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AP COPO Britain / Russia / Intro Unit

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Global institution with the mandate to 'foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade...'
a)
IMF
b)
NAFTA
c)
WTO
d)
NATO
2.
The study of the interaction between the state and the economy... How state policy and processes affect the economy and how the economy can affect the political process.
a)
Sustainable Development
b)
Communist Party-State
c)
Political Economy
d)
Institutional Design
3.
A type of nation-state in which the communist party attempts to exercise a complete monopoly on political power...
a)
Nation-State
b)
State
c)
Communist party-state
d)
Country
4.
Your income level, worldviews, aspirations, etc, place you into one of these, perhaps... 
a)
Social Class
b)
Social Movement
c)
Interest Group
d)
Comparative Politics
5.
Your income level, worldviews, aspirations, etc, place you into one of these, perhaps... 
a)
Social Class
b)
Social Movement
c)
Interest Group
d)
Comparative Politics
6.
Countries whose political systems exhibit some democratic and some authoritarian elements
a)
Democracy
b)
Mixed Systems
c)
Authoritarian regime
d)
Consolidated Democracy
7.
A system of rule in which power depends not on popular legitimacy, but on the coercive force of the political authorities
a)
Authoritarian Regime
b)
Democracy
c)
Consolidated Democracy
d)
Socialist Democratic
8.
A form of government in which power and political control are concentrated in one or few rulers...
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Dictatorship
9.
A global international organization that oversees the 'rules of trade' among its member states... A forum to negotiate new trade agreements a resolve disputes...
a)
IMF
b)
NAFTA
c)
WTO
d)
NATO
10.
A method of classifying by using criteria that divide a group of cases into smaller cases with common characteristics
a)
Comparative Politics
b)
Typology
c)
Analysis
d)
Distributional Politics
11.
Political system that features selection to public office via free and fair elections; the right of all adults to vote
a)
Authoritarian Regime
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Communist Party-State
d)
Democracy
12.
Which of the following was an ideology that was most influential in shaping the political system during the earliest days of the Soviet Union?
a)
state corporatism
b)
democratic centralism
c)
liberalism
d)
Stalinism
13.

This system of government's ultimate goal was to create a state-less system... People served the needs of one another. Government is only necessary at its inception so as to transition to a more 'utopian', collectivist ideal.

a)

conservatism

b)

liberalism

c)

fascism

d)

Marxism

14.

Which of the following is the best description of the type of political system out in place by the Russian Constitution of 1993?

a)

a presidential system

b)

a parliamentary system

c)

a socialist market system

d)

a direct democracy

15.
Most Russian cities are located in the
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
16.
This policy was set up by Gorbachev to encourage citizens of the Soviet Union to be open about their opinions.
a)
Glasnost
b)
Open Court
c)
Open Door
d)
Russification
17.
What Cold War policy allowed a little bit of capitalism in to the USSR?
a)
Glasnost
b)
Perestroika
c)
Detente
d)
Cheka
18.

Putin's authority is derived, in part, by both the Constitution and by the dominance of the United Russia party, the Oligarch's corruption, as well as a fear of authority. This is an example of...

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Soft Authoritarianism

c)

Insider Privatization

d)

Democracy

19.
This Soviet leader allowed more social and political freedoms. 
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Josef Stalin
20.

A political party that claims to operate in the 'true' interest of the group or class that it purports to represent.

a)

Political Party

b)

Vanguard Party

c)

West Coast Party

d)

Third Party

21.

The appropriate order of leadership, from earliest to most recent is...

a)

Putin, Yeltsin, Brezhnev, Lenin, Stalin

b)

Yeltsin, Brezhnev, Stalin, Lenin, Yeltsin

c)

Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Putin, Yeltsin

d)

Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Putin

22.

Oligarchs are

a)

Religious Leaders

b)

Members of the Duma

c)

Presidential Advisors

d)

The Ultra Rich of Russia

23.

A system of personnel selection in which the party in power maintains control by appointing officials to leadership positions from within the party itself.

a)

Silvoki

b)

Nomenklatura

c)

Vanguard PArty

d)

Collectivism

24.

Putin's offering resources/benefits, to lower level officials, in exchange for support, loyalty, etc... That is an example of...

a)

Nomenklatura

b)

Silvoki

c)

Clientelistic Network

d)

Collectivism

25.

Putin uses a unified, hierarchical structure of executive power, ranging from the national to the local level. This is....

a)

Federal System

b)

Power Vertical

c)

Nomenklatura

d)

Silvoki

26.

This population represents Putin's political base

a)

Slavophile

b)

Westerner

c)

Globalist

d)

Patrons

27.

This political party represents the dominant party of modern Russia.

a)

Communist

b)

Open Russia

c)

A Just Russia

d)

United Russia

28.

In a mixed electoral system

a)

​only a portion of the legislature is ever up for election at any given time

b)

a portion of seats is selected in winner-take-all single-member districts and a portion is allocated according to parties within multi-member constituencies.

c)

seats in one chamber are filled through a winner-take-all system and seats in the other chamber are filled through a proportional representation system.

d)

seats in one chamber are filled through a winner-take-all system and seats in the other chamber are filled by appointments.

