This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define PROPERTY A) Goods or services that are owned by an individual or a group, privately or publicly. B) An electoral system in which political parties compete in multimember districts; voters choose between parties, and the seats in the district are awarded proportionally according to the results of the vote. C) Goods, provided or secured by the state, available to society, and which no private person or organization can own. D) A statistical tool that attempts to estimate the buying power of income across different countries by using prices in the United States as a benchmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goods or services that are owned by an individual or a group, privately or publicly. 2. NATION. which is the best definition? A) A political/legal organization that has control over a territory. B) A form of political identity. Members may or may not be part of a state. C) A bounded territory. D) A loosely held together group of people living within a set terriitory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A form of political identity. Members may or may not be part of a state. 3. Which country is ruled by a socialist regime? A) Taiwan. B) India. C) Cuba. D) Myanmar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuba. 4. Who is the current leader of China? A) Mao Zedong. B) Chiang Kai Shek. C) Ξ jinping. D) Kim Jong Un. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ξ jinping. 5. A country that shares power between the central government and regional governments is: A) A Federation. B) A Democracy. C) A Unitary government. D) A Confederation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Federation. 6. When is Nigerian independence A) October 1st, 1963. B) October 1st, 1960. C) January 1st, 1970. D) June 7th, 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) October 1st, 1960. 7. Which of the following is the best description of the type of political system out in place by the Russian Constitution of 1993? A) A presidential system. B) A parliamentary system. C) A socialist market system. D) A direct democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A presidential system. 8. What are NOT the characteristic of developmental state (choose three) A) The role of society is strong. B) Strong state intervention. C) Powerful, competent and insulated economic bureaucrac. D) Export-led Economic Development Strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The role of society is strong. 9. What is State? A) A part of the earth's land surface which is organized under a government and has boundaries. B) A society governed by tradition. C) An ethnic group occupying a certain area. D) A group of people working for the common goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A part of the earth's land surface which is organized under a government and has boundaries. 10. He has been the Supreme Leader since 1989 after Khomeini passed away A) Ali Hosseini Khomeini. B) Hassan Rohani. C) Mahmoud Hamdingad. D) Ali Al-Sistani. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ali Hosseini Khomeini. 11. With the Prime Minister serving as a member of Parliament, the government sees the executive and legislative branches merged / rather than separate as we have it in the States ..... This is an example of ..... A) Unitary State. B) Fusion of Powers. C) Constitutional Monarchy. D) Cabinet Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fusion of Powers. 12. Define RATIONAL CHOICE A) Approach that assumes that individuals weigh the costs and benefits and make choices to maximize their benefits. B) Legitimacy based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized. C) Those who seek to restore the institutions of a real or an imagined earlier order. D) A national vote called by a government to address a specific proposal, often a change to the constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approach that assumes that individuals weigh the costs and benefits and make choices to maximize their benefits. 13. Countries which have well established democratic governments and a high level of economic development A) Advanced Democracy. B) Quasi Democracy. C) NIC. D) Illiberal Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advanced Democracy. 14. Form of government in which the state controls all property and capital while claiming that all goods are equally shared by the people leading to equal social and economic status is called A) Socialism. B) Communism. C) Democracy. D) Anarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communism. 15. Which country below that are not Liberal Democracy A) United States. B) United Kingdom. C) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. D) Kingdom of Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 16. What was the main research question in the Sumo Freakanomics example? A) Why does a Sumo wrestler cheat?. B) When does a Sumo wrestler cheat?. C) What are the rules of Sumo wrestling?. D) Do Sumo wrestlers cheat?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When does a Sumo wrestler cheat?. 17. The largest category of 'lord' that sit in the House of Lords would be ..... A) The Lords Spiritual. B) Life Peers. C) Hereditary Peers. D) MP's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life Peers. 18. An electoral district or constituency having a single representative in a legislative body rather than two or more A) HDI. B) GDP. C) PPP. D) SMD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SMD. 19. Define STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM A) The ability of a state to carry out actions or policies within a territory independently from external actors or internal rivals. B) (1) The organization that maintains a monopoly of force over a given territory; (2) a set of political institutions to generate and execute policy regarding freedom and equality. C) Terrorism supported directly by a state as an instrument of foreign policy. D) A state that is able to fulfill basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrorism supported directly by a state as an instrument of foreign policy. 20. Members of the cabinet will not vote on legislation they help to craft. They will also not speak out against the PM. This is known as ..... A) Parliamentary Democracy. B) Cabinet Government. C) Collective Responsibility. D) Constitutional Monarchy. 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