WorksheetsIntroduction to Comparative Government and Politics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a state?
an organization that includes institutions and has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence over a set territory
a group of people who are bound together by a common political identity
the rules that are set and followed in exerting power
the ability to carry out actions or policies within borders independently from interference
Which of the following embodies the long-term goals, rules, and norms of a country?
Sovereignty
Government
Regime
State
The force theory of state formation is most applicable to the work of:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Max Weber
Thomas Hobbes
Which of the following is the MOST institutionalized?
Regimes
Countries
Governments
States
The discipline which analyzing countries, their political behaviors, and government structures by grouping them in geographic regions is known as:
Area studies
International relations
Comparative politics
Domestic politics
Depending on the political institutions of a given country, some political behaviors may be more or less likely. This is known as:
Modernization theory
Rational choice
Path dependence
Obedience to authority
An apparent association between factors or variables is a:
causal relationship
assumption
linkage agent
correlation
Which type of legitimacy depends on the ideas embodied by an individual leader?
Traditional legitimacy
Coercive legitimacy
Rational-legal legitimacy
Charismatic legitimacy
Comparative politics is the study
of relations between countries
of domestic politics across countries
of American foreign policy
of interactions between states and their people
A political scientist who gathers the aggregate data of a country's voting records over the last several decades in order to examine rates of voter participation is engaging in:
Deductive reasoning
Quantitative methodology
Inductive reasoning
Qualitative methodology
The government structure of pharaonic Egypt was based on:
Coercive legitimacy
Rational-legal legitimacy
Traditional legitimacy
Charismatic legitimacy
This philosopher, whose work influences many modern schools of political thought, argues that humans were compassionate and egalitarian until the rise of the state corrupted them:
Niccolo Machiavelli
Thomas Hobbes
Max Weber
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
If a study finds that a change in one variable is accompanied by a change in another, a research has proved the existence of
a causal relationship
an empirical statement
a normative statement
a correlation
Which of the following is not a potential source of power?
money
physical force
social norms
analytical discourse
Evolutionary theory of state formation argues that
states are a biological compulsion for humans
states develop naturally out of kinship groups and social hierarchy during early human history
states developed prior to the advent of agriculture
states should change frequently to fit their environment
Having only the ability and legal right to make others do what you would have them do means that you have:
legitimacy and authority, but not power
power and legitimacy, but not authority
power and authority, but not legitimacy
authority and capacity, but not power
The ability to carry out actions or policies within a defined, publicly recognized territory is:
nationalism
traditional legitimacy
integration of force
sovereignty
A person's belief that they are able to understand and act in political matters is:
political efficacy
political behavior
political culture
political capacity
The establishment of the French Republic following the removal of Louis XVI during the French Revolution is an example of a change in:
state
regime
government
sovereignty
Which of the following is NOT a formal political institution?
the Cobb County Board of Elections
the U.S. Constitution
the Zetas (Mexican cartel)
the Georgia Supreme Court
