QUESTION 1
The primary institution structuring political struggles is
the White House
the military
political protest
the state
the market
QUESTION 2
The example of lung cancer and smoking is used to illustrate
the dangers of tobacco.
the failure of the scientific method.
the ingenuity of German scientists.
gender differences in lung cancer rates.
the search for causal relationships.
QUESTION 3
The fact that welfare states in Sweden and America have different principles, structures, and size illustrates
the qualitative method
the quantitative method
a research hypothesis
the problem of traveling concepts
the strength of the experimental method.
QUESTION 4
That Germany's two major political parties are the successors to the earlier Socialist political movement and Catholic cultural movement illustrates which concept or principle?
Liberalism (capital L)
liberalism (lowercase l)
rational choice
political culture
traveling concepts
QUESTION 5
All of the following characteristics of Germany are relevant for the rational choice approach to political analysis EXCEPT
the German constitution encourages collective goods
German political parties discourage individualistic solutions
the majority of German citizens would question the American distaste for organized interests and collective decision making.
the electoral system yields coalition governments
the electoral system forces political parties to govern together
QUESTION 6
"Which of the following terms encompasses religion, language, and ethnicity?"
state
government
country
nation
sovereignty
QUESTION 7
"Universal literacy, compulsory education, a common alphabet, compulsory military service, and public memorials were all means by which to link the __________ with the ___________."
country; government
government; society
nation; country
state; government
nation; state
QUESTION 8
The ability to capture, imprison, or kill for the sake of public security and order is referred to as
nationalism.
the monopoly on violence.
civil society.
military rule.
authoritarianism.
QUESTION 9
Which of the following statements about state capacity is TRUE?
Governance is possible if the state lacks capacity.
Strong states have unlimited power to enact and enforce their laws.
Among countries with very similar political systems capacity will be similar.
A state with high capacity will be able to govern and enforce laws.
Low capacity states are especially good at collecting taxes.
QUESTION 10
A state that scores high on capacity but low on autonomy is
ineffective at enforcing laws and insulated from special interests.
ineffective at enforcing laws and not insulated from special interests.
effective at enforcing laws and insulated from special interests.
effective at enforcing laws and not insulated from special interests.
not a possibility in actual political life.