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