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1
As described in "North Korea on the Edge," the current North Korean regime seems:
A)unable to control its own people.
B)likely to last indefinitely.
C)unlikely to last out the decade.
D)to be making strides toward a reunified Korea.
2
As noted in "North Korea on the Edge," the North Koreans' real crisis seems to be:
A)ideological.
B)economic.
C)due to social upheaval.
D)ending.
3
As claimed in "North Korea on the Edge," the living standard in North Korea is much lower than that of South Korea.
A)True
B)False
4
As defined in "Somali Piracy: A Nasty Problem, a Web of Responses," piracy is an illegal act of violence committed:
A)for a political cause.
B)in defense of a country.
C)for private gain.
D)as an act of terror.
5
As explained in "Somali Piracy: A Nasty Problem, a Web of Responses," piracy is a phenomenon that increases when:
A)poverty and crime are not addressed at a national or regional level.
B)a nation is at war.
C)the economy is good and ships have more valuable cargo.
D)a political group wants to bring international attention to a certain issue.
6
As claimed in "Somali Piracy: A Nasty Problem, a Web of Responses," the enduring legacy of the Somali pirate crisis will likely be the ability of a group of nations to overcome barriers and work together toward a common goal.
A)True
B)False
7
As presented in "Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions of Cash from Kabul," U.S. officials believe that money from Afghanistan is being sent to:
A)drug lords who preside over the enormous opium market.
B)relatives of government officials.
C)the United States in the form of kickbacks.
D)financial safe havens.
8
As defined in "Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions of Cash from Kabul," hawalas are:
A)private money-transfer businesses.
B)government-backed money-transfer businesses.
C)sectors of the banking industry that deal with imports and exports of currency.
D)government agencies that collect national revenue.
9
As noted in "Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions of Cash from Kabul," more declared cash flies out of Kabul each year than the Afghan government collects in tax and customs revenue nationwide.
A)True
B)False
10
As noted in "Corruption You Can Count On," one country that has thrived economically amid rampant corruption is:
A)the United States.
B)Haiti.
C)China.
D)Myanmar.
11
As described in "Corruption You Can Count On," a problem with uncertain corruption is that it can:
A)line the pockets only of the country's dictator.
B)reduce the overall level of business activity.
C)push the government to impose burdensome regulations on business.
D)have a deleterious effect on the dictator's regime.
12
As addressed in "Corruption You Can Count On," corruption kills economic development.
A)True
B)False
13
Labeling the situation in Darfur as a "humanitarian crisis," as maintained in "The Politics Of Death In Darfur," has enabled many politicians to see it as:
A)strictly an internal matter.
B)an insoluble problem.
C)unrelated to politics.
D)an improving situation.
14
The main distinction between the black African tribes and the Arabs in Sudan, as explained in "The Politics Of Death In Darfur" is:
A)language.
B)skin color.
C)religion.
D)relative wealth.
15
The government of Sudan, as noted in "The Politics Of Death In Darfur," has largely ignored the country's peripheral areas outside the core area of Khartoum because they are very sparsely populated.
A)True
B)False
16
As claimed in "When to Step in to Stop War Crimes Causes Fissures," the concept of "responsibility to protect" is that:
A)the United States has the responsibility to keep future genocides from occurring.
B)UN member states should intervene to stop genocide and similar war crimes.
C)UN member states should issue an apology for not having stopped the genocide in Rwanda.
D)UN member states should stay out of conflicts where ethnic cleansing is occurring.
17
As noted in "When to Step in to Stop War Crimes Causes Fissures," the Rev. Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann asserted that responsibility to protect is:
A)redecorated colonialism.
B)a redundant policy as there are already tools in place to stop genocide.
C)unnecessary.
D)redecorated imperialism.
18
As reported in "When to Step in to Stop War Crimes Causes Fissures," roughly 150 world leaders endorsed the responsibility-to-protect policy in 2005.
A)True
B)False
19
As described in "Mexican Drug Trafficking," there has been an increased U.S. availability of methamphetamine mainly due to:
A)an increase in domestic drug labs.
B)a corresponding increase in demand.
