Political Ideologies
Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of major political ideologies that have shaped societies and governments across the globe. Students will examine foundational principles, key thinkers, and historical contexts of ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, nationalism, feminism, environmentalism, and others. Through the analysis of primary texts and contemporary case studies, the course encourages critical evaluation of how these ideologies influence political systems, policies, societal values, and debates. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the analytical tools necessary to assess the significance and application of political ideologies in both historical and modern settings.
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A Novel Approach to Politics 5th Edition by Douglas
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Q1) Which of the following refers to one's view of a perfect world?
A)dystopia
B)utopia
C)C-SPAN
D)federalism
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is a 20th-century ideology that argues for the supremacy and purity of one group of people in a society?
A)Marxism
B)fascism
C)Platonism
D)Maoism
Answer: B
Q3) Plato believed that one could not rely on his or her senses to discover what was real.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Why Government Security, Anarchy, and Some Basic Group Dynamics
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Q1) According to your textbook,government is defined as ______.
A)the means to an end
B)a set of agreements,laws,or other political structures designed to provide permanent hierarchy
C)the social contract
D)a collective agreement between a group of people with a common problem
Answer: B
Q2) The text uses the example of Mad Max and its sequel to demonstrate ______.
A)that anarchy is horrific
B)that anarchy never persists for long
C)that even an unpleasant government is better than none at all
D)all of these
Answer: D
Q3) The story of Bobsville and the collaborative efforts of the rice farmers illustrates ______.
A)the development of modern agricultural techniques
B)the failure of government institutions to maintain infrastructure
C)the role of collective action in providing security
D)how civilization has a corrupting influence
Answer: C
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Q1) Realists believe political leaders are motivated to provide for their populace,a selfless,altruistic ambition.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Identify and describe the various means by which governments exercise control over their people.
Answer: Varies depending on the student's analysis of government control.However,a strong answer can incorporate the use of force and pursuing legitimacy (popular elections,public goods,etc. )as a means of controlling a government's people.
Q3) What is one main problem of using force to maintain control?
A)The use of force is not effective in the short term,only in the long term.
B)It is more expensive in the short term to use force.
C)Using force does not address the underlying causes of discontent.
D)There are no problems with using force to maintain control.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Governments Role in the Economy: The Offer
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Q1) A capitalist economy with little to no governmental regulation is considered to be (a)______.
A)laissez-faire economy
B)socialist economy
C)communist economy
D)utopian economy
Q2) Deflation is a good thing.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A modern tragedy of the commons is (the)______.
A)nuclear proliferation
B)depletion of natural resources
C)human rights
D)textbook prices
Q4) Discuss how pollution,global warming,and the depletion of natural resources are a modern tragedy of the commons.
Q5) Explain what the text means when it says,"The real question [for government] is not capitalism versus socialism,but what balance between the two systems is best."
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Chapter 5: Structures and Institutions
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Q1) The least commonly used form is the unitary system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss how a federal governance system is the best system for a capitalist economic system.
Q3) Institutions are critical and relatively permanent parts of a government.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Organizational structures through which political power is exercised are ______.
A)political institutions
B)political structures
C)political associations
D)political organizations
Q5) Discuss the differences between political structures and political institutions and provide examples of each.
Q6) What are the benefits and pitfalls of the monarchy and aristocracy types of government?
Q7) What is political culture and how does it set the boundaries for the type of government that will work in a given area?
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Chapter 6: El Grande Loco Casa Blanca: The Executive in Bad Spanish
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Q1) An authoritarian executive is ______.
A)unconstrained by other branches of government
B)an executive of a monarchy
C)an executive of an oligarchy
D)all of these are true
Q2) According to your text,the term monarchy means ______.
A)rule of many
B)rule of the few
C)one leader
D)swarm of butterflies
Q3) Which of the following is not a political mechanism put into place to prevent any one governmental branch from becoming too powerful over the others?
A)the veto
B)checks and balances
C)the filibuster
D)separation of powers
Q4) The head of government is the national symbol.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the difference between a patriarchal and matriarchal hierarchy.
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Chapter 7: The Confederacy of Dunces: The Legislative
Function Not in Bad Spanish
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Q1) Describe what your text means by the "Bob solution" and how it relates to the concept of gridlock.
Q2) Checks and balances and the representation of the different segments of society are two reasons for a government to adopt ______.
A)a unicameral legislature
B)a bicameral legislature
C)a unitary governmental system
D)a monarchy
Q3) Which of the following is the primary concern of those who choose proportional representation?
