Politics & Global issues test #3
The main objective of the fascists in Italy was to transform Italy into
A great power
What is ideology?
A set of ideas which typically provides a description of things as they are, portrays an ideal political order, and suggests how that ideal could be attained
To accomplish his goal of lebenstraum, Hitler had imperial designs on
Russia & Eastern Europe
Marx claims that a society's means of production___
Shape its political & philosophical ideas
_____ is the political & economic doctrine that the means of production should be owned or controlled by the people, either communally or through the state.
Socialism
The main goal of feminism is to
Change the patriarchal nature of society
Mussolini had imperial designs for expanding his empire in
Ethiopia
According to Marx, three features of workers' lives in capitalist societies are
Alienation, oppression, and exploitation
Why have liberalism & socialism been powerful ideologies since the late 18th century
All the above
Who among those he following is most likely to be conservative?
An evangelical Protestant living in the suburbs
Principles of environmentalism include all of the following except
Animosity towards other humans
Individuals should be able to freely seek their labor to any buyer or enter almost any profession and sell goods and services to the market as a matter of freedom exchange. This point of view aligns most with a modern...
Conservative
Ecological problems stem from a male notion of dominance as applied to nature and other human beings is an argument made most loudly by...
Ecofeminists
Which of the following points is not common to Marxism (Communism) and Fascism?
Faith in the importance of religion
18th century capitalists believed that the government should be very much involved in the economy
False
A free market is a self-regulating economic system powered by individuals acting for the greater good of society at large.
False
Andre Gorz & Murray Bookschin both are antagonist of ecosocialism
False
Hitter was supported by liberal politicians, minor leaders in the army, and small business leaders
False
In Mein Kampf, Bunito Mussolini advocated for the promotion of a master race of aryans
False
Jews made upwards 35% of Germany's population and played a relatively small role in the economic realm of the nation's economy during the Hitler era
False
Labor unions were supporters of fascism
False
The Great Depression played a minimal role in the rise of fascism
False
Socialist view of human nature assumes that...
Human character is radically affected by circumstances
Radical feminist advocate revolution because
Institutions such as the stave perpetuate male dominance and the subjugation of women
A term that refers to how different kinds of oppression— like those based on gender & race— overlap with each other
Intersectionality
Liberal ideology...
Is a long established creed in which focuses on individual freedom
Some feminist argue that women are denied some characteristic essential to full personhood, thereby making them
Less than human
Conservatives typically favor decreasing federal funding for all of the following except...
Military defense
Marx divides society into those who
Own property; and those who do not
The fascists regarded ...
The nation as superior to the individual
All of the following are examples of environmentalist writings except
The wealth of nations
Which of the following is not a characteristic of fascism?
They favored majority rule
Fascist were the supporters of
Totalitarianism
Characteristically, conservatives tend to be supportive of the tried & trusted in preference to the experimental.
True
Classical Liberalism was the political philosophy of the founding fathers
True
Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism & the proletarian revolution. To be more exact, Leninism is the theory and tactics of the proletarian revolution in general, the theory and tactics of the dictatorship of the proletariat in particular.
True
Liberalism is a family of doctrines that emphasize the value of freedom and hold that the just state ensures freedom for individuals. Liberal feminists embrace this value and this role for the state and insist on freedom for women
True
The #MeToo movement has brought sexual violence to the forefront of cultural conversation
True
Traditional conservatism began to develop as a distinct political attitude and movement after the upheaval of the French Revolution (1789)
True
Feminist argue that among other things, prejudices against women lead to
Widespread discrediting of women's ideas & experience
Feminism is both a movement and __________.
an approach to social and intellectual issues.
Adam Smith is most associated with which concept?
classical liberalism