Central Texas College

GOVT 2304

Exam 1

1)This type of political system is ruled by the wealthy or a group of wealthy people who control or influence the government.

a Democracy

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b Monarchy

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c Meritocracy

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d Plutocracy

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e None of the

.  above

QUESTION 2

1.                                are surveys taken that provide a useful way of showing how different groups view certain political issues.

a Entrance polls

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b Demographics

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c Public opinion

. polls

d Exit polls

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e Data analyses

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QUESTION 3

1. He argued for a representative democracy where government possesses limited powers and where the selected representatives make decisions on their behalf.

e Thomas Hobbes

a Plato

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b John Locke

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c Aristotle

.

d Niccolo

.   Machiavelli

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QUESTION 4

1. This political theorist had a strong influence on Thomas Jefferson when he penned the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

d Karl Marx

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e St. Augustine

a Thomas Hobbes

.

b John Locke

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c Niccolo

.   Machiavelli

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QUESTION 5

1. Political scientists who use this methodological approach link experimental and quantitative data-driven analysis to an ethical responsibility to ask important questions affecting citizens.

a Traditionalism

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b Behavioralism

.

c Postbehavioral

.  ism

d None of the

above

e All of the

.  above

QUESTION 6

1. This political belief holds that war is never justified and that all disputes should be settled peacefully.

a Classical liberalism

.

b Traditional

.  conservatism

c Libertarianism

.

d Marxism

.

e Pacifism

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QUESTION 7

1. 1. When a social science researcher makes an educated guess based on previously understood facts, he/she is making a(an)

a qualitative

.  analysis.

b wild guess.

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c hypothesis.

.

d correlation.

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e quantitative

.  analysis.

QUESTION 8

1. This political ideology believes that government should not interfere in the economic or social life of people except to provide police and military protection.

conservatism

a Classical liberalism

.

b Marxism

.

c Libertarianism

.

d Nihilism

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e Traditional

QUESTION 9

1. 1.                               are considered social contract thinkers.

a Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli

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b Plato and Aristotle

.

c Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Karl Marx

.

d John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean

.  Jacques Rousseau

e Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

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QUESTION 10

1. Ancient political thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle believed that political power

a should be thought of as a contract between the government

.  and the governed.

b should be applied as a way of maintaining power.

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c should be understood as a way of achieving domination.

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d should achieve a balance of force and fraud.

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e should be applied as a means to the ends of social justice.

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