The term for official membership that a state confers to most of its permanent population is
a. permanent residency.
b. national identity.
c. civic nationality.
d. internal recognition.
e. citizenship.
Q. 2Which of the following is NOT a necessary characteristic of a state?
a. A defined territory
b. A population with a particular form of identity that unites and binds it together
c. Sovereignty over the territory it claims
d. Governing institutions
e. International recognition
Q. 3The basic unit of political organization in the world is the
a. state.
b. government.
c. regime.
d. country.
e. nation.
Q. 4Which type of authority is justified by the argument that supreme political power should go to those designated to hold it by due process of law?
a. Traditional authority
b. Policy authority
c. Charismatic authority
d. Legitimate authority
e. Legal authority
Q. 5An important characteristic of society is
a. physical proximity, allowing the group to function as a relatively closed and interdependent system of relations among individuals.
b. a feeling that the group deserves to control its own affairs within a given territory.
c. a group united by shared cultural features, especially myths and symbols.
d. the presence of clear, consistent, agreed-upon goals.
e. the existence of clear communication systems and monumental architecture.
Q. 6Unwritten rules or expectations of behavior are called
a. norms.
b. informal laws.
c. traditions.
d. habits.
e. society.
Q. 7Society refers to
a. a set of rules that determine the way decisions are made.
b. a large collective of people who are connected in some meaningful way.
c. rules and conditions about how people relate to each other on a daily basis.
d. a group of people that share a particular form of identity that binds them together.
e. an organization with a specific purpose that tries to attain an agreed-upon set of goals.
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