This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Culture > Political > Political Culture – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Culture Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Elected officials represent groups of people in the law-making and decision-making process. A) Republicanism. B) Republican Party. C) Representative democracy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative democracy. 2. Continued disarray in the party system and conflicts between the president and prime minister explain why the support for strongman rule is on the rise in Latvia? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Definition:In a representative system of government, the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf. A) Consent of the Governed. B) Representative Government. C) Federalism. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representative Government. 4. What European studied our political culture and wrote about it in his book Democracy in America? A) John Locke. B) Alexis de Tocqueville. C) Thomas Hobbes. D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexis de Tocqueville. 5. Most political scientists and political observers assess public opinion primarily through A) Social media blogs. B) Letters to the editor. C) Voter registration. D) Polls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polls. 6. America is very different than other countries in that we are linked NOT by shared ancestry, but by ..... A) Political heritage. B) Ancient tribal beliefs from the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley civilizations. C) An allegiance to a common set of ideals. D) Fear of tyrannical rule overtaking the republic. E) "Habits of the Mind". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An allegiance to a common set of ideals. 7. Political ideology: A) Each person has a set of personal political values that shape their political ideology. B) The set of ideas, beliefs, and values that individuals have about how government should work and the kinds of policies that government should implement. C) These values are developed based on the environments in which they have grown up and lived. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Which cultural value has had the most influence on U.S. social welfare policy? A) Liberty. B) Equality. C) Individualism. D) Self-government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individualism. 9. The environment where there are various views about the role of government, views which are influenced by different experience and understanding, and views that can often lead to political conflict through elections and the engagement by citizens with specific policy issues is know as: A) Government. B) Political Culture. C) Politics. D) Federalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political Culture. 10. Political socialization involves the process of A) Becoming a public servant. B) Running for public office. C) Leaving a political party to join another. D) Learning how to think politically. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning how to think politically. 11. Values Survey (2011) shows that the values of the Estonian-and Russian-speaking populations differ significantly only in regard to the survival versus self-expression dimension. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What is laissez-faire? A) Shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how government should operate. B) Giving priority to one's own goals over group goals. C) The idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs. D) The principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs. 13. What does being progressive mean? A) Having traditional views on issues. B) Having no views on issues. C) Believing personal freedom is more important than tradition. D) Wanting to go back to how things were in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believing personal freedom is more important than tradition. 14. Which of the following shapes political culture? A) Shared History. B) Family. C) Dominant Religious Beliefs. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 15. What is individualism? A) Shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how government should operate. B) Giving priority to one's own goals over group goals. C) The idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs. D) The principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving priority to one's own goals over group goals. 16. An electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns. A) Limited Government. B) Command Government. C) Representative Government. D) Socialistic Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative Government. 17. What is globalization? A) A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers. B) The impact of a person's age and stage in life on his or her political views. C) Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope. D) The coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government held by groups and individuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope. 18. According to Inglehart and Welze's approach as cited in Realo, traditional versus modern and socialism versus capitalism are the two large value dimensions that make it possible to describe most of the cultural differences in value preferences. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Participatory trends via new forms of political activism in the Baltic countries haven't been encouraging, so Pettai Ramonaite mentioned that recently there is no positive sign of civic participation at all. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Which term below is defined as your awareness of the agents of socialization that shape your world view and your views about government, politics and public issues? A) Civic courage. B) Real communication. C) Critical solidarity. D) Civic agency. 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