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1. __________ wrote Future Shock, which argued that change of all sorts was occurring at an ever-accelerating
rate.
a. Wael Ghonim
b. Eliza Griswold
c. Mark Mykleby
d. Alvin Toffler
e. Andrew Zolli
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 4
NOTES: F
2. Nearly 3,000 years ago, the philosopher __________ claimed that “change is the only constant.”
a. Aristotle
b. Socrates
c. Plato
d. Heraclitus
e. Demosthenes.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 4
NOTES: F
3. The name given to the widespread protests in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 is
a. Arab Spring.
b. Green Revolution.
c. democratization.
d. jihad.
e. suffrage.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 5
NOTES: F
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 5
NOTES: C
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 6
NOTES: F
6. All of the following are religious leaders that have played a major role in bringing adversaries together to help resolve
identity-based conflicts EXCEPT
a. Dr. Martin Luther King.
b. Desmond Tutu.
c. Imam Muhammad Ashafa.
d. James Wuye.
e. Mark Mykleby.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 7
NOTES: F
7. Conflicts in Iraq between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims is an example of what kind of politics
a. globalized.
b. systems.
c. identity.
d. protest.
e. interest group.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 7
NOTES: A
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 7
NOTES: F
9. According to __________ religious differences have far more devastating consequences along the fault line
between Christianity and Islam.
a. Alvin Toffler
b. Eliza Griswold
c. Colonel Mark Mykleby
d. Admiral Michael Mullen
e. Wael Ghonim
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 7
NOTES: F
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 8
NOTES: A
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 8
NOTES: C
12. __________’s book focuses on globalization’s social and economic shortcomings.
a. Andrew Zolli
b. Ann Marie Healy
c. Katherine Boo
d. Alvin Toffler
e. Christopher Holshek
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 8
NOTES: F
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 8
NOTES: F
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 8
NOTES: A
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 10
NOTES: C
16. Human security requires governments and other social organizations that are __________.
a. demure
b. forceful
c. arrogant
d. resilient
e. lackluster
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 10
NOTES: C
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 10
NOTES: F
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 10
NOTES: C
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 11
NOTES: F
20. The definition of “state” could include
a. elected legislatures.
b. organized interest groups.
c. labor unions.
d. political parties.
e. All of the above are true.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 12
NOTES: A
21. A “regime” in political science terminology is
a. a government the United States does not like.
b. enduring institutions and practices.
c. an organized political party.
d. an electoral system.
e. the party in power in a government.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 12
NOTES: F
22. The nation is a psychological, rather than an institutional, concept and can be based on
a. religion.
b. culture.
c. language.
d. history.
e. All of the above are true.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 12
NOTES: C
23. The peaceful transfer of authority from George W. Bush to Barack Obama is an example of a
a. continuation of both the government and the regime.
b. change of regime and the continuation of the government.
c. continuation of the regime and a change of government.
d. change in both the government and the regime.
e. change in the paradigm of political science.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 12
NOTES: A
24. When a citizen writes a letter to an elected representative, this is considered a form of political
a. theater.
b. suicide.
c. theory.
d. posturing.
e. participation.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 13
NOTES: A
25. The most important difference between interest groups and political parties is that only
a. political parties normally run candidates in elections.
b. interest groups normally run candidates in elections.
c. political parties conduct public opinion polls.
d. interest groups conduct public opinion polls.
e. interest groups attempt to persuade governments to adopt their policy preferences.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 13
NOTES: C
26. Commonly held values about the nation, state, and regime are known as
a. support.
b. legitimacy.
c. participation.
d. political culture.
e. feedback loops.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 13
NOTES: F
27. Interest groups deal with a __________ range of issues and represent a __________ segment of a country’s
population.
a. narrower; more limited
b. wider; more limited
c. narrower; unrestricted
d. wider; limitless
e. limitless; wider
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 13
NOTES: A
28. Women marching to try and bring down the authoritarian regime of Charles Taylor in Liberia are an example of
which of the following?
a. Inside the system protest
b. Outside the system protest
c. Conventional warfare
d. The legitimate use of force
e. Pacifism
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 14
NOTES: A
29. In systems theory, when a government creates a policy in response to demands from the people, this policy is an
example of which of the following?
