To make nationalism a meaningful form of political identity, people must be encouraged to think they have much in common with those outside their immediate community.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 2Which is the term used for the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1903?
A. Menshevik
B. Bolshevik
C. Gromyko
D. Politburo
Q. 3Constructivism assumes that forms of political identity are timeless and individuals lack the ability to choose their political identity.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 4Which of the following defines bourgeoisie as understood by Karl Marx?
A. It refers to individuals' self-awareness of the political implications of being members of a particular economic class.
B. It refers to a group of people who are connected to each other by bonds of family, marriage, or blood.
C. It refers to an economic class of wealthy capitalists that emerged during the Industrial Revolution.
D. It refers to the assumption that political identities are innate and largely unchanging.
E. It refers to the assumption that individuals have some choice over their political identities but such choices are constrained by the social context.
Q. 5One of the historical patterns of Russian government has been a
A. regular evolution of dominant political parties.
B. steady history of democratic elections.
C. number of violent military coups.
D. tradition of absolutism in government.
Q. 6The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was composed of:
A. Russia and Czechoslovakia
B. four republics
C. fifteen republics
D. thirty-seven republics
Q. 7Primordialism contradicts the popular belief that group membership instinctively arouses group loyalties.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 8According to constructivism, political identities are independent of the impact of any primordial racial features.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.