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  1. 1What is power?
    1. AThe ability to control or impose your will upon others.
    2. BHaving the physical might over people.
    3. CA right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others.
    4. DThe power to give orders and make decisions.
  2. 2What is politics? (You can select more than one)
    1. AThe activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power.
    2. BWho gets what, when, how, and why.
    3. CThe authoritative allocation of values for a society.
    4. DA particular set of Political beliefs or principles.
    5. EInteractions between states and the international system.
  3. 3What is comparative politics?
    1. AThe study of phenomena across states.
    2. BThe study of interactions between states and the international system.
    3. CThe study of good decision making.
    4. DThe study of governments, justice, liberty, prosperity, rights, and war.
  4. 4Which branch of the government is responsible for implementing laws?
    1. AExecutive
    2. BJudicial
    3. CLegislative
    4. DExecutive and legistalative
  5. 5One or two houses of representatives in the legislative branch is referred to as...
    1. Auni- or bicameral
    2. Bunitary or federal
    3. Ccodified or non-codified
    4. Dministries or cohabitation
  6. 6What is the "modernisation theory?"
    1. AThe idea that democracy occurs as a result of economic growth and cultural changes.
    2. BThe idea that democracy promotes economic growth due to more political freedom.
    3. CAs countries become more secular, they experience more economic growth.
    4. DAs countries democratise and experience economic growth, dramatic cultural changes will occur.
  7. 7What was Huntington's theory on global conflicts?
    1. AGlobal clashes occur as a result of a difference in economic interests.
    2. BCultural characteristics will become more homogenised over time and less global conflicts will occur.
    3. CIndividuals are born with certain characteristics, and these cultural characteristics will drive future conflicts.
    4. DGlobal conflicts do not occur as a result of clash of civilisations, as they don't actually exist as previously described in discourse.
  8. 8What are the differences between Marx and Weber's opinion on political identity?
    1. AWeber saw political identity as an ingrained part of our cultural identity, while Marx believed that economic interests was ingrained in political identity and our cultural identity.
    2. BWeber believed that it was political identity which would be the driving force in global conflicts, while Marx believed that it was economic identity.
    3. CMarx saw political cleavage as the driving force that effected economic interests, while Weber saw it as the cultural class-consciousness that influenced political identity.
    4. DMarx believes economic interests shapes political identity, while Weber believes it is cultural interests that shapes political identity.
  9. 9What was Madison's Dilemma?
    1. APoliticians are self-interested and governments should have a system of checks & balances.
    2. BStates have usually been in contact with each other throughout history, which implies that the adoption of particular political systems cannot be isolated to a few select variables.
    3. CHumans are self-interested, but also desire the feeling of belonging, which explains why nationalism was such a late development.
    4. DThe state only has power so long as its citizens believe in it.
  10. 10What was the democratisation sequence in the "transition paradigm?"
    1. ABreakthrough, opening, reform
    2. BOpening, breakthrough, consolidation
    3. CCollapse, opening, reform
    4. DBreakdown, opening, reform

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Quiz on Politics, created by hncampbell95 on 17/10/2014.
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