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WorksheetsMidterms PoliGov Exams Review
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which Ancient philosopher said that Politics is the Master of Science?
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Epicurus
Pythagoras
What View on Politics attempts to resolve conflict through bargaining wherein people arrive at binding decisions?
Politics as the Art of Government
Politics as Public Affairs
Politics as Compromise and Consensus
Politics as Power and Distribution of Resources
What are the 3 arguments of the Public and Private Realm Debate?
Public = State (government), Private = Outside Government Public = Inside the house, Private = Outside the house
Any Social Interaction = Political
Public = Outside the Government, Private = State
Public = Outside the house, Private = Inside the house
Any Social Interaction = Political
Public = State (government), Private = Outside Government
Public = Inside the house, Private = Outside the house
Any Social Interaction = Not always political
Public = State (government), Private = Outside Government
Public = Outside the house, Private = Inside the house
Any Social Interaction = Political
Who defined the Government as the exercise of control within the society through the making and enforcement of collective decisons?
Adolf Hitler
Otto Von Bismarck
Jeremy Corbyn
Boris Johnson
Which of these is not an Approach of the Study of Politics?
International Diplomacy
Philosophical Tradition
Empirical Tradition
Behaviouralism
Rational Choice Theory
Which of these is an example of new institutionalism
La Salle Green Hills
Ateneo De Manila University
PLDT
Philippine Presidents
What approach of the study of politics concerns on contesting the status quo?
Critical Approaches
Rational Choice Theory
Behaviouralism
Empiricism
Which Approach in Politics describes where politics happen?
Politcs as an Arena
Politics as a Process
Which Approach in Politics describes how politics happen?
Politics as an Arena
Politics as a Process
What field in Politics and Governance makes conscious comparisons in studying politics and government?
Law
Policy
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Political Philosophy
Which of these is not a component of an ideology?
Offer an account of the existing order
Provide a vision of the “Good Society”
Mention other political theories
Outline how political change can and should be brought about
What are the 3 Classical Ideologies
Liberalism, Postcolonialism, Fascism
Socialism, Conservatism, Imperialism
Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism
Nazism, Religious Fundamentalism, Cosmopolitanism
Classical Liberalism states that we are born equal and have equal opportunity because each and every one of us has the capability to reason.
True
False
Keynesian Politics is an example of Classical Liberalism wherein the Government cannot intervene with the market.
True
False
Modern Liberalism calls for state intervention in the market.
True
False
What is Conservatism’s view on humans?
Humans are perfect
Humans are all capable of reasoning
Humans are rational and supreme beings
Humans are limited, dependent, and security seeking creatures who are drawn to the familiar.
How does Conservatism describe authority?
Always exercised from above
Equality
From below
In Conservatism, security and independence from the government is measured by one’s property
True
False
What are the 2 strands in Conservatism?
Paternalistic Conservatism and Old Right
Materialistic Conservatism and New Right
Maternalistic Conservatism and Old Right
Paternalistic Conservatism and New Right
Who are the 2 leaders that represent the New Right?
Margaret Thatcher and Joseph Stalin
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
William Henry Taft and King Philip II
What re the 2 strands of New Right?
Neoliberalism and Neosocialism
Neoconservatism and Neoliberalism
Neoconservatism and Neocolonialism
Neoliberalism and Neofascism
In the Political Spectrum, the leftists are the liberals who are progressive but have wide gov’t. roles and functions while the rightists are the conservatives who are traditional but have independence from the government.
True
False
What is the main goal of socialism? (In terms of property)
Private ownership
Public ownership for all
What are the 2 strands of Socialism?
Marxism and Social Democracy
Nazism and New Right
Social Anarchy and Fascism
Capitalism and Liberalism
Who developed the Strand of Socialism that is Marxism?
Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx and Nikita Khrushchev
Karl Marx and Mikhail Gorbachev
Karl Marx and Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Social Democracy is the middle way between Classical Liberalism and Religious Fundamentalism
True
False
What was the book written by Karl Marx which expounded on Marx’s theory of capitalist system, its dynamism, and its tendencies toward self-destruction?