C)Taliban-controlled drug production in Afghanistan.
D)large-scale Mexican drug production.
20
As defined in "Mexican Drug Trafficking," in Mexico the term "zone of impunity" refers to an area:
A)with large drug production.
B)under military control.
C)where crime is largely uncontrolled.
D)where drugs are the main source of income.
21
As stated in "Mexican Drug Trafficking," in the four years since President Calderon began his offensive against drug cartels more than 28,000 police officers have been killed.
A)True
B)False
22
The term "democracy," as presented in "What Democracy Is . . . and Is Not," is generally used:
A)to define a single form of government.
B)as an emotional term, rather than a precise one.
C)to represent only the wealthiest nations.
D)as a cure-all for a nation's problems.
23
According to "What Democracy Is . . . and Is Not," democracy:
A)consists of a unique set of institutions.
B)is based on the competitive principle.
C)does not consist of a unique set of institutions.
D)is essentially indefinable.
24
The authors of "What Democracy Is . . . and Is Not" argue that different political systems can be differently democratic.
A)True
B)False
25
As identified in "Twenty-Five Years, Fifteen Findings," in the 1970s the author found that since 1900 in Latin America:
A)efforts to democratize autocratic regimes largely succeeded.
B)democracy uniformly flourished.
C)no efforts to democratize governments succeeded.
D)about two-thirds of the efforts to democratize failed.
26
As reported in "Twenty-Five Years, Fifteen Findings," since democratization occurred, in many countries:
A)nothing has changed.
B)there have been significant changes in power relations and economic equality.
C)there has been more decent treatment of citizens by authorities and a sense of greater personal freedom.
D)the government reinstalled autocratic regimes.
27
As claimed in "Twenty-Five Years, Fifteen Findings," disappointment in recently-attained democracy is a serious threat to a fledgling democracy.
A)True
B)False
28
As cited in "Schmitter's Retrospective: A Few Dissenting Notes," the author studies democracy mainly in:
A)the Northern Hemisphere.
B)the Far East.
C)the Middle East.
D)Latin America.
29
As discussed in "Schmitter's Retrospective: A Few Dissenting Notes," in democratization, mass mobilization from below:
A)plays a major role but tends to fade from view later on.
B)plays a minor role.
C)is important in that it gives the appearance of a popular upsurge.
D)surprisingly plays little or no role at all.
30
As stated in "Schmitter's Retrospective: A Few Dissenting Notes," democratic transition turned out to be easier than originally thought in Eastern European countries.
A)True
B)False
31
As related in "People Power: In Africa, Democracy Gains Amid Turmoil," the main focus of democracy advocates in sub-Saharan Africa is monitoring:
A)legislative voting.
B)government spending.
C)elections.
D)presidential power.
32
As portrayed in "People Power: In Africa, Democracy Gains Amid Turmoil," the group Movement for Democratic Change is an opposition group to President:
A)Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
B)Motlanthe of South Africa.
C)Sirleaf of Liberia.
D)Kibaki of Kenya.
33
As stated in "People Power: In Africa, Democracy Gains Amid Turmoil," the democratic gains across sub-Saharan Africa have come during a period of the slowest economic growth the region has seen in three decades.
A)True
B)False
34
As pointed out in "Advanced Democracies and the New Politics," over the last quarter century, people in advanced industrial democracies are decreasingly:
A)signing petitions.
B)joining lobbying groups.
C)voting.
D)engaging in unconventional forms of political action.
35
In discussing advocacy democracy, the authors of "Facing the Challenge of Semi-Authoritarian States" contend that:
A)it is a form of traditional lobbying.
B)it only involves exchange of information.
C)it concentrates on standard channels of informal interest-group persuasion.
D)its expansion is undeniable.
36
As stated in "Facing the Challenge of Semi-Authoritarian States," "sunshine" provisions are in keeping with Edmund Burke's view of the role of elected representatives.
A)True
B)False
37
As reported in "Facing the Challenge of Semi-Authoritarian States," since the end of the Cold War:
A)the number of semi-authoritarian states has decreased.
B)few governments are willing to mount an ideological defense of non-democratic systems of government.
