Political scientists call someone who pursues a set of rights for a nation, including the right of political control over a certain territory, a
a. patriot.
b. nationalist.
c. citizen.
d. freedom fighter.
e. revolutionary.
Q. 2Territorial autonomy means
a. a people have complete sovereignty over a certain territory.
b. a people live in close physical proximity, allowing them to have a relatively closed and interdependent system of relations among their individual members.
c. a state has the capacity to produce effective government policy and to penetrate society to extract resources to fund government programs, and to protect the state against internal instability and external threat.
d. the international community has accepted a group's right to rule a certain area.
e. a people control much of the daily happenings of a particular area of a county, but they surrender authority over some matters (e.g., national defense) to the country's central government.
Q. 3A nation-state is
a. the same as a country, because all countries are nation-states.
b. a state with clearly defined boundaries.
c. a country with lower levels of government, such as states and provinces.
d. a state comprised almost exclusively of people from the same nation.
e. a state comprised almost exclusively of people from the same ethnic group.
Q. 4National identity in the United States has centered on
a. speaking English and being of Anglo-Saxon descent.
b. accepting a general set of values about personal liberty and political equality.
c. considering oneself Christian, even if it is more a cultural identifier than firm religious conviction.
d. subscribing to the idea that there is unity in diversity.
e. having a deep distrust of the government of the United States.
Q. 5Which nation do many social scientists consider to be close to the ideal of a civic nation?
a. American
b. German
c. Russian
d. Iranian
e. Chinese
Q. 6Ethnic nations are most common in
a. Africa and the Middle East.
b. Asia and Eastern Europe.
c. Europe.
d. North America.
e. South America.
Q. 7A nation whose membership boundaries are based primarily on an adherence to a set of political values and by citizenship in an existing state is known as a(n)
a. civic nation.
b. civil society.
c. secular nation.
d. ethnic nation.
e. nation-state.
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