This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mexico has an elected president and legislative body. What type of government is this? A) Representative democracy. B) Absolute monarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative democracy. 2. Define PERESTROIKA A) An arrangement whereby a ruler depends on a collection of supporters within the state who gain direct benefits in return for enforcing the ruler's will. B) Pride in one's state. C) Literally, restructuring; the policy of political and economic liberalization implemented in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. D) The top policy-making and executive body of a communist party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literally, restructuring; the policy of political and economic liberalization implemented in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. 3. Every country that has regularly scheduled elections is a Democracy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. A political party seeking to attract people with diverse viewpoints and thus appeal to more of the electorate A) Liberal Party. B) Conservative Party. C) Catch all party. D) Democratic Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catch all party. 5. In the Butterfly Ballot reading, Brady et al. analyzed whether or not there was systemic voter error that led to higher than normal support for Pat Buchanan in the 2000 US Presidential election. Please choose the correct statement:If the theory that where to punch on the ballot was unclear caused higher voting for Buchanan, we should see: A) Butterfly ballot voters voting at a higher rate for Buchanan. B) Absentee ballot voters voting at a higher rate for Buchanan. C) Non-butterfly ballots showing higher rate for Buchanan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Butterfly ballot voters voting at a higher rate for Buchanan. 6. When the service sector makes more than the manufacturing sector of the economy A) Post-modernist. B) NIC. C) Post-industrialism. D) Industrialized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Post-industrialism. 7. Define SEMI-PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM A) A focus on effects rather than causes, which can lead to inaccurate conclusions about correlation or causation. B) An executive system that divides power between two strong executives, a president and a prime minister. C) The clear division of power among different branches of government and the provision that specific branches may check the power of other branches. D) A process of rapid marketization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An executive system that divides power between two strong executives, a president and a prime minister. 8. Define UNICAMERAL SYSTEM A) A political system in which the legislature comprises one house. B) A state in which most political power exists at the national level, with limited local authority. C) Lenin's argument that an elite communist party would have to carry out revolution, because as a result of false consciousness, historical conditions would not automatically lead to capitalism's demise. D) Vote taken by a legislature as to whether its members continue to support the current prime minister; depending on the country, a vote of no confidence can force the resignation of the prime minister and/or lead to new parliamentary elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A political system in which the legislature comprises one house. 9. Which religion is part of Russian culture? A) Pentecostal. B) Eastern Orthodoxy. C) Judaism. D) Muslim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eastern Orthodoxy. 10. Conceptualized as individuals' identifications of, identifications with, or attachment to certain groups. A) State identity. B) Cultural identity. C) National identity. D) Collective identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collective identity. 11. A system of interest representation in which certain groups are officially recognized by the state in exchange for acceptance of state control and regulations A) Interest Group. B) Interest Aggregation. C) Corporatism. D) Corruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corporatism. 12. How is Mexico's system of government similar to the United States system of government? A) They both have 2 branches of government. B) The president serves a single term of 6 years. C) They both have 3 branches of Government. D) The president serves a 4 year term with the possibility of serving a second 4 year term. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They both have 3 branches of Government. 13. The Economic belief that the market naturally fluctuates between boom and bust cycles and the government must use policy to stabilize the market cycle A) Keynesian Economics. B) Economy. C) Political Economy. D) Informal Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keynesian Economics. 14. The Supreme court was established on:- A) 1950. B) 1949. C) 1962. D) 1980. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 15. In Parliamentary systems, the PM is: A) Directly elected through national election. B) Elected by the legislature. C) Nominated by the legislature, then directly elected through national election. D) Appointed by the President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elected by the legislature. 16. Who appoint chief justice of India? A) Prime Minister. B) President. C) Chief Minister. D) Governor of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President. 17. Market value of all officially recognized final goods and services within a country in a given period. A) HDI. B) PPP. C) GNP. D) GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GDP. 18. One of the Administrative function of the speaker; A) Presides meetings. B) Admits the press and media. C) Suspend the member. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admits the press and media. 19. An organized community living under a unified political system, the government. A) State. B) Nation. C) Nation-state. D) Country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State. 20. Putin's offering resources/benefits, to lower level officials, in exchange for support, loyalty, etc ..... That is an example of ..... A) Nomenclature. B) Sylvoki. C) Clientelistic Network. D) Collectivism. 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