1. The three levels of political culture used by the authors of the text include all of the following EXCEPT

system.

institutional.

process.

policy.

national identity

Question 2.Political structures are related to political functions because

political structures are the places where ceremonial affairs of state occur.

political functions are designed to fit the existing political structures.

if political systems have the right structures they do not require functions.

if political systems have the right functions they do not require structures.

political structures are designed to perform political functions.

Question 3.A system is a(n)

agency of the government.

policymaking part of the state.

object with moving parts that interacts with an environment.

autonomous part of a government.

unitary phenomenon.

Question 4. Participants are generally

uninvolved in political activities.

passive subjects.

involved in the political process.

illiterate but active.

parochial.

Question 5.Political socialization refers to

political parties and interest groups.

interest aggregation.

formation of political attitudes.

social patterns of political behavior.

the means by which political groups are formed.

Question 6. Among democracies, political satisfaction is lowest when

the institutions are old but have low scores in democracy.

the institutions are new and have low scores in democracy.

the country is old and has high scores in democracy.

the country is old and has low scores in democracy.

the institutions and the country are both old.

Question 7.A conceptual framework is

not related to theory.

a generalization.

generally unreliable to political science.

used to predict the future with near accurate certainty.

different for every country in the world.

Question 8.The arguments of big government versus small government, socialist versus market-based economies, and interventionist versus minimalist strategies in social welfare are basically arguments over

participation.

process.

policy.

ideology.

past practice.

Question 9.The authors use the term ____________ to refer to those individuals who are not aware of

government and politics.

participants

non-participants

subjects

parochials

independents

Question 10.The study of comparative politics includes all of the following EXCEPT
description.

explanation.

control.

prediction.

theory-building.