Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a state?

• an organization that includes institutions and has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence over a set territory

• a group of people who are bound together by a common political identity

• the rules that are set and followed in exerting power

• the ability to carry out actions or policies within borders independently from interference

Which of the following embodies the long-term goals, rules, and norms of a country?

• Sovereignty

• Government

• Regime

• State

The force theory of state formation is most applicable to the work of:

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• Max Weber

• Thomas Hobbes

Which of the following is the MOST institutionalized?

• Regimes

• Countries

• Governments

• States

The discipline which analyzing countries, their political behaviors, and government structures by grouping them in geographic regions is known as:

• Area studies

• International relations

• Comparative politics

• Domestic politics

Depending on the political institutions of a given country, some political behaviors may be more or less likely. This is known as:

• Modernization theory

• Rational choice

• Path dependence

• Obedience to authority

An apparent association between factors or variables is a:

• causal relationship

• assumption

• linkage agent

• correlation

Which type of legitimacy depends on the ideas embodied by an individual leader?

• Traditional legitimacy

• Coercive legitimacy

• Rational-legal legitimacy

• Charismatic legitimacy

Comparative politics is the study

• of relations between countries

• of domestic politics across countries

• of American foreign policy

• of interactions between states and their people

A political scientist who gathers the aggregate data of a country's voting records over the last several decades in order to examine rates of voter participation is engaging in:

• Deductive reasoning

• Quantitative methodology

• Inductive reasoning

• Qualitative methodology