This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Culture > Political > Political Culture – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Culture Quiz 6 (27 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. What does being progressive mean? A) Having traditional views on issues. B) Wanting to go back to how things were in the past. C) Believing personal freedom is more important than tradition. D) Having no views on issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believing personal freedom is more important than tradition. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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) Civic agency. C) Critical solidarity. D) Real communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civic agency. 11. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the roles of the government. A) Political culture. B) Democracy. C) Political ideology. D) Natural rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political ideology. 12. What type of economy does the United States believe in? A) Command Economy. B) Free Enterprise. C) Communism. D) Traditional economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Enterprise. 13. Because it would be cost-prohibitive to ask every citizen their opinion on a whole range of issues, pollsters rely on a(n) ..... of the population to gain information. A) Census. B) Educated guess. C) Slice. D) Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sample. 14. When could a citizen's decision to not vote in an election be viewed as political participation? A) Because the citizen was too busy to vote on election day. B) Because the citizen forgot to vote on election day. C) Because the citizen was part of a coordinated effort to boycott an election that was widely viewed as rigged. D) Because the citizen was disinterested in the election. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the citizen was part of a coordinated effort to boycott an election that was widely viewed as rigged. 15. No one is above the law, no matter how rich, powerful or famous A) Autocrat. B) Rule of law. C) Separation of powers. D) Rights of the minority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule of law. 16. "Governments derive their just powers form the consent of the governed""We the People" "Here, sir, the people govern." These three states all deal with which American political ideal? A) Groupthink. B) Social justice. C) Self-government. D) Equality. E) Liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-government. 17. Which of the following was in conflict with the American believe in equality of opportunity? A) Economic freedom. B) Universal suffrage. C) Slavery. D) Desegregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slavery. 18. Which of the following political cultures emphasizes a strong commitment to the political order? A) Individualistic. B) Moralistic. C) Traditionalistic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditionalistic. 19. Most commonly understood to embrace government solutions to public problems A) Public Agenda. B) Moderate. C) Conservative. D) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liberal. 20. What term describes associations that citizens join voluntarily that are independent and autonomous from the state? A) Popular sovereignty. B) Political legitimacy. C) Civil society. D) Political efficacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil society. 21. What is civic duty? A) Becoming involved in community affairs when possible. B) Not voting in an election. C) A law. D) Ignoring everything around you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Becoming involved in community affairs when possible. 22. How many people signed the U.S Constitution? A) 29. B) 25. C) 55. D) 39. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 39. 23. Which of these is not an American Political Value? A) Liberty. B) Wealth. C) Civic Duty. D) Democracy. E) Individual Responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wealth. 24. Political socialization is an ongoing process but is largely the product of a few major agents of socialization. A) Family school media and peers. B) Politicians, friends, lobbyist, and peers. C) Family, congress, peers, and teachers. D) Congress, media, lobbyist, and friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Family school media and peers. 25. What is the generational effect? A) The process by which we develop our political attitudes, values, and beliefs. B) The coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government held by groups and individuals. C) A long-lasting effect of the events of a particular time on the political opinions of those who came of political age at that time. D) The impact of a person's age and stage in life on his or her political views. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A long-lasting effect of the events of a particular time on the political opinions of those who came of political age at that time. 26. Immediately after casting your vote, you're asked to step aside and complete a survey. This is an example of a A) Straw poll. B) Exit poll. C) Scientific poll. D) Push poll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exit poll. 27. The process by which citizens acquire a sense of their own political identity would best be defined as A) Political socialization. B) Demographics. C) Public opinion. D) Political culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political socialization. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesCulture QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Culture Quiz 1Political Culture Quiz 2Political Culture Quiz 3Political Culture Quiz 4Political Culture Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books