PLSC 003: Intro Comp Pol Pearson
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
In _____ states, like North Korea today, the public sphere is ver large and the private sphere
is very limited - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅totalitarian
What fundamentally sets states apart from other political systems, such as cities, counties, or
school districts, is that they have ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅sovereignty
There are approximately ____ different languages in use in the world today - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅5,000
In order to foster economic, development, states need to develop ____ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅a skilled and healthy labor force
Research demonstrates that income inequality has _____ in many advanced industrial
economies - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅increased
Different forms of government are referred to as ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regimes
South Africa under apartheid until the early 1990s is a good example of ___ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅an oligarchy
As international trade of goods and services has increased, ____ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅product production has shifted to where costs are lowest
A person who argues that the state's main role as promoting economic growth by establishing
and enforcing property rights and rules of economic exchange is more likely to agree with
____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅John Locke
___ is an example of a rent seeking behavior by the government - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅giving monopoly import licenses that allow businesses to raise prices
, The goals of the comparative methods used by political scientists are ___ those used in more
exact sciences such as physic - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅similar to
A conceptual framework is ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅general and intersubjective
A state's rank in the United Nations quality of life index is an example of a ___ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅variable
Changes in climatic conditions ___ levels of democracy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅have
no direct causal effect on
Which of the following is an example of a sparser relationship? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅U.S.-Nepalese relations
Which of the following established nation-states as the standard for the political organization
of Euope? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Treaty of Westphalia
Which state has a parliament that meets for only brief periods and merely ratifies decisions
made mainly by the executive branch? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅China
Since 2000, Russia seems to ___ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅have become more
authoritarian
Two governments spending equal amounts on education but getting different results illustrate
the ____ comparative politics - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅policy-outcome connection of
Politics is more effective if ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅underlying cultural conditions
are favorable
Which of the three levels of political culture concerns itself most with the appropriate role of
government in meeting the basic needs of its citizens? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅policy
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
In _____ states, like North Korea today, the public sphere is ver large and the private sphere
is very limited - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅totalitarian
What fundamentally sets states apart from other political systems, such as cities, counties, or
school districts, is that they have ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅sovereignty
There are approximately ____ different languages in use in the world today - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅5,000
In order to foster economic, development, states need to develop ____ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅a skilled and healthy labor force
Research demonstrates that income inequality has _____ in many advanced industrial
economies - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅increased
Different forms of government are referred to as ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regimes
South Africa under apartheid until the early 1990s is a good example of ___ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅an oligarchy
As international trade of goods and services has increased, ____ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅product production has shifted to where costs are lowest
A person who argues that the state's main role as promoting economic growth by establishing
and enforcing property rights and rules of economic exchange is more likely to agree with
____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅John Locke
___ is an example of a rent seeking behavior by the government - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅giving monopoly import licenses that allow businesses to raise prices
, The goals of the comparative methods used by political scientists are ___ those used in more
exact sciences such as physic - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅similar to
A conceptual framework is ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅general and intersubjective
A state's rank in the United Nations quality of life index is an example of a ___ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅variable
Changes in climatic conditions ___ levels of democracy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅have
no direct causal effect on
Which of the following is an example of a sparser relationship? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅U.S.-Nepalese relations
Which of the following established nation-states as the standard for the political organization
of Euope? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Treaty of Westphalia
Which state has a parliament that meets for only brief periods and merely ratifies decisions
made mainly by the executive branch? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅China
Since 2000, Russia seems to ___ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅have become more
authoritarian
Two governments spending equal amounts on education but getting different results illustrate
the ____ comparative politics - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅policy-outcome connection of
Politics is more effective if ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅underlying cultural conditions
are favorable
Which of the three levels of political culture concerns itself most with the appropriate role of
government in meeting the basic needs of its citizens? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅policy
