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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis

Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy

True or False



1

Liberalism arose in reaction to the European feudal social system.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Liberalism posits that the highest good of society is the ability of the members of that society to develop their individual capacities to the fullest extent.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Conservatism sees the maintenance of an ordered community and of common values as the highest good of society.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

The Liberals, when they took power in Great Britain in 1832, established a system of guaranteed minimal income for everyone in the country.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

Karl Marx believed individuals to be the basic unit of any society.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain, was a strong believer in the purest form of conservatism.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Compared to European style liberalism and conservatism, American style ideologies are loosely organized.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

Compared to European style liberalism and conservatism, American style ideologies are loosely organized.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE