WorksheetsAP Comparative Government Study
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An important historical moment when political actors make critical choices, which shape institutions and future outcomes
a)
Collectivism
b)
Neoliberalism
c)
Critical Juncture
d)
Globalization
2.
The groups with which people identify, including gender, class, race, region, etc. The building blocks for social and political action
a)
Critical Juncture
b)
Culture
c)
Collective Identities
d)
Religion
3.
The intensification of worldwide interconnectedness associated with the increased speed and magnitude of cross-border flows of trade, investments as well as cultural exchange, diffusion, etc.
a)
Globalization
b)
Culture
c)
Collectivism
d)
Critical Juncture
4.
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
5.
A term used to describe govt. policies aiming to promote free competition among business firms within the market; reducing govt. regulation and social spending
a)
Keynesianism
b)
Liberalism
c)
Neoliberalism
d)
Comparativism
6.
A territorial unit controlled by a single state
a)
State
b)
Nation-State
c)
Country
d)
Territory
7.
The body of officials who direct executive departments presided over by the chief executive (President, Prime Minister, etc.)
a)
Executive
b)
Cabinet
c)
Legislature
d)
Judiciary
8.
An influential approach in comparative politics that involves trying to explain why if 'X happens, then Y is the result'
a)
Independent Variable
b)
Dependent Variable
c)
Causal Theories
d)
Summative
9.
Which of these terms refers to an independent country whose people mostly share a common identity?
a)
a colonial empire
b)
ethnic group
c)
nation-state
d)
plural society
10.
Analyzing political decision making and behavior that assumes that individual actors rationally pursue their aims in an effort to achieve the most positive net result.
a)
Rational Choice Theory
b)
Middle Level Theory
c)
Democratic Transition
d)
Causal theories
11.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
12.
The measurable factor in an experiment is known as the:
a)
Control
b)
Independent Variable
c)
Constant
d)
Dependent Variable
13.
The branch of a government that 'makes the laws'... they are either elected or appointed.
a)
Executive Branch
b)
Judiciary
c)
Legislature
d)
Bureaucracy
14.
An organization structured hierarchically in which lower-level officials are charged with administering regulations codified in rules.
a)
Legislature
b)
Executive
c)
Bureaucracy
d)
Judiciary
15.
Theories focusing on specific features of the political world, such as institutions, policies, or classes of similar events; revolutions, or elections, etc.
a)
Causal Theories
b)
Rational Choice Theories
c)
Middle Level Theories
d)
String Theories
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