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Global Politics examines the interactions and power dynamics among nations, organizations, and non-state actors on the international stage. The course explores key concepts such as sovereignty, security, globalization, human rights, and international law. Students analyze how issues like conflict, diplomacy, economic development, and environmental challenges are addressed in a complex and interconnected world. Through case studies and theoretical frameworks, the course encourages critical thinking about the factors shaping global governance and the impact of political decisions on societies worldwide.
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Political Science An Introduction 14th Global Edition by Michael G. Roskin
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Chapter 1: Politics and Political Science
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Q1) The statement "Man is by nature a political animal" is attributed to __________.
A)Niccolò Machiavelli
B)Max Weber
C)Karl Marx
D)Aristotle
Answer: D
Q2) Political scientists build __________ by making connections among empirical data.
A)evidence
B)theories
C)power
D)culture
Answer: B
Q3) Rousseau had a more optimistic view of the "state of nature" than Locke and Hobbes did.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Political Ideologies
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Q1) A modern liberal would most likely support which of the following policy proposals?
A)Eliminate the minimum wage.
B)Cut taxes for top income earners.
C)Privatize the social security system.
D)Increase regulations on the banking sector.
Answer: D
Q2) The fact that socialism still exists in a number of countries supports the ideas of Francis Fukuyama.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The Wealth of Nations was written by __________.
A)John Locke
B)Adam Smith
C)Edmund Burke
D)Anthony Downs
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: States
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Q1) The fact that the Soviet Union ceased to exist by the end of 1991 is indicative of
A)the collapse of liberalism as a system
B)the collapse of conservatism as a system
C)the collapse of communism as a system
D)the collapse of neoconservatism as a system
Answer: C
Q2) The American Civil War was largely fought for reasons that involved __________.
A)sectionalism
B)partisanship
C)spiritualism
D)socialism
Answer: A
Q3) At the heart of the concept of a federal system is __________.
A)the nearly absolute lack of government regulation of the economy
B)the power of central government to dissolve political subunits at any time
C)the existence of component states with some powers that cannot be easily overridden by the central government
D)a fusion of the legislative and executive branch functions of government
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Constitutions and Rights
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Q1) The right to vote is usually viewed as a __________ right.
A)civil
B)human
C)natural
D)property
Q2) Civil rights and liberties,even today,are still violated in both the developing world and western democracies.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of these is an assumption underlying "constitutionalism"?
A)The nation must be protected from the whims of the people.
B)Democratic procedures will guarantee the protection of individual liberty.
C)The people need written laws to prevent violations of their basic freedoms.
D)The rights of the people must be limited in order to allow the state to govern effectively.
Q4) Limits on free speech in the United States usually connect with __________.
A)religious extremism
B)ideological conflict
C)national security concerns
D)the rise of protest movements
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Chapter 5: Regimes
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Q1) Which condition suggests that a state's elections are rigged?
A)Socialist candidates almost always win.
B)Elections are held more than once a year.
C)The ruling party wins several consecutive elections.
D)The regime controls most or all of the press in the country.
Q2) Right-wing totalitarianism tends to be focused on blocking __________.
A)a libertarian tilt in policy
B)a fundamentalist movement
C)the outbreak of ethnic turmoil
D)the success of a leftist revolution
Q3) A supporter of an authoritarian capitalist state would most likely justify this type of regime as a means of __________.
A)calming ethnic tensions
B)preserving socialist equality
C)transitioning toward democracy
D)ensuring a rise in living standards
Q4) Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini would both be considered examples of right-wing totalitarianism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Political Culture
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Q1) According to Theodor Adorno,a high score on his F-Scale personality test indicates
A)potentially fascist or authoritarian tendencies
B)a fundamentalist approach to religion
C)fantasy-based logic,or a lack of critical thinking skills
D)a need for Freudian psychoanalysis
Q2) Of the many sources of political socialization,the family's influence usually outweighs the others.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The rule of anticipated reactions theory helps explain why U.S.voter turnout is the lowest of all industrialized democracies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In general,richer countries have more religious populations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Political culture takes many decades to change even slightly.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Public Opinion
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Q1) Suppose two surveys are conducted,one asking people's level of support for "welfare" and the other using the term "assistance to the poor." The former survey finds much lower support than the latter.This discrepancy shows that __________.