C)conditions that once lead to the creation of semi-authoritarian states have improved.
D)semi-authoritarian states have emerged largely in Latin America.
38
As noted in "Facing the Challenge of Semi-Authoritarian States," the "end of history" argument encapsulated by writer Francis Fukuyama:
A)incorrectly identifies socialism as the ideological alternative to democracy.
B)is supported by developments in the former Soviet republics.
C)puts too much emphasis on the importance of ideologies.
D)proposes that governments are inherently heavy-handed in maintaining their grip on power.
39
As observed in "Facing the Challenge of Semi-Authoritarian States," semi-authoritarian governments maintain their power because they are popular with the media and the people they govern.
A)True
B)False
40
According to "Capitalism and Democracy," in most places, capitalism and democracy are:
A)interrelated systems.
B)entirely separate entities.
C)twin goals for which governments strive.
D)different terms for the same set of values.
41
As discussed in "Capitalism and Democracy," all of the following political thinkers share the belief that modern capitalism, with the dominance of the large corporation, produces a defective or impaired form of democracy except:
A)Charles E. Lindblom.
B)Robert A. Dahl.
C)Mancur Olson.
D)Joseph Schumpeter.
42
Adam Smith believed that a good government is a minimal government, as noted in "Capitalism and Democracy."
A)True
B)False
43
As maintained in "What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?" the feature that makes modern representative democracy distinctive from earlier forms of democracy is:
A)due process rights.
B)universal suffrage.
C)naturalization processes for immigrants.
D)freedom of the press.
44
The first democratic institution to develop, according to "What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?" was:
A)a written constitution.
B)freedom of expression.
C)elections to a legislature.
D)private political organizations.
45
Modern democracies, as asserted in "What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?" rarely fall short of established democratic criteria.
A)True
B)False
46
Youth NGOs, as maintained in "Civil Society, Youth and Societal Mobilization in Democratic Revolutions," were crucial to the democratic revolutions in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine in all of the following areas except:
A)mobilizing the protestors.
B)providing logistical support for the protests.
C)soliciting foreign monetary assistance for the protests.
D)forming the first wave of protestors themselves.
47
The two key social groups that made the Orange Revolution in Ukraine a success, as described in "Civil Society, Youth and Societal Mobilization in Democratic Revolutions," were young people and:
A)unionized workers.
B)private businessmen.
C)foreign speculators.
D)dissatisfied civil servants.
48
Both Otpor and yellow Pora, as reported in "Civil Society, Youth and Societal Mobilization in Democratic Revolutions," were successful in fielding candidates for the Serbian and Ukrainian parliaments.
A)True
B)False
49
As shown in "Online Activism," cultural activism is concerned with:
A)corruption and the rights of disaffected groups.
B)values, morality, and lifestyles.
C)access to technology and technological developments.
D)human rights and political reform.
50
As noted in "Online Activism," Charter 08 was:
A)a large-scale nationalistic cyber-protest.
B)a cyber-protest over the 2003 death of a migrant worker in Guangzhou City.
C)an example of "hacktivism."
D)an online petition calling for democratic reform.
51
As cited in "Online Activism," because of China's tight control over the internet, there is less political activism than cultural, social, and nationalistic activism.
A)True
B)False
52
As noted in "Community Engagement for Counterterrorism: Lessons from the United Kingdom," the PET taskforce is charged with:
A)preventing terrorism from abroad.
B)installing centralized national programs to prevent terrorism.
C)working locally with Muslim communities to prevent young people from becoming radicalized.
D)patrolling national borders to prevent Muslim extremists from entering the country illegally and radicalizing young people.
53
As detailed in "Community Engagement for Counterterrorism: Lessons from the United Kingdom," in March 2009 the counterterrorism strategy was revised:
A)to shift focus from violent extremism to extremism in general.
B)to reflect the growing terrorism threat from abroad.
C)because of the causal link between general extremism and violent extremism.
D)to tackle extremism not only from Muslim communities but from Northern Ireland as well.
54
As cited in "Community Engagement for Counterterrorism: Lessons from the United Kingdom," former Prime Minister Tony Blair's association with the Iraq war was a source of anger for England's Muslim community.
