AP Comp Gov CH 1 final
Which of the following countries clearly combines the roles of head of state and head of government into one political position?
The United States
a civil society is best defined as one that
accepts two areas of life: a public one defined by the government and a private one in which individuals have free choice
Which of the following can be considered to be a fundamental characteristic of a presidential system?
checks and balances
Which of the following is not an example of common political institution?
civil societies
Which of the following ideological groups would be most likely to advocate the elimination of inequality by the state taking over all resources to insure that true economic equality exists for the community as a whole?
communists
If a country has a low level of social capital, a likely result is that it will be
more inclined toward authoritarian government
A group of people that is bound together by a common political identity is best defined as a(n)
nation
Which of the following democratic characteristics is an illiberal democracy most likely to display?
regularly scheduled elections
Which of the following is a normative statement?
The Chinese judicial system would serve the country better if it were more independent.
Political legitimacy is best defined as
the right to rule, as determined by a country's own citizens and recognized by other countries
Which of the following is the best definition of a regime?
the rules that a state sets and follows in exerting its power
Which of the following is the best example of a regime change?
A change occurs in a country's political institutions and practices, as from totalitarian to democratic rule
Which of the following core countries is not categorized by the Democracy Index 2014 as an authoritarian regime?
Mexico
Which of the following is the best description of the geographic distribution of power within states today?
Most states are unitary systems.
If a study finds that a change in one variable is accompanied by a change in another, a researcher has proved the existence of
a correlation
Which of the following types of countries would be most likely to include military leaders in the policy making process?
a country in transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, and from an agricultural go industrial-based economy
If a government's citizens and other nations recognize its authority to rule, then that government almost certainly has
a high level of legitimacy
"A system in which a powerful boss or dominant party offers resources (such as labor or votes) of less powerful individuals" The political system above is
a patron-client system
Which of the following changes is most likely to impact more than one area of life?
a revolution
Rational-legal legitimacy is based on
a system of well-established laws and procedures
Which of the following is a likely outcome when a country has a plurality electoral system?
a two (or few) party system
Which of the following types of organization generally exists within civil society?
advocacy groups
When people find common interests with people that live in others corners of the globe through nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), they contribute to the development of a global
cosmopolitanism
A major criticism of a pluralist interest group system is that it
creates confusion and inefficiency in the policymaking process
An important difference between a head of state and a head of government is that a head of government
deals with the everyday tasks of running the state
Modern-day experiments with the transfer of some important powers from central governments to sub-governments economy the process of
devolution
According to the chart, more than half the world's population lives in countries that are
either hybrid regimes or authoritarian regimes
A country is said to have an indirect democracy when
elected officials represent the people in governement
According to dependency theory, industrially developed countries
exploit less developed countries in order to enhance their own power
A parliamentary system is usually characterized by
fusion between the executive and legislative branches
What common phenomenon that characterizes presidential systems is almost non-existent in parliamentary systems?
gridlock
According to the chart on the opposite page, of the ten countries listed, South Africa has the
highest degree of income inequality
Countries that have democratic procedures in place but have significant restrictions on them are referred to as
illiberal democracies
"Falling oil prices have had a serious negative impact on Russia's economy." Falling oil prices may be identified as a(n)
independent variable
An opposite concept to devolution is
integration
In contrast to proportional-representation systems, plurality electoral systems tend to encourage political party systems characterized by
large, broad-based, and fewer parties
Civil society is usually strongest in
liberal democracies
A bureaucrat is most likely to have discretionary power in a(n)
liberal democracy
a coup d'état is least likely to occur in a(n)
liberal democracy
Which of the following is an ideology that places a great deal of emphasis on individual political and economic freedom?
liberalism
Interest group pluralism is best defined as
many interest groups competing to influence policy makers and the policy making process
The anti-big government movements that began in the US and western Europe in the 1980s promoted the 20th century trend toward
market economies
Which of the following types of organizations are most likely to directly foster the development of a global civil society?
nongovernmental organizations
Reactionaries are similar to conservatives in that they generally
oppose both revolution and reform
Which of the following is most likely to serve as a centripetal force within a state?
overall strong sense of nationalism
A political system in which the state provides specific benefits or favors to a single person or small group in return for public support is called
patron-clientelism
Which of the following is most likely to link the political attitudes of citizens to the government's policymaking process?
political parties
Which of the following election systems is most likely to produce the largest number of competitive political parties?
proportional representation
Post-modernist values contrast with modernist values in that post-modernist values emphasize
quality of life
In a federalist bicameral political system, the upper house of the legislature often provides
representation to regional interests
The ability of a state to carry out actions or policies within their borders independently from interference either from the inside or the outside is best defined as
sovereignty
The practice of establishing state-owned companies headed by men loyal to the heads of state and government in both Russia and Iran is a form of
state corporatism
The belief that a strong government should have control of the political and economic systems is called
statism
Which of the following is not a linkage institution?
the British House of Commons
Which of the following is the best definition of a political culture?
the collection of political beliefs, values, practices, and institutions that the government is based on
A command economy is best defined as a system in which
the government has great control of the economy and competition and profit are prohibited or strongly restricted
If a state's boundaries do not closely follow the outline of a group bonded by a common political identity, the state is not consistent with
the nation
Which of the following is not a common reason why most countries have bicameral legislatures?
to make the legislative process more efficient
Common law differs from code law in that it is based more on
tradition and past practices
A state that concentrates all policy-making powers in one central geographic place has a
unitary system
The most common type of political participation in most countries is
voting in national elections
According to the chart, under what circumstance is a revolution most likely to occur?
when an intolerable gap appears between expected and actual satisfactions is not great