ch.1 Quiz on Modern States

According to Blood and Debt, in Latin America

• There were not enough wars for states to develop

• War encouraged the rise of administratively strong states

• Latin America became dependent on internal (domestic taxes) for survival.

• Wars came too early in Latin America's independence for states to benefit

A state is ___________________.

• The group of people who exercise power within a given territory

• A set of rules for determining who will have access to power

• a group of people who perceive themselves as sharing a sense of belonging and who often have a common language, culture, and set of traditions

• an administrative apparatus that develops and administers laws and generates and implements policy in a specific territory

Which statement best expresses the relationship between economic development and state development?

• Strong states are less likely to develop economically

• states that can rely primarily on import/export (customs) taxes are more likely to be strong

• states with a lot of oil are more likely to be strong

• states in countries that have gone through an industrial revolution are more likely to be strong

Federalism is a political system in which

• subnational units are completely subordinated to the national state

• a state's power is constitutionally divided among more than one level of government

• subnational units have more power than the national state

• there are three branches of government

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between state development in India and Nigeria?

• The development of a strong and legitimate political party

• ethnic diversity

• British colonial experience

• Initial establishment of a democratic political constitution

The origin of most states in the world today is

• creation by a nation

• war

• colonial export

• imitation

Which of the following states is strongest according to the Fragile State Index?

• Brazil

• Germany

• The U.K.

• China

According to War and the State in Africa,

• African states have become dependent on internal (domestic) sources of tax revenue

• Africa has developed strong states due to war

• The lack of interstate wars and external threats contributes to weak states in Africa

• There have been too many wars in Africa for its countries to develop strong states

Brazil today is an example of a

• moderately strong state

• very strong state

• very weak state

• failed state

The resource curse theory implies that

• Resources are a blessing for nations, providing them with economic growth and prosperity.

• Countries with large resource endowments often experience economic stagnation and political instability

• Resource-rich countries have access to greater foreign aid and investment.

• Countries with large resource endowments tend to be more politically stable and less likely to experience social unrest.