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POG152 2024

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When a state is classified as a “failed state,” which key role of statehood is it no longer capable of fulfilling?

a)

Maintaining fixed borders and population control.

b)

Participating in the international economy

c)

Monopolising the use of force within its territory

d)

Providing stable infrastructure to its citizens.

 

2.

Which one of the following is a key element of the social contract theory?

a)

The image of a hypothetical stateless society

b)

The image of a hypothetical society

c)

The image of a stated society

d)

The image of a respected society

3.

Which political party can be associated with the populist ideology?

a)

ANC

b)

EFF

c)

DA

d)

Action SA

4.

What are the key features of social-democratic states?

a)

Keynesianism and social welfare

b)

Centrally planned economies

c)

The state provides a framework for peace and social order

d)

State intervention in economic life to promote industrial growth and economic development

5.

Which of the following is not an accurate descriptor of "politics"?

a)

A dialogue

b)

A monologue

c)

The science of man

d)

A social activity

6.

What is the simplest definition of politics as an arena?

a)

Politics is the art of government public affairs

b)

Politics is the persevering of government public affairs

c)

Politics is the art of societal public affairs

d)

Politics is the art of governmental private affairs

7.

The Conservative notion of ideology identifies with which of the following?

a)

That ideology will end

b)

That ideology is an instrument of social control

c)

That reality is incomprehensible

d)

That ideology reveals a new science of ideas

8.

What is the component that does NOT form part of civil society?

a)

Private business

b)

Clubs

c)

Families

d)

Bureaucrats

9.

Which type of state has a very clear liberal lineage?

a)

Pluralist state

b)

Capitalist state

c)

Leviathan state

d)

Patriarchal state

10.

What term did de Tracy use to refer to the new ‘science of ideas’?

a)

Ideation

b)

Intellectual thought

c)

Ideology

d)

Individualism

11.

Which of the following is most sympathetic to positivism?

a)

Rationalism

b)

Behaviouralism

c)

Rational choice theory

d)

Post colonialism

12.

What may be a threat to the global ecology?

a)

Warfare

b)

Globalisation

c)

Multicultural politics

d)

The nation-state

13.

What is the role of a Chapter 9 institution as defined in South Africa’s Constitution of 1996?

a)

To safeguard and promote democracy, accountability, and transparency

b)

To audit the accounts of public institutions and prevent corruption

c)

To ensure gender equality within government and prevent gender-based discrimination

d)

To oversee and administrate free and fair national, provincial, and local elections

14.

In what model of voting would people vote for a party based on personal self-interest?

a)

Rational-choice model

b)

Dominant-ideology model

c)

Party-identification model

d)

Sociological model

15.

African nationalism is an example of which type of nationalism?

a)

 Liberal nationalism 

b)

 Conservative nationalism 

c)

Postcolonial nationalism 

d)

Expansionist nationalism