A)True
B)False
55
According to "Bin Laden, the Arab "Street," and the Middle East's Democracy Deficit," bin Laden declares that he acts in the name of:
A)everyone's family.
B)nationalism.
C)religion.
D)children everywhere.
56
As noted in "Bin Laden, the Arab "Street," and the Middle East's Democracy Deficit," the Al Qaeda recruitment video is directed at Arab youth who are all of the following except:
A)living in desperate conditions.
B)newly graduated.
C)alienated.
D)unemployed.
57
As claimed in "Bin Laden, the Arab "Street," and the Middle East's Democracy Deficit," Osama bin Laden is thoroughly a part of the modern world.
A)True
B)False
58
As noted in "The Return of Continuismo?", the OAS has responded to the practice of changing constitutional rules on presidential term limits by:
A)objecting strongly to all efforts to amend the current rules.
B)objecting strongly to efforts made by leftist leaders.
C)objecting strongly to efforts made by leaders on the right.
D)raising no objection.
59
As presented in "The Return of Continuismo?", Venezuela recently approved a measure to:
A)extend the president's term of office to eight years.
B)allow indefinite reelection.
C)restrict presidents to one term in office.
D)impose a two-term limit on the office of the president.
60
As cited in "The Return of Continuismo?", in 2009 Nicaragua overturned a law that limited presidential candidacy based on age, familial relationship to the president, and criminal record.
A)True
B)False
61
As mentioned in "How Reform Has Powered Brazil's Rise," a new price-indexing system became popular quickly as:
A)business promoted its use.
B)citizens could see the quick results of rising inflation and soaring interest rates.
C)ordinary people could see inflation slowing and prices stabilizing.
D)government propaganda influenced the formerly negative attitudes of the general public.
62
As maintained in "How Reform Has Powered Brazil's Rise," if the debt ceiling set by the LRF is breached:
A)government offices must lay off workers until the debt is brought back below the ceiling.
B)the government must declare bankruptcy.
C)neither public nor private borrowing is permitted while the debt is brought back below the ceiling.
D)public borrowing is not permitted while the debt is brought back below the ceiling, which must be done within 12 months.
63
As identified in "How Reform Has Powered Brazil's Rise," the program Bolsa Familia was implemented to reform Brazil's economic structure.
A)True
B)False
64
As stated in "Lula's Last Year," by 2006, Brazil's growth in GDP was:
A)greater than that of inflation.
B)only about half of the inflation rate.
C)stalled by a series of unfortunate natural disasters affecting crops.
D)the largest of any South American country.
65
As claimed in "Lula's Last Year," Brazil became a petroleum exporter recently due to:
A)the discovery of coal reserves in the country.
B)relaxed standards for oil exporters.
C)the discovery of offshore oil resources.
D)its entry into OPEC.
66
As noted in "Lula's Last Year," by 2008, Brazil had become a net foreign creditor.
A)True
B)False
67
As explained in "It Is Still Putin's Russia," the Russian president:
A)is not as powerful as the prime minister.
B)is largely a ceremonial figure.
C)can rule by decree on all issues except the federal budget.
D)has no involvement in the choosing of the prime minister.
68
As shown in "It Is Still Putin's Russia," the executive branch of the Russian government:
A)has come to dominate the government.
B)is bound by the constitution to follow the lead of the legislature.
C)was designed to be the weaker branch in order to avoid an autocratic government.
D)is made up of leaders from both of the country's political parties.
69
As noted in "It Is Still Putin's Russia," while president, Putin's approval rating hovered around 40 percent.
A)True
B)False
70
As maintained in "The Resilient Authoritarians," one of China's gradual reforms that led to its economic growth was to:
A)promote free speech.
B)loosen trade restrictions.
C)legalize private entrepreneurial activity.
D)privatize the banking system.
71
As brought out in "The Resilient Authoritarians," from 1978 on the aim of the Chinese government was to:
A)transition to a liberal democratic state.
B)create a capitalist economy in a communist state.
C)reinforce the collectivist state with reform programs.
D)prop up the autocracy with stricter social controls on its population.
