This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Culture > Political > Political Culture – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Culture Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The culture war in the United States is a battle over? A) Sports. B) Money. C) Land. D) Values. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Values. 2. Form of government that promotes individual liberty (freedoms) and God-given rights (natural rights), believes that all governmental power is derived from the people, and encourages participation by its citizens in political affairs. A) Oligarchy. B) Democracy. C) Monarchy. D) Republicanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republicanism. 3. According to Inglehart's scarcity hypothesis, people's values are formed during the early years of their childhood and represent the economic conditions prevalent at that time. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 4. What does orthodox mean? A) Believing in anarchy. B) Having no views on issues. C) Believing in communism. D) Having traditional views on issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having traditional views on issues. 5. One house legislature A) Congress. B) Unicameral. C) Parliament. D) Bicameral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unicameral. 6. Which of the following terms refers to A belief that one is a member of an economic group whose interests are opposed to people in other such groups. A) Class Consciousness. B) Orthodox. C) Progressives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class Consciousness. 7. Levels of political trust in the Baltic states are highly dependent on institutional performance both in the economic sphere and political sphere. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. What term describes civil society groups that provide some similar services as a government provides? A) Supranational organization. B) Political party. C) Nongovernmental organization. D) Political system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nongovernmental organization. 9. To him, what was the best form of government? A) Where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. B) Democracy. C) Absolute monarchy. D) Every man for himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. 10. What type of government is characterized by popular sovereignty? A) Communism. B) Fascism. C) Democracy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 11. What is liberty? A) The state of being free from unequal treatment in a democracy. B) The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. C) The state of being free within a society from economic abuses that create disparate impact in a democracy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. 12. Which of the following political cultures emphasizes cooperation? A) Individualistic. B) Moralistic. C) Traditionalistic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moralistic. 13. Which political party system does the U.S. have? A) One party system. B) Two party system. C) Multi party system. D) Minor party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two party system. 14. Which of the following terms refers to a patterned and sustained way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out? A) Political efficacy. B) Political culture. C) Political behavior. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political culture. 15. Gerrymandering is unfair because A) It increases the voting power of minority groups. B) It makes voter registration difficult for uneducated white males. C) It sets district boundaries to decrease one group's voting strength. D) No one has the right to divide electoral districts for elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It sets district boundaries to decrease one group's voting strength. 16. Which of the following is the difference between Hard Money and Soft Money? A) Hard Money is given directly to the political party of a candidate; Soft Money goes directly to the candidate. B) Hard Money comes from U.S. citizens; Soft Money is from foreign citizens. C) Hard Money is given to PACs; Soft Money goes to the political party of the candidate. D) Hard Money goes directly to the candidate; Soft Money comes from the candidate's political party or a PAC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard Money is given directly to the political party of a candidate; Soft Money goes directly to the candidate. 17. Which characteristic of political culture in Texas places an emphasis on traditional values and moralism? A) Social conservatism. B) Classical liberalism. C) Classical conservatism. D) Populism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social conservatism. 18. Interest groups are MOST interested in A) Nominating specific candidates for office. B) Winning a broad range of elections. C) Influencing specific public policies. D) Affecting a broad range of public policy issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Influencing specific public policies. 19. According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government? A) To maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual. B) To build a wall. C) To create laws that everyone agree on. D) To open Chic Fil A on Sundays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual. 20. Which term below is defined as follows: ..... places the primary political value on political arrangements that allow for the fullest exercise of individual liberty as long as the liberties of others are not unreasonably restricted. A) Social conservatism. B) Economic liberalism. C) Populism. D) Classical liberalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classical liberalism. 21. If a U.S President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who is next in line to be in power? A) The presidents Chief of Staff. B) The Secretary of State. C) The Speaker of the House of Representatives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Speaker of the House of Representatives. 22. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and property. A) Locke. B) Hobbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locke. 23. A commitment to personal initiative and self-sufficiency = A) Individualism. B) Democracy. C) Communal living. D) Political identity. E) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individualism. 24. Which of the following is the earliest and one of the most significant agents in the political socialization process A) Family. B) Gender. C) Group affiliation. D) Place of residence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Family. 25. Which influence has not had an important role in the establishment of Americans' political values? A) Nation's origin in a revolution. B) Nation's open frontier during its development. C) Nation's need for a set of values that could serve to unify immigrants coming from many different countries. D) Embrace of the ideals by each succeeding generation of Americans. E) All of these have had an important role. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these have had an important role. 26. What are the three inalienable rights that all people have? A) Food, Shelter, and Clothing. B) Life, Liberty and Death. C) Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. 27. As a solution to corruption, researchers have increasingly focused on a policy approach rather than a 'social learning' approach. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. When citizens pass laws directly it is called ..... A) Representative Democracy or Republic. B) Direct Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Democracy. 29. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) John Adams. C) George Washington. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Jefferson. 30. Which of the following is NOT one of the core political ideals of America? A) Liberty. B) Equality. C) Individualism. D) Affirmative action. E) Self-government. 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