PS 204 (WINTER 2009; 24425), INTRO COMPARATIVE POL (200802.24425) > CHAPTER QUIZZES > REVIEW ASSESSMENT: CHAPTER 12 QUIZ (DUE DECEMBER 5) Review Assessment: Chapter 12 Quiz (Due December 5) User Charles R Hazen Submitted 3/12/09 3:52 PM Name Chapter 12 Quiz (Due December 5) Status Completed Score 110 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 0 hours, 19 minutes, and 13 seconds out of 0 hours and 20 minutes allowed. Instructions Question 1 10 out of 10 points In Samuel Huntington's concept of a "clash of civilizations," he Selected Answer: advanced the hypothesis that the main source of conflict in the contemporary world is neither ideological nor economic but cultural in nature. Correct Answer: advanced the hypothesis that the main source of conflict in the contemporary world is neither ideological nor economic but cultural in nature. Question 2 10 out of 10 points De Tocqueville thought this was the most important factor accounting for America's democracy: Selected Answer: mores. Correct Answer: mores. Question 3 10 out of 10 points In The Civic Culture, Almond and Verba did NOT postulate this as one of the three categories to be found in the populations they studied: Selected Answer: minorities. Correct Answer: minorities. Question 4 10 out of 10 points Max Weber felt that Protestants were more prosperous than Catholics in early 20th-century Germany because Selected Answer: Protestants had traditionally placed greater emphasis on worldly success than Catholics. Correct Answer: Protestants had traditionally placed greater emphasis on worldly success than Catholics. Question 5 10 out of 10 points A country is most likely to have an authoritarian state if its society Selected Answer: combines high levels of submissiveness, collectivism, and support for an interventionist state. Correct Answer: combines high levels of submissiveness, collectivism, and support for an interventionist state. Question 6 10 out of 10 points Almond and Verba's civic culture Selected Answer: requires a fairly large number of subjects, who are law-abiding but not very knowledgeable about politics. Correct Answer: requires a fairly large number of subjects, who are law-abiding but not very knowledgeable about politics. Question 7 10 out of 10 points "Cognitive dissonance" occurs when Selected Answer: people ignore or avoid information that conflicts with their beliefs. Correct Answer: people ignore or avoid information that conflicts with their beliefs. Question 8 10 out of 10 points What is NOT an important post-materialist value? Selected Answer: maintaining traditional gender roles Correct Answer: maintaining traditional gender roles Question 9 10 out of 10 points Political subcultures Selected Answer: differ from the dominant political culture. Correct Answer: differ from the dominant political culture. Question 10 10 out of 10 points In postmodern societies, this is the most important source of employment: Selected Answer: services. Correct Answer: services. Question 11 10 out of 10 points Trust in politicians and political institutions Selected Answer: is declining in quite a few democracies. Correct Answer: is declining in quite a few democracies. PS 204 (WINTER 2009; 24425), INTRO COMPARATIVE POL (200802.24425) > CHAPTER QUIZZES > REVIEW ASSESSMENT: CHAPTER 13 QUIZ (DUE DECEMBER 5) Review Assessment: Chapter 13 Quiz (Due December 5) User Charles R Hazen Submitted 3/12/09 10:40 PM Name Chapter 13 Quiz (Due December 5) Status Completed Score 100 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 0 hours, 16 minutes, and 8 seconds out of 0 hours and 20 minutes allowed. Instructions Question 1 10 out of 10 points This is NOT an aspect of fascism: Selected Answer: state ownership of industrial firms. Correct Answer: state ownership of industrial firms. Question 2 10 out of 10 points In the developing world, Selected Answer: socialism was adapted to local conditions. Correct Answer: socialism was adapted to local conditions. Question 3 10 out of 10 points Eduard Bernstein believed that Selected Answer: socialism required democracy. Correct Answer: socialism required democracy. Question 4 10 out of 10 points The "bourgeoisie" refers to Selected Answer: the capitalist class. Correct Answer: the capitalist class. Question 5 10 out of 10 points "Jihad" means Selected Answer: all of these. Correct Answer: all of these. Question 6 10 out of 10 points In the United States, "liberalism" Selected Answer: became identified with government intervention in the economy and a concern for social welfare in the 20th century. Correct Answer: became identified with government intervention in the economy and a concern for social welfare in the 20th century. Question 7 10 out of 10 points In the early 19th century, most socialists Selected Answer: rejected private enterprise. Correct Answer: rejected private enterprise. Question 8 10 out of 10 points Early liberalism Selected Answer: espoused both economic and political liberties. Correct Answer: espoused both economic and political liberties. Question 9 10 out of 10 points Most Muslims around the world are Selected Answer: Sunnis. Correct Answer: Sunnis. Question 10 10 out of 10 points For Lenin, the socialist revolution Selected Answer: required the leadership of professional revolutionaries. Correct Answer: required the leadership of professional revolutionaries. Question 11 0 out of 10 points The Koran Selected Answer: