Authoritarian governments:
a. have virtually disappeared throughout the world.
b. rest exclusively on coercion.
c. may govern through traditional authority.
d. rely solely on terror and fear.
Question 2Which of these is NOT a type of coercion typically used by the state?
a. taxation or other means of taking money
b. the arrest, imprisonment, and even killing of citizens under certain conditions
c. dictating the amount and types of spiritual beliefs permitted
d. negotiating or engaging in armed conflict with other countries
Question 3To say that the state claims a monopoly on the legitimate use of coercion means that:
a. all coercion by the state is legitimate.
b. the state determines who can use coercion legitimately.
c. all state power is coercive.
d. the state is the only institution that uses coercion.
Question 4Your text concludes that as society becomes larger and more complex, the jurisdiction of the state:
a. becomes more coercive.
b. is increasingly traditional.
c. is growing.
d. has become illegitimate.
Question 5When combined, all the institutions concerned with the social structure of power are called:
a. states.
b. jurisdictions.
c. repressive organizations.
d. politics.
Question 6The state is distinguished from other political institutions by which two characteristics?
a. coercion and regulation of conflict
b. authority and mediation of conflict
c. breadth of legitimate jurisdiction and control of the use of coercion
d. legitimacy and breadth of jurisdiction
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