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Midterms PoliGov Exams Review

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Ancient philosopher said that Politics is the Master of Science?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Epicurus

e)

Pythagoras

2.

What View on Politics attempts to resolve conflict through bargaining wherein people arrive at binding decisions?

a)

Politics as the Art of Government

b)

Politics as Public Affairs

c)

Politics as Compromise and Consensus

d)

Politics as Power and Distribution of Resources

3.

What are the 3 arguments of the Public and Private Realm Debate?

a)

Public = State (government), Private = Outside Government Public = Inside the house, Private = Outside the house

Any Social Interaction = Political

b)

Public = Outside the Government, Private = State

Public = Outside the house, Private = Inside the house

Any Social Interaction = Political

c)

Public = State (government), Private = Outside Government

Public = Inside the house, Private = Outside the house

Any Social Interaction = Not always political

d)

Public = State (government), Private = Outside Government

Public = Outside the house, Private = Inside the house

Any Social Interaction = Political

4.

Who defined the Government as the exercise of control within the society through the making and enforcement of collective decisons?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Otto Von Bismarck

c)

Jeremy Corbyn

d)

Boris Johnson

5.

Which of these is not an Approach of the Study of Politics?

a)

International Diplomacy

b)

Philosophical Tradition

c)

Empirical Tradition

d)

Behaviouralism

e)

Rational Choice Theory

6.

Which of these is an example of new institutionalism

a)

La Salle Green Hills

b)

Ateneo De Manila University

c)

PLDT

d)

Philippine Presidents

7.

What approach of the study of politics concerns on contesting the status quo?

a)

Critical Approaches

b)

Rational Choice Theory

c)

Behaviouralism

d)

Empiricism

8.

Which Approach in Politics describes where politics happen?

a)

Politcs as an Arena

b)

Politics as a Process

9.

Which Approach in Politics describes how politics happen?

a)

Politics as an Arena

b)

Politics as a Process

10.

What field in Politics and Governance makes conscious comparisons in studying politics and government?

a)

Law

b)

Policy

c)

International Relations

d)

Comparative Politics

e)

Political Philosophy

11.

Which of these is not a component of an ideology?

a)

Offer an account of the existing order

b)

Provide a vision of the “Good Society”

c)

Mention other political theories

d)

Outline how political change can and should be brought about

12.

What are the 3 Classical Ideologies

a)

Liberalism, Postcolonialism, Fascism

b)

Socialism, Conservatism, Imperialism

c)

Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism

d)

Nazism, Religious Fundamentalism, Cosmopolitanism

13.

Classical Liberalism states that we are born equal and have equal opportunity because each and every one of us has the capability to reason.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Keynesian Politics is an example of Classical Liberalism wherein the Government cannot intervene with the market.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Modern Liberalism calls for state intervention in the market.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is Conservatism’s view on humans?

a)

Humans are perfect

b)

Humans are all capable of reasoning

c)

Humans are rational and supreme beings

d)

Humans are limited, dependent, and security seeking creatures who are drawn to the familiar.

17.

How does Conservatism describe authority?

a)

Always exercised from above

b)

Equality

c)

From below

18.

In Conservatism, security and independence from the government is measured by one’s property

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What are the 2 strands in Conservatism?

a)

Paternalistic Conservatism and Old Right

b)

Materialistic Conservatism and New Right

c)

Maternalistic Conservatism and Old Right

d)

Paternalistic Conservatism and New Right

20.

Who are the 2 leaders that represent the New Right?

a)

Margaret Thatcher and Joseph Stalin

b)

Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

c)

Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

d)

William Henry Taft and King Philip II

21.

What re the 2 strands of New Right?

a)

Neoliberalism and Neosocialism

b)

Neoconservatism and Neoliberalism

c)

Neoconservatism and Neocolonialism

d)

Neoliberalism and Neofascism

22.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What is the main goal of socialism? (In terms of property)

a)

Private ownership

b)

Public ownership for all

24.

What are the 2 strands of Socialism?

a)

Marxism and Social Democracy

b)

Nazism and New Right

c)

Social Anarchy and Fascism

d)

Capitalism and Liberalism

25.

Who developed the Strand of Socialism that is Marxism?

a)

Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin

b)

Karl Marx and Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Karl Marx and Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Karl Marx and Joseph Stalin

e)

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

26.

Social Democracy is the middle way between Classical Liberalism and Religious Fundamentalism

a)

True

b)

False

27.

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?

a)

Das Kapital

b)

The Communist Manifesto

28.

What was the book written by Karl Marx which embodied the materialist conception of history (history of class struggle)?

a)

Das Kapital

b)

The Communist Manifesto

29.