a. Input
b. Decision making
c. Output
d. Feedback
e. Environment
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 14
NOTES: A
30. Global forces, historical decisions, and geographic constraints are all examples of which part of systems theory?
a. Inputs
b. Outputs
c. Environment
d. Feedback
e. Paradigm
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 14
NOTES: A
31. Initial interest in system dynamics occurred in the ______ and ______.
a. 1960s; 1970s
b. 1950s; 1960s
c. 1940s; 1950s
d. 1970s; 1980s
e. 1930s; 1950s
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 14
NOTES: F
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 15
NOTES: F
33. Before the end of the cold war, political scientists divided the countries as
a. Industrialized democracies,
b. Current and former Communist countries
c. The Global South
d. Options A, B, and C are true.
e. None of the above is true.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 15
NOTES: F
34. Russia, China, North Korea, and Cuba are a few of the countries that are usually classified as what type of state?
a. Industrialized democracies
b. Current and former Communist countries
c. The Global South
d. Democracies
e. Capitalist economies
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 17
NOTES: F
35. The greatest difficulty in using the label “the Global South” to classify countries is
a. the absence of other categories.
b. the great diversity of countries in that category.
c. the favorable bias implied by the label.
d. that so few countries fit the criteria for that category.
e. distinguishing those countries in the category from those that are excluded from it.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 17
NOTES: C
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 17
NOTES: C
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 17
NOTES: A
38. A majority of the world’s population lives in
a. industrialized democracies.
b. current and/or former Communist states.
c. the Global South.
d. Europe.
e. the United States.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 17
NOTES: F
39. India, Iraq, Nigeria, and Mexico are a few of the countries that are usually classified as what type of state?
a. Industrialized democracies
b. Current and former Communist countries
c. The Global South
d. Democracies
e. Capitalist economies
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 18
NOTES: F
40. The expansion of European and other powers into Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century can be described by
which term?
a. Imperialism
b. Capitalism
c. Communism
d. Democracy
e. The Cold War
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 18
NOTES: F
41. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are commonly referred to as the __________ countries.
ANSWER: BRICS
REFERENCES: 8
NOTES: F
43. According to the text, the most interesting thing political scientists can do is __________ a theory by finding at least
one example in which the theory does not hold true.
ANSWER: falsify
REFERENCES: 11
NOTES: A
45. According to systems theory, students creating an online campaign building support for increased government
spending on education would be an example of __________.
ANSWER: inputs
REFERENCES: 12
NOTES: A
46. Systems theory attempts to explain and predict the relationships between __________ and __________ in political
systems.
ANSWER: inputs; outputs
REFERENCES: 12, 14
NOTES: C
48. The conflict, primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from the end of World War II until
the late 1990s, was known as the __________.
ANSWER: Cold War
REFERENCES: 15
NOTES: F
49. The __________ is where the majority of the world’s population lives.
ANSWER: Global South
REFERENCES: 17
NOTES: F
50. The process of European domination over much of the Americas, Africa, and Asia beginning in the fifteenth century
is known as __________.
ANSWER: imperialism
REFERENCES: 18
NOTES: F
51. Describe how the study of comparative politics might be useful in addressing the current economic crisis. Are
internal or external factors more important to understanding the reasons for the crisis? Why?
ANSWER: Answers may vary.
52. Within the context of political systems, what is the definition of “feedback”? What are examples of individuals and
organizations providing feedback? Does feedback always make a positive contribution to public policy debates?
Should governments be allowed to limit feedback?
ANSWER: Answers may vary.
53. What do we mean by “human security”? Why is human security important? Is human security primarily a domestic
or global concern and why?
ANSWER: Answers may vary.
54. How have domestic pressures on states changed in the years since the end of the cold war? How have global
pressures changed in that same period? Which changes have been more important? In what ways and why?
ANSWER: Answers may vary.
55. How might the issue of terrorism be addressed within the study of comparative politics? Is it a domestic or global
issue? What internal or external factors might contribute to its use?
ANSWER: Answers may vary.
56. What do we mean by a “theory”? What is an example of a theory given in the first chapter of the textbook? How do
theories help us understand the world better?
58. Choose any system, political or otherwise. Explain what the inputs and outputs of that system are. What are the
feedback processes? What factors are important in the environment?
ANSWER: Answers may vary.
59. What differentiates industrialized democracies, current and former Communist regimes and the global south? Are
these categories useful in understanding comparative politics and, if so, how?
ANSWER: Answers may vary.
60. Colonel Christopher Holshek is quoted as saying “over there matters over here.” Is globalization, then, a good thing
or a bad thing? Explain.
ANSWER: Answers may vary.