This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The primary export for Russia is A) Stone. B) Lumber. C) Energy (oil/natural gas/minerals). D) Machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy (oil/natural gas/minerals). 2. Define REVOLUTION A) Indirect democracy that emphasizes the separation of powers within a state and the representation of the public through elected officials. B) Theory of development in which the existence of natural resources in a given state is a barrier to modernization and democracy. C) Public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime. D) A system in which all individuals and groups, including those in government, are subject to the law, irrespective of their power or authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime. 3. Pertaining to and involving many nation states A) National. B) International. C) Globalization. D) Multi-country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International. 4. Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a state? A) An organization that includes institutions and has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence over a set territory. B) A group of people who are bound together by a common political identity. C) The rules that are set and followed in exerting power. D) The ability to carry out actions or policies within borders independently from interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An organization that includes institutions and has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence over a set territory. 5. A form of government that has complete control of most aspects of citizen life. It does not recognize any other authority. A) Oligarchy. B) Totalitarianism. C) Democracy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Totalitarianism. 6. Winner take all politics, whoever gets the most votes wins the election. A) Proportional Representation. B) Single Member District. C) Plurality System. D) Hybrid System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plurality System. 7. True or False:Socialism and Communism is based off a philosophy by Karl Marx A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. A convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise A) Treaty. B) Understanding. C) Agreement. D) Accommodation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accommodation. 9. Where is the power located in a confederacy? A) Individual member states. B) Central government. C) Local/regional governments. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individual member states. 10. How many states are in Nigeria A) 12. B) 6. C) 32. D) 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 36. 11. The United States holds presidential elections every 4 years on what day? A) The Tuesday following the first Monday in October. B) The Tuesday following the first Monday in November. C) The Tuesday following the first Monday in December. D) All correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Tuesday following the first Monday in November. 12. Putin's authority is derived, in part, by both the Constitution and by the dominance of the United Russia party, the Oligarch's corruption, as well as a fear of authority. This is an example of ..... A) Dictatorship. B) Soft Authoritarianism. C) Insider Privatization. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soft Authoritarianism. 13. What is an electoral system? A) How citizens choose government officials to represent them in government. B) List of all candidates running for office. C) Popular form of government in Europe. D) Meetings of international leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How citizens choose government officials to represent them in government. 14. Define SOCIAL EXPENDITURES A) An electoral district with one seat. B) (1) A political-economic system in which freedom and equality are balanced through the state's management of the economy and the provision of social expenditures; (2) a political ideology that advocates such a system. C) State provision of public benefits, such as education, health care, and transportation. D) Complex human organization; a collection of people bound by shared institutions that define how human relations should be conducted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State provision of public benefits, such as education, health care, and transportation. 15. An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit A) Communism. B) Capitalism. C) Crony Capitalism. D) Cartel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalism. 16. A voting system used to select a single winner where the ballots are cast for the person you choose, then, if no one has majority, then all but the top two candidates are eliminated and then another election is held for the top two. A) Single member district election. B) First past the post election. C) Proportional election. D) Run-off election. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-off election. 17. All of the following are perspectives of globalization EXCEPT A) Communitarian perspective. B) Free market perspective. C) Socialist perspective. D) Populist (nationalist) perspective . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socialist perspective. 18. What is the definition of globalization? A) Patriotic feeling; an extreme form of this is feeling superiority over other countries. B) Is the systematic search for answers to political questions about how people around the world make and contest authoritative choices. C) The increase in the scope and extent of political, economic, and cultural connections between governments, organizations, and individuals around the world. D) Governments in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The increase in the scope and extent of political, economic, and cultural connections between governments, organizations, and individuals around the world. 19. This world organization was created post ww2 to promote world peace A) European Union. B) The Canadian Allegiance. C) G20. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United Nations. 20. The measurable factor in an experiment is known as the: A) Control. B) Independent Variable. C) Constant. D) Dependent Variable. 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