72
As stated in "The Resilient Authoritarians," the nondemocratic Chinese government is an example of insufficient political development.
A)True
B)False
73
As claimed in "Iran in Ferment: Civil Society's Choice," elections are really only administrative procedures because the:
A)sovereignty of the people is the government's source of legitimacy.
B)supreme leader's legitimacy emanates from divine sources.
C)supreme leader is democratically elected by the cleric-dominated Council of Guardians.
D)supreme leader is designated by the Twelfth Imam.
74
As outlined in "Iran in Ferment: Civil Society's Choice," in 2009 the Committee to Defend Free and Fair Elections stated that:
A)the upcoming elections were fair.
B)the upcoming elections were not meeting minimal standards of freedom and fairness.
C)they were endorsing the campaign of Shirin Ebadi.
D)the fairness of the upcoming election depended on a large nationwide turnout of voters.
75
As reported in "Iran in Ferment: Civil Society's Choice," in 2009 authorities claimed that President Ahmedinejad won the election with 63 percent of the vote.
A)True
B)False
76
Many empirical studies of legislators, as pointed out in "Discipline, Accountability, and Legislative Voting in Latin America," find that a necessary condition for accountability is:
A)scheduled elections at regular intervals.
B)a bicameral legislative system.
C)party unity in legislative voting.
D)sufficient support staff for legislators.
77
There has been a sharp increase in provisions for and the use of direct democracy throughout Latin America, as described in "Discipline, Accountability, and Legislative Voting in Latin America," which can be interpreted as a response to:
A)findings of corruption throughout the government systems.
B)popular dissatisfaction with political parties.
C)popular mistrust of individual representatives.
D)the growing strength of independent journalists.
78
Legislators, as noted in "Discipline, Accountability, and Legislative Voting in Latin America," are generally well shielded from pressures apart from those placed on them by party leaders.
A)True
B)False
79
According "The Case for a Multi-Party U.S. Parliament?", if the offices of head of government and head of state were separated, the head of government would:
A)be subject to more stringent behavioral expectations.
B)no longer attract monolithic press coverage.
C)have less public accountability.
D)attract enormous public attention.
80
As reported in "The Case for a Multi-Party U.S. Parliament?", the major advantage of the parliamentary system proposed by the author is that it would:
A)reduce the government's cost of holding elections.
B)reduce the importance of political parties.
C)heighten the capacity for voters to evaluate government performance.
D)improve the personal integrity of candidates for office.
81
As noted in "The Case for a Multi-Party U.S. Parliament?", a party dues structure would rebuild the political parties as functioning institutions.
A)True
B)False
82
As asserted in "Equity in Representation for Women and Minorities," under-representation of women and minorities results in all of the following undesirable consequences except:
A)important issues may receive little or no consideration during the policymaking process.
B)minorities may become alienated from the political process and display less respect for laws enacted without their input.
C)majority groups that go unchallenged are more likely to engage in corrupt activities.
D)lack of representation of large minority groups may result in the splintering of a nation.
83
As mentioned in "Equity in Representation for Women and Minorities," one culture that has generally been favorable to women's involvement in electoral politics is the:
A)Jewish culture.
B)Nordic culture.
C)Muslim culture.
D)Hispanic culture.
84
As noted in "Equity in Representation for Women and Minorities," none of the Muslim countries of the Middle East allow women to vote.
A)True
B)False
85
As described in "The Female Factor," the Indian village of Tent is notable in that:
A)it has no women on its governing council.
B)it has outlawed the payments of bridal dowries.
C)each house in the village has an indoor toilet.
D)its literacy rate among females is the highest of the nation.
86
As indicated in "The Female Factor," India's constitution was amended in 1993 such that:
A)education for all children through age 16 is mandatory.
B)at least one-third of the seats in all village governing bodies is reserved for women.
C)bridal dowries are outlawed.
D)at least one-half of the seats in national government is reserved for women.
87
As cited in "The Female Factor," almost 90 percent of women in India are literate.
A)True
B)False
88
As discussed in "Malaysia in 2008: The Elections That Broke the Tiger's Back," in the 2008 elections, the BN:
A)lost its two-thirds majority.