A)public opinion surveys are generally unreliable
B)pollsters should avoid questions dealing with social policy
C)a misinformed public will provide inconsistent survey answers
D)pollsters must be careful to word questions in ways that avoid biased responses
Q2) Even in the long-term,most presidents who shrug off public opinion remain vilified.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The results of a poll can be skewed by __________.
A)the way the questions are worded
B)the importance of the poll to policy makers
C)the number of people who study the results
D)the amount of time the media takes to report the results
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Chapter 8: Political Communication
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Q1) According to Marshall McLuhan,television is __________.
A)highly informative
B)geared towards elite audiences
C)an inherently emotional medium
D)dying out in the face of online competition
Q2) A nation's increased communication positively correlates with increased modernization.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of these events is most likely to be ignored by the mainstream media because of structural bias?
A)Senate hearings on a proposed education bill
B)a speech by the president to the UN General Assembly
C)video footage of refugees fleeing across an international border
D)reports from a journalist embedded with a military unit in a war zone
Q4) Who is most likely to feel threatened by a blog published by a dissident writer?
A)an unelected ruler
B)a wealthy campaign donor
C)an establishment political analyst
D)a minor-party presidential candidate
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Chapter 9: Interest Groups
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Q1) Which term describes a democratic system where all kinds of people with different opinions and values compete to influence government policy?
A)homogeneous
B)liberal
C)paternal
D)pluralist
Q2) In order to prevent interest groups from influencing politics,it would be necessary to curtail their __________.
A)right to bear arms
B)freedom of expression
C)ability to seek new members
D)access to equal protection under the law
Q3) Democrats and Republicans tend to agree that the tax code is __________.
A)basically fair
B)too confusing
C)not progressive enough
D)efficiently administered
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Chapter 10: Parties
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Q1) Voters in advanced democracies tend to be less loyal to a specific political party because __________ than in the past.
A)politicians are wealthier
B)economic growth is less certain
C)voters have access to better information
D)parties are less differentiated from each other
Q2) Political parties in a democratic society are most likely to ignore voters' preferences when __________.
A)a new generation of party leaders takes office
B)party leaders are caught up in internal squabbles
C)a new party is trying to establish itself in the political system
D)the economy is so bad that parties have no interest in winning elections
Q3) Which statement explains why Sweden has a higher voter turnout rate than the United States?
A)Sweden has stronger and better-organized political parties.
B)Sweden has rules that make it easier for individuals to join a political party.
C)Parties in the United States use less political propaganda than parties in Sweden.
D)The United States has mass parties rather than the devotee parties Sweden has.
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Chapter 11: Elections
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Q1) Which of the following has significantly contributed to increased partisan polarization in the United States?
A)government shutdowns
B)filibustering
C)gerrymandering
D)the rise of "purple" states
Q2) The voting age in the United States was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1960.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a significant reason that some working class people vote for conservative parties,and some professional people vote for liberal parties?
A)a rise in household income
B)the decline in union membership
C)rebellion against family tradition
D)individual convictions on particular issues
Q4) The higher a person's education and income,the more likely they are to vote.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Legislatures
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Q1) Which statement describes the relationship between legislative careerism and democracy?
A)The longer politicians serve in office,the less influence special interest groups will have.
B)The longer politicians serve in office,the greater the level of citizens' engagement with politics.
C)The longer politicians serve in office,the less likely the probability of divided government.
D)The longer politicians serve in office,the less responsive public policy will be to the needs of citizens.
Q2) Which statement describes how the executive relates to the legislature in a parliamentary system?
A)The executive is appointed by the legislature.
B)The executive is almost entirely subservient to the legislature.
