Dr. Vergaray TAMIU Government Weekly Quiz I
National sovereignty is defined as
A political entity's externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs
One example of government focus on equality of outcome is
Affirmative action programs
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden showed that the National Security Agency had
Collected data on domestic phone conversations or ordinary Americans
Social order is usually defined as
Established patterns of authority and traditional modes of behavior
Conservatives strongly favor
Firm police action and swift punishment for criminals, traditional patterns of social relations and less government regulation of business
Franklin Roosevelt's four freedoms included all of the following except
Freedom from inequality
All but which one of the following are collectively called "civil liberties?"
Freedom of education
Which political philosopher inspired the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
As derived from John Locke's philosophy, the doctrine of liberalism holds that government should
Leave citizens free to further their individual pursuits
According to Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan, the proper objective of government is to ensure
Order
Each citizen having one vote demonstrates
Political equality
According to the text, the concept of order encompasses
Preserving life, protecting property and maintaining patterns of social relationships
Although the United States is a capitalist country, the government does intervene in the economic arena, primarily through
Regulating private businesses
The state of nature refers to
Society without government
A government pursuing laissez-faire policies would
Take a hands-off attitude toward the economy
The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is
The authoritative allocation of values for a society
Using the state to redistribute income is a policy based on
The philosophy of Karl Marx
Since 1964, government policies intended to help families have most clearly benefited
The wealthy
John Locke's views on government are expressed in
Two Treatises On Government
Desire to avoid potential foreign prosecution of its soldiers and desire to continue practicing the death penalty led the United States in 2002 to
Withdraw from 1998 treaty creating an International Criminal Court