B)won handily as expected.
C)made an electoral pact with the DAP.
D)won 82 seats in the House of Representatives.
89
As mentioned in "Malaysia in 2008: The Elections That Broke the Tiger's Back," the BN was gravely discredited in the run-up to the 2008 elections by:
A)a series of scandals involving the personal indiscretions of Prime Minister Abdullah.
B)rampant corruption and abuse of power, including the discovery of illegal fixing of judicial appointments.
C)mismanaged government funds and financial misdeeds.
D)its merger with the PR.
90
As cited in "Malaysia in 2008: The Elections That Broke the Tiger's Back," the bulk of support for the BN in the 2008 elections came from non-Malays.
A)True
B)False
91
As cited in "Australia's Dead-Heat Election: Hung, Drawn, Now Courting," the August 2010 election yielded:
A)a resounding victory for the Labor party.
B)a resounding victory for the Liberal party.
C)a victory for the oldest elected federal MP.
D)the first hung parliament in 70 years.
92
As claimed in "Australia's Dead-Heat Election: Hung, Drawn, Now Courting," the biggest winner in the 2010 elections was the:
A)Labor party.
B)Green party.
C)National party.
D)Liberal party.
93
As mentioned in "Australia's Dead-Heat Election: Hung, Drawn, Now Courting," in 2010 a 20-year old was elected as a federal MP.
A)True
B)False
94
Many judges, as maintained in "Reclaiming Democracy: The Strategic Uses of Foreign and International Law by National Courts," believe that reliance on foreign and international law inevitably comes into tension with:
A)their country's own constitution.
B)the evolving flexibility of legal opinion.
C)public sentiment in their own country.
D)the value of national sovereignty.
95
The phenomenon of national courts referring to foreign and international law in making their decisions, as put forth in "Reclaiming Democracy: The Strategic Uses of Foreign and International Law by National Courts," can be seen most particularly in all of the following areas except:
A)individual freedoms, such as speech and religion.
B)counterterrorism measures.
C)protection of the environment.
D)the status of asylum seekers.
96
Globalization, as asserted in "Reclaiming Democracy: The Strategic Uses of Foreign and International Law by National Courts," is placing increasing pressure on the domestic branches of governments to conform to global standards.
A)True
B)False
97
As noted in "Rule of Law, Russian-Style," the author states that the rule of law in Russia was:
A)first backed by the czars.
B)enforced by the communist party.
C)endorsed by Mikhail Gorbachev when he called for a "rule-of-law- based state."
D)abolished during Perestroika.
98
As stated in "Rule of Law, Russian-Style," Russians will now generally use the courts:
A)when they are in a dispute with someone who is similarly situated as far as power is concerned.
B)only when they must confront people more powerful than they are.
C)only when they must confront people less powerful than they are.
D)for all attempts to seek redress.
99
As concluded in "Rule of Law, Russian-Style," the weakness of civil society in Russia is a hindrance to more robust rule of law.
A)True
B)False
100
In discussing the KGB in Russia in the 1970s and later, the author of "The Making of a Neo-KGB State" contends that the KGB:
A)was not bound by Russian law.
B)mounted a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.
C)adamantly opposed perestroika.
D)consistently opposed Boris Yeltsin.
101
As reported in "The Making of a Neo-KGB State," Vladimir Putin takes as a model:
A)Leonid Brezhnev.
B)Mikhail Gorbachev.
C)Yuri Andropov.
D)Vladimir Bakatin.
102
As noted in "The Making of a Neo-KGB State," Boris Yeltsin believed that the KGB had been completely dismantled by the time he retired.
A)True
B)False
103
As cited in "Civil-Military Power Struggles: The Case of Mauritania," a 2005 coup d'etat installed a government that was:
A)primarily democratic.
B)led by President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya.
C)an autocratic regime.
D)socialist.
104
As discussed in "Civil-Military Power Struggles: The Case of Mauritania," in 2007 President Abdallahi was instrumental in passing a law that:
A)prohibited private ownership of property.
B)provided citizens the right to free speech.
C)granted the press the right to print criticism of the government without the threat of reprisal.