C)The executive is almost entirely independent of the legislature.
D)The executive is largely irrelevant to the activities of the legislature.
Q3) Most parliaments in the world today are unicameral.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Executives and Bureaucracies
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Q1) President Nixon's decision to impound appropriations made by Congress could be used as evidence to support which of these arguments?
A)The American presidency has grown too powerful.
B)Legislative deadlock necessitates an activist presidency.
C)The U.S.Constitution expects too much of the president.
D)Executive privilege is an essential feature of the checks and balances system.
Q2) What was a consequence of making top Soviet bureaucrats a privileged elite?
A)The Soviet bureaucracy was very conservative.
B)It was very easy to reform the bureaucracy when communism ended.
C)The Soviet bureaucracy was better able to protect the interests of the general public.
D)Soviet bureaucrats worked harder and were more efficient than bureaucrats in Western democracies.
Q3) Which factor sustained the strength of the Japanese bureaucracy during the preand post-World War II periods?
A)bureaucrats' deferral to the military
B)the imperial family's distrust of democracy
C)bureaucrats' condescension towards politicians
D)the public's acceptance of free-market capitalism
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Chapter 14: Judiciaries
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Q1) In an inquisitorial system of justice,judges are most similar to __________.
A)administrators
B)detectives
C)legislators
D)referees
Q2) Which statement explains how the functioning of the American legal system intensifies political conflict in the United States?
A)Federal judges are able to ignore public opinion because they are appointed to lifetime terms.
B)The exercise of judicial review often results in court rulings that function like public policy decisions.
C)The adversarial system results in a tense courtroom atmosphere when high-profile cases are being tried.
D)The courts' use of precedent makes it important for elected officials to be as precise as possible when writing laws.
Q3) In his 1968 campaign,Richard Nixon championed the decisions made by the Warren Court.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Political Economy
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Q1) Conservatives argue that high taxes on the wealthy and redistributive social welfare programs encourage effort and investment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Liberals and conservatives agree that it is problematic for the nation's healthcare system when __________.
A)health insurance companies deny coverage to people who want to buy policies
B)copayments are so high that people who need care decide not to obtain that care
C)spiraling government debt prevents welfare programs from addressing health care needs
D)government regulations make it complicated for doctors to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments
Q3) Between 1965 and 1973,the percentage of Americans living below the poverty line __________.
A)greatly decreased
B)increased slightly
C)stayed about the same
D)approximately doubled
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Chapter 16: Violence and Revolution
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Q1) ETA,PKK,PLO,and the Tamil Tigers represent __________.
A)groups seeking terrorism for hire
B)groups seeking a peaceful solution to ethnic conflict
C)groups seeking more meaningful representation in their governments
D)groups seeking their own states
Q2) What is sociologist Theda Skocpol's theory on revolutions?
A)Revolutions are usually caused by widespread inequality and hardship.
B)Revolutions primarily bubble up from below.
C)Successful revolutions happen when the government stops even pretending to consider public opinion in its decision making.
D)Successful revolutions happen when the government is caught in a situation it cannot manage.
Q3) Lenin was a prominent Soviet intellectual.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following would confirm that a genuine revolution has taken place?
A)The regime itself claims it is going through a revolution.
B)The old elites are replaced by new elites.
C)The regime is unable to control enormous street protests and riots.
D)The state media declare a revolution has taken place.
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Chapter 17: International Relations
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Q1) The notion that sovereignty is a question of degree means that __________.
A)a failed state still has a high degree of sovereignty.
B)sovereign nations often claim territories that are overlapping.
C)within a particular territory there are various interest groups vying for power.
D)a legally sovereign nation does not necessarily have full control over its own territory.
Q2) Which of these countries has isolated itself from global markets?
A)Haiti
B)Malawi
C)North Korea
D)Yemen
Q3) Which theory states that peace results when several states use national power and alliances to stabilize one another,blocking would-be expansionists?
A)micro theory
B)macro theory
C)balance-of-power theory
D)hierarchy-of-power theory
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