Political Theory Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Political Theory Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
POLITICAL THEORY - CORRECT ANSWER A branch of political science that deals with
only theories. Political theory is two branches, Classic Theories and Temporary Theories



Plato - CORRECT ANSWER Founded Political Science



Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER Was the first empirical political scientist



Niccolo Machiavelli - CORRECT ANSWER Established the foundations of modern political
science in his book "The Prince"



The Contractualists - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Thomas Hobbes

2. John Locke

3. Jean Jack Rousseau



The Social Contract - CORRECT ANSWER It is and unwritten contract between the
government and the governed and between citizens and other citizens in a nation



Principals of the Social Contract - CORRECT ANSWER 1. state of nature humans before
civilization.

2. civil society humans after becoming civilized.

3. associations between family and government



Marxist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Coined by Carl Marx, a German who lived in England.
He believed that governments must control all factors of production



Institutional Theory - CORRECT ANSWER The practice of using public institutions to care for
people. Institutionalists believed that institutions such as government, Army and Judicial must be in
charge of the nation.