D)criminalized slave ownership.
105
As noted in "Civil-Military Power Struggles: The Case of Mauritania," free elections have never been held in Mauritania.
A)True
B)False
106
As detailed in "In Turkey, Military's Power over Secular Democracy Slips," recently the Turkish public has protested against the military's grip on power because members of the public:
A)no longer believe threats against the state warrant a strong military presence.
B)believe it has only benefited wealthy and secular elites.
C)would prefer a civilian socialist government.
D)would prefer a democratically elected government.
107
As described in "In Turkey, Military's Power over Secular Democracy Slips," in a 2009 trip to Turkey, President Obama hailed:
A)its strong military.
B)Prime Minister Erdogan's control of the country.
C)its strong democracy based on religion.
D)its strong and secular democracy.
108
As noted in "In Turkey, Military's Power over Secular Democracy Slips," in a recent poll, 58 percent disputed Turkey's need for a civilian constitution.
A)True
B)False
109
As presented in "China: The Quiet Revolution," China's gradual recession from control over the economy resulted in:
A)an economic recession.
B)rapid transition to a market economy.
C)economic reform without privatization.
D)the end of communism in China.
110
As described in "China: The Quiet Revolution," the role of the Communist Party in China has been forever altered by all of the following changes except:
A)a move away from a one-party political system.
B)new laws involving labor.
C)the adoption of norms that reflect the standards of the international community.
D)the creation of new government commissions and offices.
111
As claimed in "China: The Quiet Revolution," although China's intentions are good, most people who are familiar with China see that the changes are symbolic rather than substantive.
A)True
B)False
112
As noted in "The True Clash of Civilizations," the cultural dividing line between the West and the Muslim world centers on:
A)perceptions of democracy.
B)value placed on individualism.
C)money.
D)gender.
113
As pointed out in "The True Clash of Civilizations," the one Muslim country that did not think highly of democracy was:
A)Albania.
B)Indonesia.
C)Pakistan.
D)Azerbaijan.
114
According to "The True Clash of Civilizations," Muslim states have uniquely low levels of tolerance on the issue of sexual orientation.
A)True
B)False
115
As claimed in "Authoritarianism's Last Line of Defense," electoral authoritarianism is:
A)a single-party government.
B)a nondemocratic form of governance that allows for multiparty elections.
C)an example of an oligarchy.
D)an example of liberal democracy.
116
As described in "Authoritarianism's Last Line of Defense," the role of the legislature in an authoritarian regime is to:
A)write and pass laws based on the will of the people.
B)write laws that the state imposes upon citizens.
C)serve as the voice of the people.
D)unilaterally enforce the law.
117
As identified in "Authoritarianism's Last Line of Defense," while authoritarian regimes control most of government and society, elections are usually considered sacrosanct and not controlled by the state.
A)True
B)False
118
As cited in "Why Democracy Needs a Level Playing Field," in many countries democratic competition is undermined by:
A)unequal access to state institutions and the media.
B)electoral fraud.
C)authoritarian regimes.
D)a corrupt judiciary.
119
As presented in "Why Democracy Needs a Level Playing Field," in many nondemocratic countries the national media is:
A)wholly owned and controlled by the state.
B)a public good.
C)often controlled by the government opposition.
D)independent and free.
120
As noted in "Why Democracy Needs a Level Playing Field," in Cameroon it is illegal for the ruling party to use state monies to fund operating expenses.
A)True
B)False
121
As reported in "The EU and Its 'Constitution'," prior to the electoral defeat of the constitution, the integration process had:
A)proceeded flawlessly and quickly.
B)already been bogged down by corruption scandals.
C)been driven by elites.
D)led to increased party inefficiency.
122
As noted in "The EU and Its 'Constitution'," negotiations to bring Turkey into the European Union:
A)are seen by all analysts as destined to succeed.
B)face public opposition among Europeans to Turkish membership.
C)were canceled because of the constitution vote.
D)began long before the constitution failure.
123
As pointed out in "The EU and Its 'Constitution'," geopolitics have always provided a rationale within domestic politics for the insulation of representative institutions from direct constituency pressures.
A)True
B)False





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