Which of the following asserted that the collapse of communism meant the end of ideological struggles, and thus the end of history?
a. Deng Xiapeng
b. Benjamin Barber
c. Vladimir Putin
d. Francis Fukuyama
e. Ronald Inglehart
Q. 2A political ideology is
a. a particular group's values.
b. a system of meaning that provides a lens that helps groups make sense of the people and events they encounter.
c. the cultural form of a particular society that influences political outcomes such as the likelihood of successful democracy.
d. a set of guiding principles about the proper design and functioning of politics and society.
e. an answer to the question who gets what, when, and how..
Q. 3The process of transmitting values and systems of meaning, usually from one generation to the next, is known as
a. collectivization.
b. propaganda.
c. collectivism.
d. socialization.
e. acculturation.
Q. 4The political culture of which country includes a value that religion is considered a private matter, the expression of which has no place in a public institution?
a. India
b. France
c. Britain
d. Mexico
e. Germany
Q. 5The principle of lacit has led to
a. an acceptance of injustice and reversals of policies designed to empower the lower classes.
b. bans on students in public schools from wearing religious emblems, such as Muslim head scarves, Jewish yarmulkes, or Catholic crucifixes.
c. the attitude that it is better to sidestep an unjust law rather than try to change it.
d. a strong growth in fundamentalism among Indians.
e. forceful opposition to globalization.
Q. 6A defining event is important in political culture because it
a. can provide a shock to society that overwhelms the tendency of political culture to resist change.
b. creates the basis and myth for the country's political culture.
c. unifies the population around the traditional political culture and makes it more difficult to change.
d. makes the public more aware of the political culture.
e. is the culmination of smaller events that reoccur or are sustained over time that shape political culture.
Q. 7Negative rights are associated with
a. a preference for order and stability over freedom.
b. an oppressive government which denies basic freedoms.
c. a preference for freedom over order and security.
d. the attitude that if an act is not explicitly permitted by law, it is forbidden.
e. the attitude that if an act is not explicitly prohibited by law, then it is permitted.
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