This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Ideologies > Political > Political Ideologies – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Ideologies Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Essential for human flourishing; people are free to do as they please as long as they do not hurt others A) Libertarianism. B) Conservatism. C) Anarchism. D) Liberalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liberalism. 2. What type of voting system is used in the UK? A) First past the post. B) Proportional representation. C) Closed party system. D) Single transferable vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First past the post. 3. Which of the following policies would an individual who identifies as a Democrat most likely support? A) Increasing federal enforcement of immigration laws. B) Reducing regulations on Wall Street to stimulate economic growth. C) Strengthening anti-discrimination policies for married gaycouples. D) Decreasing the role of the federal government to ensure access to health care. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strengthening anti-discrimination policies for married gaycouples. 4. Which among the following principles falls under the Communist ideology? A) Individualism. B) Free Enterprise. C) Survival of the Fittest. D) Classless Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classless Society. 5. Which is true of a good random sample for a public opinion poll? A) All the people in the sample are opinionated. B) It excludes people who do not belong to a political party. C) It is limited to people who follow the news. D) It represents the variety of the whole population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It represents the variety of the whole population. 6. A claim for government funds that cannot be abridged without violating the rights of the claimant; for example, social security benefits or payments on a contract. A) Entitlements. B) Mandatory Spending. C) Discretionary Spending. D) Pork-Barrel Legislation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entitlements. 7. As you move away from the center of the political spectrum your want of change becomes: A) Greater. B) Less. C) Indifferent. D) Inconsequential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greater. 8. This political ideology believed that absolute leadership and elite rule are natural and desirable A) Anarchism. B) Liberalism. C) Fascism. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fascism. 9. A small group rules the country A) Democracy. B) Anarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligarchy. 10. Which of the following is a mere or less coherent set of ideas that provides a basis of organized political action, whether ideas are intended to preserve=, modify, or overthrow the existing power structure? A) Social science. B) Political science. C) Anthropology. D) Political ideology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political ideology. 11. Right side IDEOLOGY of the Political spectrum= A) Conservative. B) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservative. 12. Advocate for the protection of private property rights and are generally skeptical of radical social experiments. A) Liberalism. B) Conservatism. C) Socialism. D) Anarchism. E) Fascism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservatism. 13. Sees the state as a neutral arbiter among competing interests and groups in society, a vital guarantee of social order. A) Democracy. B) Communism. C) Conservatism. D) Liberalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liberalism. 14. Targets military they view as oppressive, but leaves civilians alone. A) Terrorism. B) Political Activism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political Activism. 15. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government, promoting a free market economy, a noninterventionist foreign policy, and an absence of regulation in moral, economic, and social life. A) Environmental. B) Liberalism. C) Conservatism. D) Libertarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Libertarianism. 16. What is a Political Party Platform? A) The various layers and levels of party leadership with the highest elected office holder at the top. B) The physical structures used by candidates in the various states when campaigning. C) The collection of a Party's values, ideologies, issues and possible actions to be supported by its members. D) The physical structures that bind the party together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The collection of a Party's values, ideologies, issues and possible actions to be supported by its members. 17. Is a philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, namely a socioeconomic order structured upon the ideas of common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and the state. A) Socialism. B) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communism. 18. What is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence? A) Mathematics. B) Philosophy. C) Science. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosophy. 19. An political and economic structure where private operators manage the nation's trade and industry for profit. A) Liberalism. B) Capitalism. C) Conservatism. D) Right Wing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalism. 20. It values individual rights, freedom, and equality A) Leftist idea. B) Rightist idea. C) Centrist idea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leftist idea. 21. Which of the following is NOT a function of political ideology? A) It creates laws in order to achieve a perfect society. B) It offers an account of existing order by examining what works and whatdoes not work. C) It outlines how political change or the desired social order can be achieved. D) It provides a model of a desired social order, a vision of Good Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It creates laws in order to achieve a perfect society. 22. When it comes to the economy and taxes, conservatives want ..... and liberals want ..... A) Lower taxes and less government involvement; higher taxes on wealthy and more government involvement. B) Higher taxes on middle class and more government regulation; lower taxes and less government regulation. C) Full government regulation; minimal government regulation. D) Control of economy by corporations; control of economy by citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower taxes and less government involvement; higher taxes on wealthy and more government involvement. 23. Who believes humans are born poor, nasty, brutish and short? A) Sir William Jones. B) Thomas Hobbes. C) John Locke. D) The English Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Hobbes. 24. How can citizens get involved in the legislative process? A) Contacting their representatives. B) Attending committee hearings. C) Joining advocacy groups. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Baby Boomers are A) The generation born between 1945 and 1964. B) The generation born between 1969 and 1974. C) The generation born between 1928 and 1964. D) The generation born between 1979 and 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The generation born between 1945 and 1964. 26. Create a national income tax A) 18th. B) 16th. C) 12th. D) Show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16th. 27. These people desire immediate, progressive (new) change (violent if necessary) A) Radicals. B) Reactionaries. C) Moderates. D) Libertarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radicals. 28. Equality of results is A) When everyone everyone starts out with an equal chance of flourishing. B) When everyone gets to the same place regardless of how much effort they put in. C) When all people are given the opportunity to spend their money freely. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When everyone gets to the same place regardless of how much effort they put in. 29. What can people decide in a liberal democracy? A) How the country should be run. B) Which countries to make an alliance with. C) The creation of a police state. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the country should be run. 30. Laissez-faire system was proposed by Karl Marx. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. 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