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Quiz 2 Flashcards

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True or False: Fascism appeals to people’s ideas of nationalism, ethnicity, and/or race.

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True

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True or False: The election of Ronald Reagan served as a catalyst for accelerating the efforts of the Religious Right.

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True

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True or False: Communism is the most prevalent and powerful ideology in Europe and Asia today

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False

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True or False: Liberals believe that government action leads to greater social equality

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True

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True or False: The idea of the commercial republic was popularized by Adam Smith

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False

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True or False: Liberals generally use the past for guidance when meeting the challenges of the past

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False

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Anarchism is founded on the belief that

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Opposes the existence of any form of government

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Extreme right-wing ideologies share which of these traits in common?

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Appeal to the popular prejudices and hatred

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When it comes to moral issues, conservatives

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Look to religion as the foundation of morality

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What political group has seen its numbers increase in the United States in the past decade?

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Independents

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What is the term for Karl Marx’s theory of historical progression that is focused on class struggle?

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Dialectical materialism

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12
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All of the following reflect liberal values except

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Prayer in schools

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Who developed the ideas of laissez-faire capitalism?

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Adam Smith

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True or False? Plato’s Republic establishes a classless society

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False

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True or False? Marx’s utopian society was based on social revolution.

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True

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True or False? The key to Skinner’s utopia is behavioral engineering.

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True

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True or False? Behind utopian visions are a set of shared assumptions about human beings and what is best for them.

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True

18
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What does the word utopia mean?

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A place where all is well

19
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In The Republic, what common theme is explored throughout Socrates’ text?

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Justice

20
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What is the purpose of The Republic’s “Noble Lie?”

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Ensure popular acceptance of the class system

21
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According to Bacon, science is the key to

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improving the human condition

22
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What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?

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The end of social inequality

23
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Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?

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A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing

24
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“Newspeak” is introduced by the government in which dystopian work?

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1984

25
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Terrorism, like that carried out by Islamic extremists, includes which aspects of utopian thinking, according to one scholar?

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Quest for social justice and a purified society

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