
- B.
After World War I
- C.
In the late 1980s
- D.
After the Vietnam War
- 10.The wealthier a country is, the more likely it is to be a(n)
- A.
Autocracy
- B.
Democracy
- C.
Theocracy
- D.
Monarchy
- 11.All of the following women have led their countries to victory in war except
- A.
Indira Gandhi of India.
- B.
Mary Robinson of Ireland.
- C.
Golda Meir of Israel.
- D.
Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain.
- 12.Democratic peace theory says that democracies
- A.
Never go to war.
- B.
Don't go to war with other democracies.
- C.
Will only go to war with other democracies.
- D.
Are the least likely form of government to go to war.
- 13.The United States is a member of all of the following IGOs except the
- A.
United Nations.
- B.
World Trade Organization.
- C.
International Criminal Court.
- D.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- 14.A state may not always have a government.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.The move from an authoritarian government to a democracy always produces positive results.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.A state may not always have a government.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.The Dalai Lama is a theocratic leader.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.The boom spread of democracies accelerated during the last few decades.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.When a state's population grants it the authority to make rules and to govern, the state has
- A.
Sovereignty
- B.
Legitimacy
- C.
Nationhood
- D.
Popularity
- 20.Theocracy, monarchism, communism, and fascism are all examples of
- A.
Democratic governance.
- B.
Corporatist governance.
- C.
Authoritarian governance.
- D.
Federal governance.
- 21.Often, one of the characteristics found in a fascist political platform is
- A.
trade liberalization.
- B.
Xenophobic, anti-immigrant policies.
- C.
Strong leftist policies.
- D.
support for individual rights.
- 22.The Greek word demos means
- A.
Citizenry
- B.
Sovereignty
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Legitimacy
- 23.According to the text, economic development is closely linked to
- A.
Democracy
- B.
Theocracy
- C.
Communism
- D.
Fascism
- 24.Immanuel Kant argued that the spread of democracy would change the world by
- A.
Eliminating war.
- B.
Eliminating theocracies.
- C.
Creating states of equal sovereignty.
- D.
Creating worldwide economic prosperity.
- 25.The most important political characteristic of a state is __________________
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