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Political and Economic Power Distribution MCQ

1. Unlike extractive economic institutions, inclusive economic institutions ____________.

Promote open markets.

Fail to ensure property rights.

Do not include regulations.

Are comprised of laws

Answer

Correct Answer: Promote open markets.

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2. Armed conflict occurring within, between, or among societies or groups is called

War

Revolution

Power

Totalitarian government

Answer

Correct Answer: War

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3. Any form of government that almost totally controls people’s lives is called

War

Revolution

Power

Totalitarian government

Answer

Correct Answer: Totalitarian government

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4. Social and political transformations of a nation that result when states fail to fulfill their expected responsibilities is called

War

Revolution

Power

Totalitarian government

Answer

Correct Answer: Revolution

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5. Ability of a person or group to realize its own will in groups, even against the resistance of others who disagree is called

War

Revolution

Power

Totalitarian government

Answer

Correct Answer: Power

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6. ____ Economic systems in which the government or another centralized group oversees production and distribution

Planned

Unplanned

Democratic

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Planned

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7. Economic systems driven by the balance of supply and demand, allowing free competition to reward the efficient and the innovative with profits is capitalist economic system

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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8. Collective or group planning of the development of society, but within a democratic political system is democratic socialism

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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9. ____ Governments characterized by accountability to citizens and a large degree of control by individuals over their own lives

Democratic

Patriotic

Commercial

Public

Answer

Correct Answer: Democratic

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10. Power that is considered legitimate and rightful by those subject to it is called authority

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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11. Governments in which power is concentrated in the hands of an absolute monarch, dictator, or small group not accountable to the people is authoritarian government

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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12. Which theorists contend that power is distributed among groups so that no one group has full control?

Pluralist

Elite

World systems

Modernization

Answer

Correct Answer: Pluralist

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13. When power is legitimate, what is it referred to as?

Coercion

Authority

Terrorism

Democracy

Answer

Correct Answer: Authority

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14. What is the most typical type of legitimate power in modern nation-states?

Rational-legal authority

Traditional authority

Charismatic authority

Absolute authority

Answer

Correct Answer: Rational-legal authority

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15. Which term refers to the ability of people or groups to exert their own will in group action despite resistance of others?

Power

Authority

Coercion

Legitimation

Answer

Correct Answer: Power

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16. Democratic systems must take a “winner-take-all” approach to electing leaders.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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17. Any form of power in which people willfully give authority to others is coercion.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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18. Which theorists believe that a small group of individuals will inevitably come to power in all societies?

Pluralist

Elite

World systems

Modernization

Answer

Correct Answer: Elite

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19. Which types of governments are characterized by accountability of the government to citizens and a large degree of control by individuals over their own lives?

Democratic governments

Totalitarian governments

Authoritarian governments

Charismatic governments

Answer

Correct Answer: Democratic governments

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20. The vast majority of people living in the U.S. are more involved in the political process than people living in other Western democracies.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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21. Terrorism only refers to acts of violence by private non-state groups.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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