Quiz 2 Flashcards
True or False: Fascism appeals to people’s ideas of nationalism, ethnicity, and/or race.
True
True or False: The election of Ronald Reagan served as a catalyst for accelerating the efforts of the Religious Right.
True
True or False: Communism is the most prevalent and powerful ideology in Europe and Asia today
False
True or False: Liberals believe that government action leads to greater social equality
True
True or False: The idea of the commercial republic was popularized by Adam Smith
False
True or False: Liberals generally use the past for guidance when meeting the challenges of the past
False
Anarchism is founded on the belief that
Opposes the existence of any form of government
Extreme right-wing ideologies share which of these traits in common?
Appeal to the popular prejudices and hatred
When it comes to moral issues, conservatives
Look to religion as the foundation of morality
What political group has seen its numbers increase in the United States in the past decade?
Independents
What is the term for Karl Marx’s theory of historical progression that is focused on class struggle?
Dialectical materialism
All of the following reflect liberal values except
Prayer in schools
Who developed the ideas of laissez-faire capitalism?
Adam Smith
True or False? Plato’s Republic establishes a classless society
False
True or False? Marx’s utopian society was based on social revolution.
True
True or False? The key to Skinner’s utopia is behavioral engineering.
True
True or False? Behind utopian visions are a set of shared assumptions about human beings and what is best for them.
True
What does the word utopia mean?
A place where all is well
In The Republic, what common theme is explored throughout Socrates’ text?
Justice
What is the purpose of The Republic’s “Noble Lie?”
Ensure popular acceptance of the class system
According to Bacon, science is the key to
improving the human condition
What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?
The end of social inequality
Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?
A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing
“Newspeak” is introduced by the government in which dystopian work?
1984
Terrorism, like that carried out by Islamic extremists, includes which aspects of utopian thinking, according to one scholar?
Quest for social justice and a purified society
