Quiz 5

Question 1

True or False? Aristotle believed that the true measure of a political system was the quality of the leaders who ran it

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True or False? Centrally controlled peer groups have been effective tools of political socialization in totalitarian regimes.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False? Most Americans participate in politics through passive, symbolic, or ritualistic ways

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What kind of political system defines citizenship simply in terms of a person living within a state’s borders?

Answer 4

Authoritarian political systems

Question 5

What is trie about what it means to be a “good citizen”?

Answer 5

It is defined by the state

Question 6

Eighteenth century Europe modified and adopted the Greek definition of citizenship, which was based on

Answer 6

The right to sue or petition the government

Question 7

Political socialization is

Answer 7

the process by which people are taught their society’s values and prepared for citizenship

Question 8

What has historically proven true about the relationship between religion and politics?

Answer 8

Religion can be a stabilizing force for a society in transition.

Question 9

In which regime type do loyalty and ideological zealotry form the core of good citizenship?

Answer 9

Totalitarian

Question 10

Which illegal behavior below would be considered acceptable in a liberal democracy?

Answer 10

Civil disobedience

Question 11

What is the first exercise in democracy for students in the US?

Answer 11

Electing or becoming class officers

Question 12

The process of inculcating in political citizens the fundamental values and beliefs of the established order is known as

Answer 12

Civic education

Question 13

What is the most popular form of media worldwide today?

Answer 13

Television

Question 14

What government agency promotes and preserves media competition in the United States?

Answer 14

Federal Communication Commission

Question 15

What kind of vote takes place most often in America for deciding the winner of a single member district?

Answer 15

Plurality vote

Question 16

What is a major criticism of the winner-take-all electoral system?

Answer 16

It limits voter choice and makes it impossible for minor parties to compete in elections.

Question 17

What event ended, albeit briefly, the long term trend of political apathy in the US?

Answer 17

The 2008-2009 recession

Question 18

What term is used to describe the system of voting where the seats of the legislature are assigned to parties based on the percentage of the popular vote that each party receives?

Answer 18

Proportional

Question 19

What term is used to describe a question on the ballot asking citizens to give the state permission to repeal an existing law?

Answer 19

Legislative referendum

Question 20

What does Alexis de Tocqueville argue is detrimental to a sense of social and civic duty and thus diminishes the life of the community?

Answer 20

Individualism

Question 21

What made the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens united case so controversial?

Answer 21

It said corporations have the same First Amendment rights as individuals

Question 22

What does the theory of “low information rationality” refer to?

Answer 22

The notion that voters can and do use shortcuts to make political judgements

Question 23

Which theory says that the necessities involved in managing an organization inevitably become concentrated in the hands of a few bureaucrats?

Answer 23

Iron law of oligarchy

Question 24

What is a motor voter law?

Answer 24

It allows people in a given locality to register to vote at convenient places such as the registry of motor vehicles.

Question 25

Which statement about political parties in the United States is true?

Answer 25

Thomas Jefferson and other early thinkers thought parties fostered narrow self-interest over the common good.