Authoritarian States introduction quiz - IB World History

Match the following terms or concepts with their definition:

• Change a the very roots.

• Movements characterised by conservative or reactionary attitudes?

• Estates-General, French Assembly 1789

• Origin of the terms 'left' and 'right'

• Left

• Movements characterised by a desire for radical or revolutionary change?

• Right

• Definition of 'reactionary'

• Fiercely resistant to change.

• Definition of 'radical'

Based on the summary of Alex's perspective, would you consider them to sit on the left or right of the political spectrum?

• Right

• Left

Based on the description of Mulligan's perspective of the world, which best describes them?

• Left

• Right

Select the reasons why Left and Right wing labels are seen as a 'dated' practice?

• They can obscure the reality of movements/

  organisations.

• Left and right hold different connotations geographically based on common hand dominance.

• Categories can create the assumption that it must be one or the other.

• They overlap.

 

True or false: Both Left and RIght wings have described themselves as Democratic.

• False

• True

Nationalism is the intense belief that the (a)   ​is the ​ (b)   form of political organisation.​

• nation-state
• lowest
• highest
• government
• only

1. Which of the following are features of a totalitarian state?

• More than one party may exist, however, only one party leads at a time

• The state maintains social and political control through terror

• Power is exercised by the party leader who controls the party

• Independent institutions, such as religious organisations and trade unions, are suppressed.

2. The issue of terms being defined differently between different cultures is a cultural and (a)   based problem in analysis.

If 'no' is the answer, select the appropriate questions:

• Does democratic governance relies on free and fair elections?

• Are all government systems revolutionary?

• Was democracy the system favoured globally?

• Freedom of the press is a key feature of democratic systems?

The First World War had minimal impact on the development of authoritarianism.

True or False?

(a)