Quiz 3 Flashcards
True or False? Hudson’s four models represent actual democracies.
False
True or False? The principle of due process is guaranteed by the Fifth and Thirteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
False
What term describes the concept of a form of government ruled by active citizens rather than elected/appointed officials
Direct democracy
Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?
Government should be responsive, limited, and effective
What is essential to the success of any government?
Continuity and stability
What term is used to define the winner of an election as the candidate with the most votes?
Plurality
Contemporary political scientists often refer to which of the following as the first prominent exponent of a pluralist model of democracy?
John Calhoun
Which of the following best describes the theory of federalism?
A division of power between a national government and its regional subdivisions
Reserved powers are protected by which Amendment?
Tenth Amendment
Which of the following terms best describes the US government today?
Protective democracy
What was the legislative body of the United States designed to be?
Bicameral
Which of the following best represents the ideas of John Locke?
Meaningful freedom could not exist without written laws.
What is meant by Alexis de Tocqueville’s term, “tyranny of the majority?”
When a dominant group uses its control of government to trample the rights of minority groups
True or False? All authoritarian regimes use brute force to suppress civil liberties and personal freedoms.
False
True or False? Some authoritarian rules care about the common good.
True
True or False? The only standard for government legitimacy is the consent of the governed.
False
Which is not a possible virtue of authoritarian government?
Faster economic growth
In the postwar era, what has been the most common way that authoritarian rulers have left office?
Ousted
How does the military usually dominate a political system ?
It often rules as an institution
How do most authoritarianism regimes come to power?
Sudden coup d’etat
What is the main aim of authoritarian states?
Maintaining power
What were the Chinese students and workers gathered at Tiananmen Square in 1989 protesting?
Corruption and failure to democratize
Why is Iran considered to by an oxymoronic kind of state?
It is a modern theocracy
Experts say there are advantages to authoritarian regimes. Among them are
Relative stability
U.S. “Dollar Diplomacy” refers to
The use of aid to prop up right-wing dictators