Das Kapital
The Communist Manifesto
What was the book written by Karl Marx which embodied the materialist conception of history (history of class struggle)?
Das Kapital
The Communist Manifesto
What is the idea that Orthodox Marxism proposes?
The idea of vanguard composed of professional and dedicated revolutionaries aimed to aid the proletariat (working class) in their revolution
Common desire for equal access for men and women to the public realm
Gender Equality
Unification of Church and State
What Ideological tradition concerns about the damage dine to the natural world by the increasing pace of economic development?
Cosmopolitanism
Religious Fundamentalism
Postcolonialism
Green Politics/Ecologism
Which of these ideologies are Non-Western Ideologies?
Cosmopolitanism
Postcolonialism
Beyond Dualism
Marxism
What is the definition of power?
One’s ability to achieve a desired outcome
Ability to influence another (the way one thinks or behaves) in a manner not of his or her own manner
Ability of person/institution A to make person/institution B that the former should not do on its own
The ability to make others do what you would have them to do
Identify which face of power is described: The basic form of power
Power as Decision Making
Power as Agenda Setting
Power as Thought Control
Identify which face of power is described: Ability to set or control political agenda, highlighting one at the exclusion of other issues
Power as Decision Making
Power as Agenda Setting
Power as Thought Control
Identify which face of power is described: The ideological indoctrination or psychological reign where one has the ability to manipulate how someone thinks or behaves
Power as Decision Making
Power as Agenda Setting
Power as Thought Control
What are the 4 dimensions of Global Power?
Military power, Economic power, Physiological power, Vehicular Power
Military power, Power of the cosmos, Gravitational Power, Electrical Power
Soft Power, Easy Power, Hard Power, Pinching Power
Military Power, Structural Power, Economic Power, Soft Power
What are the 3 kinds of Authority according to Max Weber?
Traditional, Modern, Charismatic
Traditional, Rational, Modern
Traditional, Moral, Charismatic
Traditional, Rational-Legal, Charismatic
What kind of Authority is derived from the Divine Right Theory?
Traditional
Rational-Legal
Charismatic
What kind of Authority is based on impersonal rules and regulations?
Traditional
Rational-Legal
Charismatic
What kind of Authority is based on personal characteristics wherein his or her qualities are considered to be exceptional?
Traditional
Rational-Legal
Charismatic
What are the 2 types of sovereignty?
Internal and External
External and Accreditation
Pure and Evil
Full and Partial
What is a State?
Political Association that does not establish jurisdiction over lands
Political Parties
Political Associations related to cultures
Political Association that establishes sovereign jurisdiction within defined territorial borders and exercises authority through a set of permanent institutions/government
Which of these is not an element of a State?
Nation
Sovereignty
Government
Territory
People/Population
What are the 3 types of state?
Effective, Territorial, Failed
Effective, Weak, Failed
Strong, Quota, Failed
International, Local, Cosmopolitan
What is an example of a Weak State?
Canada
Philippines
Libya
What is an example of an Effective State
Canada
Philippines
Libya
What is an example of a Failed State
Canada
Philippines
Libya
What Rival Theory of the state views the state as an umpire?
Pluralist
Capitalist
Leviathan
Patriarchal
What rival theory of the state views the state as an instrument of class oppression?
Pluralist
Capitalist
Leviathan
Patriarchal
What rival theory of the state views the state as an overbearing nanny desperate to meddle with the everyday affairs if human existence?
Pluralist
Capitalist
Leviathan
Patriarchal
Which Age of Enlightenment philosopher proposed the leviathan state?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
What rival theory of the state says that state intervention is needed as means of redressing gender, inequality, and enhancing the role of women?
Pluralist
Capitalist
Leviathan
Patriarchal
What theory states that individuals are calculating and self-interested? (Hint: Prisoner’s Dilemma)
Rational Choice Theory
Feminist Theory
Positivist Theory
Capitalist Theory
What treaty ended the Thirty Years War and defined a State?
Treaty of Zaragoza
Treaty of Westphalia
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Tordesillas
