Which of the following was a fake state, as it did not have a sufficient political culture to keep it functional?
a. the Soviet Union
b. Nigeria
c. France
d. Afghanistan
Q. 2The number of police officers a government has can be a proxy measure of that country's __________.
a. sovereignty
b. secularism
c. corruption
d. legitimacy
Q. 3What is the aim of most political ideologies?
a. self-betterment
b. improving society
c. revolution
d. maintaining political power
Q. 4The values and attitudes of citizens regarding politics and society are referred to as political __________.
a. beliefs
b. ideology
c. culture
d. fundamentalism
Q. 5China has a(n) __________ system, and Russia has a(n) __________ system.
a. one-party; dominant-party
b. dominant-party; multi-party
c. dominant-party; one-party
d. multi-party; dominant-party
Q. 6Proportional electoral systems tend to produce __________, whereas majoritarian electoral systems tend to produce __________.
a. three parties; one party
b. competitive parties; noncompetitive parties
c. presidential systems; parliamentary systems
d. multiple parties; two major parties
Q. 7Parliamentary systems are characterized by __________.
a. a weak executive
b. a directly elected executive
c. a legislative branch that selects the prime minister
d. political corruption and cronyism
Q. 8If you were developing the political institutions of a country from scratch and wanted to generate a political system that limits government turnover, you would choose a(n) __________.
a. authoritarian government
b. parliamentary system
c. presidential system
d. democracy