This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Ideologies > Political > Political Ideologies – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Ideologies Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which political ideology believes in strong central authority and limited individual liberty? A) Liberalism. B) Libertarianism. C) Conservatism. D) Authoritarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Authoritarianism. 2. What ideology does Karl Marx believe in? A) Liberalism. B) Conservatism. C) Socialism. D) Fascism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socialism. 3. It views that human beings must be given to choose their leaders and government officials. A) Anarchism. B) Social Democracy. C) Liberalism. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberalism. 4. Liberalism was founded by who? A) John Locke and Adam Smith. B) John Locke and George Washington. C) Adam McMickle and Ronald Reagan. D) Adam Smith and Thomas Jefferson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Locke and Adam Smith. 5. This is the sum of many individual opinions belief/attitudes about a public person or issue A) Public Opinion. B) Political Socialization. C) Public Socialization. D) Political Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public Opinion. 6. Promotes the concept of self-governance. The power and authority of the government are replaced by a voluntary association of people. A) Liberalism. B) Socialism. C) Anarchism. D) Conservatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anarchism. 7. According to him, the sole purpose of Politics is to manage the society or state and to make laws and policies. A) Lincoln. B) Laswell. C) Aristotle. D) Leftwich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 8. Which political ideology promotes compromise and finding common ground? A) Moderate / centrist. B) Libertarianism. C) Authoritarianism. D) Radicalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moderate / centrist. 9. In what year did the Whigs officially become the Liberal Party? A) 1859. B) 1852. C) 1851. D) 1855. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1859. 10. Giving people an equal chance to succeed A) Entitlements. B) Earmarks. C) Equality of outcome. D) Equality of opportunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equality of opportunity. 11. What ideology sees the individual as the driving instrument of change? A) Liberals. B) Conservatives. C) Reactionaries. D) Radicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservatives. 12. Often advocate for international cooperation, diplomacy, and human rights as essential components of foreign policy. A) Anarchism. B) Socialism. C) Liberalism. D) Fascism. E) Conservatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberalism. 13. Feminism existed because of? A) Patriarchy. B) Female Dominance. C) Male Dominance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Male Dominance. 14. This is when the govt tries to do what most groups want A) Majoritarianism. B) Pluralism. C) Minoritism. D) Singularism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pluralism. 15. Government is based on force and is therefore unnecessary. A) Socialism. B) Populism. C) Communism. D) Anarchism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anarchism. 16. What is the most formal way that political views are shaped in the U.S.? A) Family. B) Political conditions. C) Social groups. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Education. 17. Which of the following public policies would Democrats be most likely to support? A) Withdrawing from international climate change agreements. B) Securing a universal health care system. C) Cutting the budget for foreign aid to other countries. D) Authorizing additional funding for the military. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Securing a universal health care system. 18. Belief in parliamentary constitutional government is most commonly associated with which ideology? A) Democracy. B) Fascism. C) Communism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 19. Which political ideology promotes the idea of the common people having control over their government? A) Democracy. B) Oligarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 20. Ideology refers to what would be an ideal situation which may or may not be different from the way things are. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. Most of us gain our basic attitudes that shape our political opinions from A) Church. B) Family. C) The media. D) Friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Family. 22. Method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected A) Pork-barrel legislation. B) Population. C) Random sample. D) Biased sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Random sample. 23. The idea of prisoners voting sickens me. I strongly support the tradition of marriage and inequality is necessary to keep the masses motivated. Who am I? A) Conservative. B) A Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservative. 24. Sum of many individual opinions, beliefs, or attitudes about a public person or issue A) Public Opinion. B) Political Socialization. C) Representative Sample. D) Agents of Socialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public Opinion. 25. "The government should be bigger and greatly expand on current government services" A) Democrats. B) Republicans. C) Libertarians. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democrats. 26. Supports a competitive, free market healthcare system:(a) A) A Conservative. B) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Conservative. 27. The process by which we develop our political attitudes, values, and beliefs. A) Political Ideology. B) Gender Gap. C) Political Socialization. D) Demographics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Socialization. 28. Believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change A) Liberal. B) Conservative. C) Moderate. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberal. 29. The belief that everybody should share wealth equally is most commonly associated with which ideology? A) Democracy. B) Fascism. C) Communism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communism. 30. The liberty of those persons who are free from external restraing in the exercise of those rights which are considered to be outside the province of a government to control A) Individual difference. B) Individual liberty. C) Individual preference. D) Individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individual liberty. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIdeologies QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Ideologies Quiz 1Political Ideologies Quiz 2Political Ideologies Quiz 3Political Ideologies Quiz 4Political Ideologies Quiz 5Political Ideologies Quiz 6Political Ideologies Quiz 7Political Ideologies Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books