GOVERNMENT QUIZ I
A libertarian is likely to believe
All of these choices are true
Although globalization can threaten national security, this can create desirable outcomes, as shown by the international community's attempt to force Bashar Al-Assad to surrender Syria's
Chemical Weapons
According to the text, only libertarians and __________ are consistent in their attitude toward the scope of government activity
Communitarians
__________ value both equality and order more than freedom, and its members support both affirmative action and laws that restrict pornography.
Communitarians
Protection of private property is not a valid objective of government according to
Karl Marx
Which of the following philosophers is usually associated with socialism?
Karl Marx
The broad, basic definition of government given by the text is
Legitimate use of force within specified geographic boundaries to control human behavior
According to Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan, the proper objective of government is to ensure
Order
Two nations with deep ties to the principle of communism that have moved in the direction of more private property are
Russia and China
A person who favors government ownership of some basic industries and a strong government role in directing the economy would best be labeled a
Socialist
A government pursuing laissez-faire policies would
Take a hands-off attitude toward the economy
John Locke's views on government are expressed in
Two Treaties on Government
Compared to citizens in other nations, Americans are more likely to
Value freedom of speech more than order.
An example of a government policy that promotes social equality without redistribution income is
Vermont's Civil Unions
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 the 1998 treaty creating an International Criminal Court.
Each citizen having one vote demonstrates
a political equality
Thomas Hobbe's ideal form of government was
a single ruler with with unquestioned authority
One example of government focus on equality of outcome is
affirmative action programs.
In his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama proposed that the minimum wage
be raised to $10.10
The notion that America public schools are open to all its example of
equality of opportunity
All but which one of the following are collectively called "civil liberties?"
freedom of education
When the authors say that we live in an era of "globalization" they mean that citizens and nations are increasingly
interdependent
Globalization can be seen as a threat to
national sovereignty
A consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government is a(n)
political ideology
According to the text, the concept of order encompasses
preserving life, protecting property and maintaining patterns of social relationship
The value of using political concepts in understanding government is that they
provide for a broader view than looking at specific events
Services that benefit all citizens and are not likely to be produced by the voluntary acts of individuals are known as
public goods
Western Europe's experience with democratic socialism demonstrates that
socialism can be practiced along with personal freedoms and democratic participation.
The State of Nature refers to
society without government
The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is
the authoritative allocation of values for a society.
Since 1964, government policies intended to help families have most clearly benefited
the wealthy
An underlying assumption of the text is that perfect freedom and order can never be achieved because
these two values are inherently in conflict and cannot be provided simultaneously
Which political philosopher expressed the sentiment that life in a state of nature would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?"
Thomas Hobbes
Critics charged that Lyndon Johnson's "war on poverty" had failed because
about 15 percent of families were still living in poverty