This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Authoritarian regimes typically lack which of the following: A) A written constitution. B) Legitimacy. C) Civil liberties and rights. D) Rules and laws. E) Elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legitimacy. 2. In contrast to a Federalist system; Great Britain was once controlled by the government in London, solely. This is an example of a ..... A) Unitary State. B) Authoritarian. C) Bicameral. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unitary State. 3. The study of the interaction between the state and the economy ..... How state policy and processes affect the economy and how the economy can affect the political process. A) Communist Party-State. B) Institutional Design. C) Sustainable Development. D) Political Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political Economy. 4. Political power concentrated in a leader or small elite group. Rules demand absolute obedience by the ruled. Small elite with large powers. A) Authoritarian Regime. B) Military Rule. C) Theocracy. D) Illiberal Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authoritarian Regime. 5. Populist parties are those parties located on the right of the political spectrum. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. In a mixed electoral system A) Only a portion of the legislature is ever up for election at any given time. B) A portion of seats is selected in winner-take-all single-member districts and a portion is allocated according to parties within multi-member constituencies. C) Seats in one chamber are filled through a winner-take-all system and seats in the other chamber are filled through a proportional representation system. D) Seats in one chamber are filled through a winner-take-all system and seats in the other chamber are filled by appointments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A portion of seats is selected in winner-take-all single-member districts and a portion is allocated according to parties within multi-member constituencies. 7. Which of the following describes Russia's geographic setting? A) It is resource poor. B) It is the largest European country in population. C) It is the second largest country in the world. D) It spans fifteen time zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the largest European country in population. 8. We have judicial system to:- A) To enforce the rule law. B) To provide freedom. C) To provide food. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To enforce the rule law. 9. CASE STUDY. which is the best definition? A) A research method in which the scholar looks deeply into a small number of units of analysis. B) A research method in which the scholar looks at a large set of units of analysis. C) A research method in which the scholar interviews people. D) A research method in which the scholar reads and takes notes on a wide variety of books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A research method in which the scholar looks deeply into a small number of units of analysis. 10. A system in which some powers, such as making laws and taxing citizens, are given to local or regional governmental bodies. A) Unitary State. B) Federalism. C) Rational-Legal Legitimacy. D) Comparative Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalism. 11. A situation brought about in which nation states rely on each other for various political and economic assets A) Globalization. B) Independence. C) Meritocracy. D) Interdependence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interdependence. 12. Global institution with the mandate to 'foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade ..... ' A) WTO. B) NATO. C) IMF. D) NAFTA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IMF. 13. Legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which determines rights and obligations between the parties involved. A) Legal review. B) Judicial discretion. C) Adjudicate. D) Judicial review. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjudicate. 14. The doctrine that grants the legislature the power to make or overturn any law and permits no veto or judicial review A) Federalism. B) Checks and Balances. C) Separation of Powers. D) Parliamentary Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliamentary Sovereignty. 15. According to the power of judicial review A) Courts can amend the Constitution. B) Courts can declare a law unconstitutional. C) Courts can write laws. D) Courts can dissolve the national legislature. E) Courts can remove the president. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courts can declare a law unconstitutional. 16. 80%+ of the population in the Russian Federation is composed of this ethnicity A) Bashkir. B) Chuvash. C) Tatar. D) Ethnic Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethnic Russia. 17. The driving force in Capitalism. A) Providing things for free. B) Making Profit. C) Spreading wealth evenly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making Profit. 18. A government or state ruled by religious authority. Legal system based on religious law. A) Theocracy. B) Democracy. C) Monarchy. D) Theology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theocracy. 19. Created by Parliament to put govt and private interests together on policy making board A) Bureaucracy. B) Quangos. C) Agencies. D) Whitehall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quangos. 20. A political party that claims to operate in the 'true' interest of the group or class that it purports to represent. A) Third Party. B) West Coast Party. C) Vanguard Party. D) Political Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vanguard Party. 21. The single term allowed to an individual serving as president in Mexico is called ..... A) Cauldron. B) Parastatals. C) Sexennium. D) Clique. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sexennium. 22. Define REPUBLICANISM 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: A) Indirect democracy that emphasizes the separation of powers within a state and the representation of the public through elected officials. 23. Following WWII, most Britons and all major political parties agreed that governments should work to Narrow gap between rich/poor ..... A) Socialism. B) Welfare. C) Collective Consensus. D) Conservativism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collective Consensus. 24. Political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever necessary. A) Radicalism. B) Authoritarianism. C) Cult of personality. D) Totalitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Totalitarianism. 25. A state in which most political power exists at a national level. A) Federal State. B) Weak State. C) Unitary State. D) Equal State. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unitary State. 26. What are NOT the characteristics of Totalitarianism A) Has a democratic parliamentary. B) Frequent mobilization of the population. C) A total grip of the state on its citizens. D) Recourse to terror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has a democratic parliamentary. 27. Institutions, relationships, and norms that shape the quality and quantity of a society's social interactions. Increasing evidence shows that social cohesion is critical for societies to prosper economically and for development to be sustainable. A) Social Contract. B) Globalization. C) Society. D) Social Capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social Capital. 28. Countries whose political systems exhibit some democratic and some authoritarian elements A) Consolidated Democracy. B) Authoritarian regime. C) Mixed Systems. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mixed Systems. 29. Ethnic identity or ethnicity is a A) Racial makeup of a nation. B) Common language and location that unites a state. C) Set of institutions that bind people together through common culture. D) Set of institutions that bind people together around common political aspirations. E) Decision by certain governments to place people into social hierarchies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Set of institutions that bind people together through common culture. 30. What is NOT considered as the Asian Values A) Well-defined family structure. B) Individualism. C) Respect for political authority. D) Society above self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individualism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesComparative QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesComparative Politics Quiz 1Comparative Politics Quiz 2Comparative Politics Quiz 3Comparative Politics Quiz 4Comparative Politics Quiz 5Comparative Politics Quiz 6Comparative Politics Quiz 8Comparative Politics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books