is a compilation of Muhammad's writings. Correct Answer: was compiled from a variety of sources. PS 204 (WINTER 2009; 24425), INTRO COMPARATIVE POL (200802.24425) > CHAPTER QUIZZES > REVIEW ASSESSMENT: CHAPTER 14 QUIZ (DUE DECEMBER 5) Review Assessment: Chapter 14 Quiz (Due December 5) User Charles R Hazen Submitted 3/13/09 2:32 PM Name Chapter 14 Quiz (Due December 5) Status Completed Score 90 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 0 hours, 19 minutes, and 22 seconds out of 0 hours and 20 minutes allowed. Instructions Question 1 10 out of 10 points Centrally planned economies Selected Answer: substitute bureaucratic commands for supply and demand. Correct Answer: substitute bureaucratic commands for supply and demand. Question 2 0 out of 10 points In the 1970s Western Europe and North America, Keynesian prescriptions for fine-tuning the national economy which had registered some visible successes in the previous decade Selected Answer: still appeared to work. Correct Answer: no longer appeared to work. Question 3 10 out of 10 points John Maynard Keynes Selected Answer: favored private enterprise, but called for significant government spending in a depression. Correct Answer: favored private enterprise, but called for significant government spending in a depression. Question 4 0 out of 10 points Political economy is concerned with the relationship between Selected Answer: states and markets. Correct Answer: all of these. Question 5 10 out of 10 points A "mixed economy" combines Selected Answer: private enterprise and government intervention. Correct Answer: private enterprise and government intervention. Question 6 10 out of 10 points Privatization is to nationalization as Selected Answer: laissez-faire is to central planning. Correct Answer: laissez-faire is to central planning. Question 7 10 out of 10 points A market economy is based primarily on Selected Answer: supply and demand. Correct Answer: supply and demand. Question 8 10 out of 10 points Inflation Selected Answer: occurs when "too many dollars chase too few goods." Correct Answer: occurs when "too many dollars chase too few goods." Question 9 10 out of 10 points Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill Selected Answer: were precursors of the modern welfare state. Correct Answer: were precursors of the modern welfare state. Question 10 10 out of 10 points The postwar welfare state Selected Answer: has been basically accepted by moderate right (conservative) parties in Europe and the United States. Correct Answer: has been basically accepted by moderate right (conservative) parties in Europe and the United States. Question 11 10 out of 10 points Politics in welfare states is frequently marked by all of the following, EXCEPT Selected Answer: popular support for higher taxes to pay for more generous social welfare benefits. Correct Answer: popular support for higher taxes to pay for more generous social welfare benefits. PS 204 (WINTER 2009; 24425), INTRO COMPARATIVE POL (200802.24425) > CHAPTER QUIZZES > REVIEW ASSESSMENT: CHAPTER 15 QUIZ (DUE DECEMBER 5) Review Assessment: Chapter 15 Quiz (Due December 5) User Charles R Hazen Submitted 3/13/09 5:00 PM Name Chapter 15 Quiz (Due December 5) Status Needs Grading Score 80 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 0 hours, 21 minutes, and 1 seconds out of 0 hours and 20 minutes allowed. Instructions Question 1 10 out of 10 points Modernization theory asserts that economic development requires Selected Answer: the abandonment of traditional attitudes. Correct Answer: the abandonment of traditional attitudes. Question 2 0 out of 10 points Underdeveloped countries are characterized by Selected Answer: all of these. Correct Answer: chronic poverty. Question 3 10 out of 10 points Dependency theory asserts that Selected Answer: capitalist countries dominate the developing world. Correct Answer: capitalist countries dominate the developing world. Question 4 10 out of 10 points A large population Selected Answer: does not necessarily inhibit economic growth. Correct Answer: does not necessarily inhibit economic growth. Question 5 10 out of 10 points Mohandas Gandhi Selected Answer: promoted non-violent agitation. Correct Answer: promoted non-violent agitation. Question 6 10 out of 10 points South Korea Selected Answer: experienced rapid economic growth under military rule. Correct Answer: experienced rapid economic growth under military rule. Question 7 0 out of 10 points South Korea's leading private companies Selected Answer: have undertaken major reforms under the country's democratic leadership. Correct Answer: are organized into conglomerates that cooperated with the country's military governments. Question 8 0 out of 10 points Which country was a colonizing power in Africa? Selected Answer: Britain Correct Answer: all of these Question 9 10 out of 10 points Since the 1990s, India's economy has been characterized by Selected Answer: privatization and high growth rates. Correct Answer: privatization and high growth rates. Question 10 10 out of 10 points Hindu-Muslim violence in India Selected Answer: is often held in check by civil society associations. Correct Answer: is often held in check by civil society associations. Question 11 10 out of 10 points Easterly's main argument is that Selected Answer: bad government causes economic stagnation. Correct Answer: bad government causes economic stagnation.