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PolSpec, PolSoc, PolPhilo

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Locke supported the right of the people to do this if government failed to protect natural rights.

a)

revolution

b)

continue to obey

c)

petition

d)

emigrate

2.

According to John Locke, these are given by God and cannot be taken by the government. The protection of these is the purpose of the government.

a)

divine rights

b)

systemic rights

c)

natural rights

d)

preternatural rights

3.

What did Rousseau think of as an agreement between people and the government?

a)

The General Will

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Social Contract

d)

State of Nature

4.

A young woman from Puerto Rico who is enrolled in a community college in Erie County is most likely a member of which political party?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

5.

This image represents:

a)

A dictatorship

b)

A democracy

c)

A political spectrum

d)

A one-party system

6.
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the "social contract"?
a)
Charles-Louis Montesquieu
b)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c)
Adam Smith
d)
John Locke
7.
What was the name of the intellectual movement that was responsible for challenging unlimited governments and caused people to question the authority of the church?
a)
The Great Illumination
b)
The Renaissance
c)
The Great Awakening
d)
The Enlightenment
8.

The CEO of a large company that makes equipment for mining coal is most likely a member of which political party?

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

9.

What are causes of political socialization?

a)

The Department of American Socialization (DAS)

b)

Where you fall on the political spectrum

c)

The family, school, religion and other social institutions that transmit values from one generation to the next

d)

The place where you are assigned to go vote

10.

Which socialization factor is the first to influence the political attitudes of individuals?

a)

Family

b)

The President

c)

Elementary school teacher

d)

Sesame Street

11.
What is political socialization?
a)
All the people who might be interest group members because they share the same common interest.
b)
The process through which an individual acquires his/her particular orientations - his/her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his/her political world.
c)
How similar cases have been decided in the past.
d)
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.
12.

How do political parties find out where voters fall on the political spectrum?

a)

ask questions in a poll

b)

require them to vote in an election

c)

look only at where people live

d)

require voters to register with a political party

13.

Which philosopher believed that man needed to be protected from himself and that life without government would be "nasty, brutish, and short"?

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

14.

Which philosopher gave America this plan for government?

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

15.

All of the following are how candidates could use the information on a political spectrum EXCEPT

a)

to determine where to spend ad money

b)

to set a platform

c)

to allow for political socialization

d)

to determine which candidate is likely to win

16.

A Baptist minister in Oklahoma is likely to be a member of which political party?

a)

Democratic

b)

Republican

17.

A Democrat likely believes in all of the following EXCEPT

a)

labor unions

b)

preserving endangered species

c)

allowing the military to recruit in high school cafeterias

d)

spending on improving subways and commuter railways

18.

A Republican likely supports which of the following?

a)

a lower tax rate for wealthier individuals

b)

paying for healthcare for illegal immigrants

c)

banning citizens from having firearms in their homes

d)

requiring businesses to adopt environmental regulations

19.
Which which of the following statements would a liberal Democrat MOST likely agree?
a)
Public schools run by the government should be shut down in favor of more private schools
b)
The government should pass laws that require businesses to pay workers a higher minimum wage
c)
The government should lower taxes on wealthy Americans so that they have more money to hire workers
d)
Farmers should be able to use whatever pesticides and fertilizers they want without the government interfering with polllution laws
20.
Where along the political spectrum do both political parties try to win votes in the general election?
a)
extreme right
b)
in the middle
c)
extreme left