This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An organization that includes the US and 29 other member countries that have agreed to be allies. Article 5 includes the mutual defense clause A) Nato. B) United Nations. C) European Union. D) G20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nato. 2. In a Presidential Government, the legislative and executive branches are independent and coequal. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. CAUSATION. which is the best definition? A) The absense of any relationship amongst factors/variables. B) The existence of randomness amongst two or more factors/variables. C) The existence of a relationship between two or more factors/variables. D) A relationship between two or more factors/variable in which one (or more) of those factors/variable leads to the outcome of the other(s). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A relationship between two or more factors/variable in which one (or more) of those factors/variable leads to the outcome of the other(s). 4. From point 1, which one should be considered the most? In comparing politics and government A) Context of own country. B) Own country's culture. C) The progress of the country that we want. D) Popularity of the world community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context of own country. 5. The Prime Minister is called the ..... A) Nominal Head. B) Executive Head. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive Head. 6. Define OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING A) A process by which a firm moves some of its work to a secondary business outside the home country that can do the work more efficiently or cheaply. B) Industry partially owned by the state. C) A political system in which the roles of head of state and head of government are assigned to separate executive offices. D) A political system in which power flows directly from the ruling political party (usually a communist party) to the state, bypassing government structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A process by which a firm moves some of its work to a secondary business outside the home country that can do the work more efficiently or cheaply. 7. True or False:The government makes economic decisions in a command economy A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which of the following is found in illiberal democracies? A) Elections. B) Local government transparency. C) Guaranteed civil liberties. D) Legitimate competition between political parties. E) Strong civil society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elections. 9. The idea that one (or more) variable influences another A) Causation. B) Correlation. C) Dependent variable. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Causation. 10. Where an entity or person becomes the physical embodiment of the government eg:Lenin and Mao A) Head of State. B) Head of Government. C) Cult of Personality. D) Authoritarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cult of Personality. 11. A conflict within a nation A) International conflict. B) Multinational conflict. C) National conflict. D) Global conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National conflict. 12. Define SUPERSTRUCTURE A) All noneconomic institutions in a society (e.g., religion, culture, national identity); these ideas and values derive from the base and serve to legitimize the current system of exploitation. B) An intergovernmental system with its own sovereign powers over member states. C) A tax on imported goods. D) The use of violence by nonstate actors against civilians in order to achieve a politi-cal goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All noneconomic institutions in a society (e.g., religion, culture, national identity); these ideas and values derive from the base and serve to legitimize the current system of exploitation. 13. A regime that uses corporatism is attempting to A) Promote economic growth. B) Provide the illusion of political influence. C) Discourage political participation. D) Expand economic and political freedoms. E) Encourage pluralism in the political process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide the illusion of political influence. 14. The following are facts about the Power of Eminent Domain, except; A) The state acquire private property upon payment of just compensation. B) The state acquire private property for public use. C) The state acquire private property disregarding the due process of law. D) The acquiring of private property is based on the necessity and will greatly benefit the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The state acquire private property disregarding the due process of law. 15. When Parliament (in the late 1990's) decided to allow Scotland, Wales and No. Ireland their own assemblies, they ..... power ..... A) Devolved. B) Added. C) Federalized. D) Expanded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devolved. 16. This system of government's ultimate goal was to create a state-less system ..... People served the needs of one another. Government is only necessary at its inception so as to transition to a more 'utopian', collectivist ideal. A) Conservatism. B) Liberalism. C) Fascism. D) Marxism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marxism. 17. Define POLITICAL VIOLENCE A) Violence outside of state control that is politically motivated. B) The relationship between political and economic institutions in a particular country and the policies and outcomes they create. C) The struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group. D) A political view that does not have a consistent ideological foundation, but that emphasizes hostility toward elites and established state and economic institutions and favors greater power in the hands of the public. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Violence outside of state control that is politically motivated. 18. This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. A) Dependent variable. B) Independent variable. C) Data. D) Control group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 19. NOT part of Great Britain A) Northern Ireland. B) Wales. C) Scotland. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ireland. 20. What was the Politburo in the CCP? A) The small inner group of the CCP who had most authority. B) Democratic legislature of the PRC. C) Advistory body to President of the PRC. D) The leading military authorites of the PRC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The small inner group of the CCP who had most authority. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesComparative QuizzesComparative Politics Quiz 1Comparative Politics Quiz 2Comparative Politics Quiz 3Comparative Politics Quiz 4Comparative Politics Quiz 6Comparative Politics Quiz 7Comparative Politics Quiz 8Comparative Politics Quiz 9Comparative Politics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books