This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Culture > Political > Political Culture – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Culture Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 2 house legislature A) Bilegislature. B) Unicameral. C) Bicameral. D) Bicameral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bicameral. 2. What are two major political ideologies in the United States: A) Republican and democrats. B) Liberalism and conservatism. C) Independent and liberalism. D) Conservatism and independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liberalism and conservatism. 3. What type of government is characterized by one person rule? A) Democracy. B) Oligarchy. C) Autocracy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autocracy. 4. During the Enlightenment period, people were awakening to the idea of individual ..... A) Potential. B) Liberties. C) Rights. D) Responsibilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potential. 5. Public Opinion, measured by surveys, reveals the political beliefs of a subset of the population about a certain issue. What validates a poll so that we have more reliable results. A) Random sampling. B) Random digit dialing. C) Quota samples,. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Politics is the process through which a society settles its conflicts. What are the two main sources of conflict in society? A) Wealth and status. B) Ambition and power. C) Scare resources and conflicting values. D) Generational differences and property rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scare resources and conflicting values. 7. American Political Culture refere to A) Lobbying for a specific political party. B) How Americans feel about the laws being passed in congress. C) The broader ideas that guide thinking about the role of government in the United States. D) Which party you affiliate with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The broader ideas that guide thinking about the role of government in the United States. 8. Which type of poll is administered continuously over a short period of time? A) Push poll. B) Public opinion poll. C) Tracking poll. D) Straw poll. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tracking poll. 9. What is political culture? A) An act of congress. B) A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out. C) The right to vote. D) A form of government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out. 10. In Estonia participation in charity work and volunteering is at a high level according to 2012 Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI). A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. Based on the data from the latest wave of the World Values Survey (2010-2012), a high percentage of respondents were very proud of the fact that they are residents of Estonia. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Who was the leader of the Federalist Party? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) George Washington. C) Alexander Hamilton. D) John Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexander Hamilton. 13. When defining the political culture of a country, the support for the abstract ideal of democracy is the only perfect measure of regime support. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. The process by which people form their political attitudes A) Political Socialization. B) Public Agenda. C) Assimilation. D) Indoctrination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political Socialization. 15. Why is voter turnout higher during presidential elections than in mid-term elections? A) The office of the presidency is believed to be more important. B) There is more media coverage of presidential elections. C) The president is the most visible politician in the America. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Attempting to measure public opinion by asking the same question of a large number of people is A) A sampling poll. B) A scientific poll. C) A controlling poll. D) A straw poll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A straw poll. 17. There are many different ideologies within the political spectrum. An ideology that promotes a limited governmental role in helping individuals and supports traditional values and lifestyles would be defined as a A) Conservative ideology. B) Liberal ideology. C) Moderate ideology. D) Reactionary ideology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservative ideology. 18. If we think of Estonia's economic development during the last decade, Inglehart's socialisation hypothesis proves that we should expect greater changes in values than what exists now. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights. A) Natural rights. B) Liberties. C) The Bill of Rights. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural rights. 20. Who was the leader of the Anti-Federalist Party? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) Andrew Jackson. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) Thomas Jefferson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Jefferson. 21. Elected officials represent groups of people in the law-making and decision-making process. A) Democracy. B) Republicanism. C) Representative democracy. D) Republican Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative democracy. 22. 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) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. Definition:In a representative system of government, the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf. A) Representative Government. B) Consent of the Governed. C) Democracy. D) Federalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative Government. 24. What European studied our political culture and wrote about it in his book Democracy in America? A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. B) Alexis de Tocqueville. C) John Locke. D) Thomas Hobbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexis de Tocqueville. 25. Most political scientists and political observers assess public opinion primarily through A) Voter registration. B) Social media blogs. C) Polls. D) Letters to the editor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polls. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. Which cultural value has had the most influence on U.S. social welfare policy? A) Self-government. B) Liberty. C) Individualism. D) Equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individualism. 29. 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) Political Culture. B) Politics. C) Government. D) Federalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political Culture. 30. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCulture QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Culture Quiz 1Political Culture Quiz 2Political Culture Quiz 3Political Culture Quiz 4Political Culture Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books