29.
An approach to economic policy in which state economic policies are used to regulate the economy in an attempt to achieve stable economic growth
a)
Neoliberalism
b)
Keynesianism
c)
Liberalism
d)
Conservatism
30.
A set of public policies designed to provide for citizens' needs through direct or indirect provision of pensions, healthcare... assistance to the poor... etc. 
a)
Hegemonic Power
b)
Welfare State
c)
NeoLiberalism
d)
Capitalism
31.
MPs are members of ...
a)
The House of Commons
b)
The House of Lords
32.
A form of democracy based on the supreme authority of Parliament and the accountability of its elected representatives.
a)
Democracy
b)
Presidential Model
c)
Parliamentary Model
d)
Westminster Model
33.
An approach to economic policy that assumes a natural rate of unemployment determined by the labor market... rejects the instruments of govt. spending / run deficits to stimulate the economy or create jobs
a)
Neoliberalsim
b)
Keynesianism
c)
Moneterism
d)
Macroeconomic policy
34.
With no clear majority in Parliament (House of Commons), the past PM's have had to rely on a _____________ government... Consisting of the Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties
a)
Coalition 
b)
NeoLiberal
c)
Democratic
d)
Pluralist
35.
In contrast to a Federalist system; Great Britain was once controlled by the government in London, solely. This is an example of a ________.
a)
Bicameral
b)
Authoritarian
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Unitary State
36.
With the Prime Minister serving as a member of Parliament, the government sees the executive and legislative branches merged / rather than separate as we have it in the States... This is an example of...
a)
Unitary State
b)
Fusion of Powers
c)
Constitutional Monarchy
d)
Cabinet Government
37.
Members of the cabinet will not vote on legislation they help to craft. They will also not speak out against the PM. This is known as... 
a)
Parliamentary Democracy
b)
Cabinet Government
c)
Collective Responsibility
d)
Constitutional Monarchy
38.
The largest category of 'lord' that sit in the House of Lords would be...
a)
The Lords Spiritual
b)
Life Peers
c)
Hereditary Peers
d)
MP's
39.
The 'Shadow Government' is known as the...
a)
Majority Party
b)
Opposition Party
c)
Backbenchers
d)
Governing Body
40.
When Parliament (in the late 1990's) decided to allow Scotland, Wales and No. Ireland their own assemblies, they ___________________ power...
a)
Devolved
b)
Added
c)
Federalized
d)
Expanded
41.
Race, Religion, Ethnicity, Socio-Economic-Status, and more can be seen as examples of wedge issues that can lead to ____________
a)
Quangos
b)
Hung Parliament
c)
Societal Change
d)
Social Cleavage
42.
Created by Parliament to put govt and private interests together on policy making board
a)
Bureaucracy
b)
Quangos
c)
Agencies
d)
Whitehall
43.
When you do not need 50% +1 votes to win an election; rather, you need the most... It is called a _______________ election
a)
Horse Race
b)
First to the Post
c)
Majority
d)
HyperPluralist
44.
Following WWII, most Britons and all major political parties agreed that governments should work to Narrow gap between rich/poor...
a)
Socialism
b)
Welfare
c)
Collective Consensus
d)
Conservativism
45.
If the public accepts an institution as right and proper, it will have power, authority, and this value. 
a)
Capacity
b)
Autonomy
c)
Legitimacy 
d)
Country 
46.
An organization or activity within politics that is self-perpetuating and valued for its own sake. 
a)
Government
b)
State
c)
Institution
d)
Autonomy
47.
An organization that maintains a legitimate monopoly of violence over a territory. 
a)
Capacity
b)
Weak State
c)
State
d)
Rational-Legal Legitimacy 
48.
The fundamental rules and norms of politics embodying the long-term goals of the state. 
a)
Government
b)
Country
c)
Sovereign
d)
Regime
49.
The struggle in a group for power and the authority to make decisions for the group.
a)
Sovereignty
b)
Politics
c)
Autonomy
d)
Legitimacy 
50.
The ability of the state to wield its power independently of the public or international bodies.
a)
Capacity
b)
Autonomy
c)
Legitimacy
d)
Country 
51.
A system in which some powers, such as making laws and taxing citizens, are given to local or regional governmental bodies. 
a)
Unitary State
b)
Federalism 
c)
Comparative Politics
d)
Rational-Legal Legitimacy 
52.
Power, or the state's ability to carry out actions and policies within its own territory without the help of external actors. 
a)
Freedom
b)
Equality
c)
Sovereignty
d)
Policy
53.

A _______________ variable is one that is measured as a part of an experiment.

a)

Independent

b)

Causal

c)

Dependent

d)

Correlative

54.

A __________________ variable influences the __________________variable.

a)

Independent, Dependent

b)

Dependent, Independent

c)

Correlative, Causal

d)

Causal, Correlative

55.
institutions, relationships, and norms that shape the quality and quantity of a society's social interactions. Increasing evidence shows that social cohesion is critical for societies to prosper economically and for development to be sustainable.
a)
Social Capital
b)
Globalization
c)
Social Contract
d)
Society

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