This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH. which is the best definition? A) Research that involves interviewing people. B) Research that involves building a holistic (or complete) picture by utilizing a wide variety of sources. C) Research that involves reading a wide variety of books. D) Research that involves the analysis of numerical data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research that involves building a holistic (or complete) picture by utilizing a wide variety of sources. 2. National identity is A) A set of institutions that bind people together through common political aspirations. B) A set of institutions that bind people together through a common culture. C) A country's form of government. D) A decision by certain governments to place people into social hierarchies. E) The dominant religious beliefs that exist in a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A set of institutions that bind people together through common political aspirations. 3. ..... of the territories/Oblasts/Regions, within the Russian Federation, are allowed their own Constitution, leadership, government ..... Many are culturally distinct from Russia proper and they may speak their own language. A) 21. B) 85. C) 10. D) 27. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21. 4. Which Russian tradition most directly opposes the development of a civil society in Russia today? A) Statism. B) Collectivization. C) Protection of cultural heterogeneity. D) Nomenclature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statism. 5. Economic system in which all means of production are owned and operated by the government. A) Communism. B) Socialism. C) Capitalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communism. 6. Civil society refers to A) A community where people treat each other with respect. B) The idea that everyone is treated equally under the law. C) Organizations formed outside of state control. D) Participation in the democratic process. E) A country free from political violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organizations formed outside of state control. 7. What is Democracy A) Government run by the small group of people. B) Government run by people represented by elected officials. C) Government run by unlected leader representing political party. D) A government run by bureaucrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government run by people represented by elected officials. 8. Which country is ruled by a liberal regime? A) Laos. B) Brunei. C) Cambodia. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cambodia. 9. Who is the head of the government in the UK? A) The President. B) The Queen. C) The Prime Minister. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Prime Minister. 10. An apparent association between factors or variables is a: A) Linkage agent. B) Correlation. C) Causal relationship. D) Assumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correlation. 11. Define TOTALITARIANISM A) An integrated set of hypotheses, assumptions, and facts. B) A nondemocratic regime that is highly centralized, possessing some form of strong ideology that seeks to transform and absorb fundamental aspects of state, society, and the economy, using a wide array of institutions. C) Legitimacy that accepts aspects of politics because they have been institutionalized over a long period of time. D) Proposed agreement among twelve countries to liberalize trade though reduced tariffs and common regulations. Abandoned by the United States in 2018. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A nondemocratic regime that is highly centralized, possessing some form of strong ideology that seeks to transform and absorb fundamental aspects of state, society, and the economy, using a wide array of institutions. 12. Define SEPARATION OF POWERS 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: C) The clear division of power among different branches of government and the provision that specific branches may check the power of other branches. 13. In terms of political attitude, a liberal is one who A) Believes gradual, transformational change should occur. B) Values liberty as a higher priority than equality. C) Wants to see immediate change, even if violence is necessary. D) Wishes to preserve the status quo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believes gradual, transformational change should occur. 14. The term for when a state's power and territory have been institutionalized over a long period of time, and are therefore accepted by the public. A) Traditional Legitimacy. B) Charismatic Legitimacy. C) Rational-Legal Legitimacy. D) Autonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional Legitimacy. 15. Government system which constricts the rights and privacy of its citizens. This type of rule is based on some type of IDEOLOGY (ex. Fascism, Nazism, Communism) A) Authoritarian. B) Democracy. C) Sovereignty. D) Totalitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Totalitarianism. 16. A form of government in which a small group of elites rule. A) Dictatorship. B) Authoritarian. C) Oligarchy. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligarchy. 17. Which country that can be considered a developmental state A) Germany. B) USSR. C) Japan. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan. 18. Recent times or the present; up-to-date A) They are immense. B) Current. C) Now. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modern. 19. This committee is established to handle disputes between the Majiles and the Guardian Council A) Expediency Council. B) Assembly of Experts. C) The Cabinet. D) The Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expediency Council. 20. The Philippines is a democratic republic in which the power rest with the nation's citizen. Which of the following situations shows the roles of the Filipino people? I. Elect leaders to represent themII. Decide the government they wantIII. Abolish and form a new governmentIV. Fulfill the responsibilities as a citizen of the country A) I, II, III, IV. B) I, II, IV. C) I and II. D) IV only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I, II, III, IV. 21. A form of government in which the people have power in their government. A) Dictatorship. B) Authoritarian. C) Democracy. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 22. The categories of radical, liberal, conservative, and reactionary are all political A) Attitudes. B) Ideologies. C) Cultures. D) Opinions. E) Economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attitudes. 23. Define VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE 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: 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. 24. Which is not true about Nation? A) A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a common language. B) A group of people who has a shared ethnicity. C) A nation is a collective identity of people. D) A nation must be recognized and sovereign. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A nation must be recognized and sovereign. 25. Define PATRIOTISM 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: B) Pride in one's state. 26. The key difference between ethnic conflict and national conflict is that ethnic conflict A) Involves racial equality; national conflict involves economic inequality. B) Involves cultural goals; national conflict involves political goals. C) Involves fundamentalism; national conflict is a clash between liberalism and conservatism. D) Occurs between ethnic groups to achieve political or economic goals; national conflict involves one or more groups striving for sovereignty. E) Is small-scale and uses guerrilla and terrorist activity; national conflict involves militaries from different states going to war. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occurs between ethnic groups to achieve political or economic goals; national conflict involves one or more groups striving for sovereignty. 27. Comparative governance is a formal study of the organization and powers, description of the features of the constitutions and political institutions, and legal powers of political institutions form the basic contents of comparative government study. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 28. The most important policymaking body in the Chinese government is the A) Central Military Commission. B) State Council. C) Standing Committee of the Politburo. D) National Party Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standing Committee of the Politburo. 29. Define VANGUARD OF THE PROLETARIAT 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: 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. 30. In a parliamentary democracy the head of the government is typically a part of which branch? A) Judicial. B) Executive. C) Tree. D) Legislative. 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