What is the idea that Orthodox Marxism proposes?

a)

The idea of vanguard composed of professional and dedicated revolutionaries aimed to aid the proletariat (working class) in their revolution

b)

Common desire for equal access for men and women to the public realm

c)

Gender Equality

d)

Unification of Church and State

30.

What Ideological tradition concerns about the damage dine to the natural world by the increasing pace of economic development?

a)

Cosmopolitanism

b)

Religious Fundamentalism

c)

Postcolonialism

d)

Green Politics/Ecologism

31.

Which of these ideologies are Non-Western Ideologies?

a)

Cosmopolitanism

b)

Postcolonialism

c)

Beyond Dualism

d)

Marxism

32.

What is the definition of power?

a)

One’s ability to achieve a desired outcome

b)

Ability to influence another (the way one thinks or behaves) in a manner not of his or her own manner

c)

Ability of person/institution A to make person/institution B that the former should not do on its own

d)

The ability to make others do what you would have them to do

33.

Identify which face of power is described: The basic form of power

a)

Power as Decision Making

b)

Power as Agenda Setting

c)

Power as Thought Control

34.

Identify which face of power is described: Ability to set or control political agenda, highlighting one at the exclusion of other issues

a)

Power as Decision Making

b)

Power as Agenda Setting

c)

Power as Thought Control

35.

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

a)

Power as Decision Making

b)

Power as Agenda Setting

c)

Power as Thought Control

36.

What are the 4 dimensions of Global Power?

a)

Military power, Economic power, Physiological power, Vehicular Power

b)

Military power, Power of the cosmos, Gravitational Power, Electrical Power

c)

Soft Power, Easy Power, Hard Power, Pinching Power

d)

Military Power, Structural Power, Economic Power, Soft Power

37.

What are the 3 kinds of Authority according to Max Weber?

a)

Traditional, Modern, Charismatic

b)

Traditional, Rational, Modern

c)

Traditional, Moral, Charismatic

d)

Traditional, Rational-Legal, Charismatic

38.

What kind of Authority is derived from the Divine Right Theory?

a)

Traditional

b)

Rational-Legal

c)

Charismatic

39.

What kind of Authority is based on impersonal rules and regulations?

a)

Traditional

b)

Rational-Legal

c)

Charismatic

40.

What kind of Authority is based on personal characteristics wherein his or her qualities are considered to be exceptional?

a)

Traditional

b)

Rational-Legal

c)

Charismatic

41.

What are the 2 types of sovereignty?

a)

Internal and External

b)

External and Accreditation

c)

Pure and Evil

d)

Full and Partial

42.

What is a State?

a)

Political Association that does not establish jurisdiction over lands

b)

Political Parties

c)

Political Associations related to cultures

d)

Political Association that establishes sovereign jurisdiction within defined territorial borders and exercises authority through a set of permanent institutions/government

43.

Which of these is not an element of a State?

a)

Nation

b)

Sovereignty

c)

Government

d)

Territory

e)

People/Population

44.

What are the 3 types of state?

a)

Effective, Territorial, Failed

b)

Effective, Weak, Failed

c)

Strong, Quota, Failed

d)

International, Local, Cosmopolitan

45.

What is an example of a Weak State?

a)

Canada

b)

Philippines

c)

Libya

46.

What is an example of an Effective State

a)

Canada

b)

Philippines

c)

Libya

47.

What is an example of a Failed State

a)

Canada

b)

Philippines

c)

Libya

48.

What Rival Theory of the state views the state as an umpire?

a)

Pluralist

b)

Capitalist

c)

Leviathan

d)

Patriarchal

49.

What rival theory of the state views the state as an instrument of class oppression?

a)

Pluralist

b)

Capitalist

c)

Leviathan

d)

Patriarchal

50.

What rival theory of the state views the state as an overbearing nanny desperate to meddle with the everyday affairs if human existence?

a)

Pluralist

b)

Capitalist

c)

Leviathan

d)

Patriarchal

51.

Which Age of Enlightenment philosopher proposed the leviathan state?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

52.

What rival theory of the state says that state intervention is needed as means of redressing gender, inequality, and enhancing the role of women?

a)

Pluralist

b)

Capitalist

c)

Leviathan

d)

Patriarchal

53.

What theory states that individuals are calculating and self-interested? (Hint: Prisoner’s Dilemma)

a)

Rational Choice Theory

b)

Feminist Theory

c)

Positivist Theory

d)

Capitalist Theory

54.

What treaty ended the Thirty Years War and defined a State?

a)

Treaty of Zaragoza

b)

Treaty of Westphalia

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Tordesillas