A)a two-party system
B)geographic representation
C)ideological representation
D)checks and balances
Q4) Gerrymandering is the process of intentionally drawing districts to gain a partisan advantage.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Brazilian Bureaucracy: Do I Even Need to Bother
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Q1) This author's concept of "authority leakage" questions whether it is even possible for those at the top of the bureaucratic hierarchy to effectively direct the actions of those at the bottom: ______.
A)James Madison
B)Anthony Downs
C)Winston Churchill
D)Robert Dahl
Q2) All of the following are bureaucracies in the United States,EXCEPT ______.
A)U.S.Postal Service
B)National Science Foundation
C)Internal Revenue Service
D)Federal Express
Q3) The cockroach theory of bureaucracy is a theory on the relationship between the ______.
A)media and bureaucracy
B)legislature and bureaucracy
C)executive and bureaucracy
D)citizens and the bureaucracy
Q4) Discuss the cockroach theory of bureaucracy and the role the media plays in this theory.
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Chapter 9: Courts and Law: Politics Behind the Gavel,
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Q1) When courts exercise the power to stop actions of government until the relevant government policies and activities can be examined at trial,this is known as ______.
A)setting the going rate
B)dispute resolution
C)statutory interpretation
D)injunctive power
Q2) Which one of the following public events did not erode people's idealism about the relationship between law and politics?
A)Rodney King's videotaped beating and the subsequent acquittal of his law-and-order victimizers
B)Chris Brown's domestic violence conviction
C)O.J.Simpson's murder trial acquittal
D)The 2000 presidential election decided by the U.S.Supreme Court
Q3) Explain how courts make use of symbols to increase respect for their authority.Provide examples.
Q4) We are more likely to engage with laws in action than with laws on the books.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the many ways in which the courts monitor government.
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Chapter 10: Not Quite Right,but Still Good: The Democratic
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Q1) Why is it highly unlikely that third parties will be successful in the United States?
Q2) According to the author,the U.S.Constitution really encapsulates the battle of the real versus the ideal when it comes to democracy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) While initiatives themselves may not make it beyond the ballot,they often have positive results in ______.
A)bringing legislative attention to issues
B)causing legislative blocking of issues
C)prompting the issuance of executive orders
D)bringing national attention to issues
Q4) Why does the real-life use of initiatives lead some to argue that the initiative process represents exactly what is wrong with democracy?
Q5) Arrow's theorem shows us that elections cannot be the perfect means of making decisions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Media,Politics,and Government: Talking Heads
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Q1) Which of the following is a part of your experiential reality rather than your agreement reality?
A)the war in Afghanistan
B)Sarah Palin's 2012 presidential campaign
C)your interaction with your highly gifted political science instructor
D)the Jewish Holocaust during World War II
Q2) What product do news outlets sell?
A)news
B)entertainment
C)drama
D)people's attention
Q3) Framing occurs when politicians do which of the following?
A)blame others in order to escape blame themselves
B)provide only the outlines for a bill and allow the government to fill in the details
C)predispose people to interpret facts by carefully choosing and building a conceptual framework
D)retire from politics to take jobs with the news media
Q4) Identify and explain the various ways that the dramatic imperative affects how journalists report the news.
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Chapter 12: International Politics: Apocalypse Now and Then
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Q1) The international theory of realism asserts that states are ______.
A)unitary rational actors
B)irrational actors
C)comprised of individual actors
D)idealized rational actors
Q2) The heart of the Marxist challenge to realism is that the core component of global politics is ______.
A)economics
B)the weaponization of space
C)environmental protection
D)terrorism
Q3) Balance of power is the way in which the distribution of power across the international system influences the pattern of alliances that tend to form in an anarchic environment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Instances when a country attacks out of fear are rarely this obvious,and they seldom work out very well.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Political Culture: Sex and Agriculture, Getting
Rucked Explains It All
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Q1) New Zealand's more liberal political culture has a profound influence on the nation's broadcast standards.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not an example of the application of culture to the pursuit of political goals?
A)the Russian Bolshoi Ballet's world tours during the Cold War
B)the use of the "Rape of Kuwait" as a justification for the first Gulf War
C)the use of the Olympics to bridge rifts among nations
D)the U.S.traveling version of Cirque du Soleil during World War II
Q3) Which of the following is not true about political culture?
A)Culture can affect a nation's approach to policy choices.
B)Politicians can use culture as a powerful tool to achieve political ends.
C)Culture becomes an issue as countries struggle to deal with the issue of cultural ownership.
D)Culture can explain nearly all the differences among nations.
Q4) Culture does not have a significant influence on politics.
A)True
B)False
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