Question 1

Charles Tilly suggests that the modern state beat out rival forms of political organization primarily because it

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A) linked religious authority to political authority. 
B) settled near trade routes. 
C) staked out an area, consolidated power, taxed its subjects, and defended its territory. 
D) developed the means by which groups could defend themselves through state building. 
A) linked religious authority to political authority. 
B) settled near trade routes. 
C) staked out an area, consolidated power, taxed its subjects, and defended its territory. 
D) developed the means by which groups could defend themselves through state building.

Question 2

In which of the following ways does a government built primarily on charismatic legitimacy differ from one based on traditional legitimacy?

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A) Charismatic legitimacy is much more likely to transform into rational-legal legitimacy. 
B) Charismatic legitimacy has a better chance of being institutionalized. 
C) Charismatic legitimacy would likely be much shorter-lived. 
D) Charismatic legitimacy increases in power more from length of office than does traditional legitimacy. 
A) Charismatic legitimacy is much more likely to transform into rational-legal legitimacy. 
B) Charismatic legitimacy has a better chance of being institutionalized. 
C) Charismatic legitimacy would likely be much shorter-lived. 
D) Charismatic legitimacy increases in power more from length of office than does traditional legitimacy.

Question 3

Thomas Hobbes believed that people gave up their rights to the coercive power of the state in order to

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A) seek greater equality between peoples. 
B) gain religious freedom. 
C) escape anarchy. 
D) escape authoritarianism. 
A) seek greater equality between peoples. 
B) gain religious freedom. 
C) escape anarchy. 
D) escape authoritarianism.

Question 4

How is a regime different from a government? What are the components that make up the regime of the United States?

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A good answer will clearly define the di

Question 5

Which of the following characteristics is more likely to be seen in a federalist state than a unitary state?

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A) concentration of power in a central government 
B) underrepresentation of ethnic minorities 
C) limited local policy making 
D) devolution of taxation to regional bodies 
A) concentration of power in a central government 
B) underrepresentation of ethnic minorities 
C) limited local policy making 
D) devolution of taxation to regional bodies

Question 6

What is the "state" and what are its primary features?

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A good answer will include Weber's defin

Question 7

The modern state eventually supplanted which system of economic organization?

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A) city-states focused on trade 
B) farming and agricultural model 
C) feudalism 
D) mercantilism 
A) city-states focused on trade 
B) farming and agricultural model 
C) feudalism 
D) mercantilism

Question 8

How is power typically divided in a federal system? What conditions in a country are most likely to lead to a system of asymmetric federalism?

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A good answer will describe how certain

Question 9

Sovereignty is primarily defined as the ability of

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A) individuals to vote freely in elections without restriction by the state or external actors. 
B) individuals to depend on laws and regulations to be enforced with impartiality. 
C) states to carry out actions or policies within a territory independent of external actors or internal rivals. 
D) states to influence other actors in the international system by means of physical, cultural, or economic force. 
A) individuals to vote freely in elections without restriction by the state or external actors. 
B) individuals to depend on laws and regulations to be enforced with impartiality. 
C) states to carry out actions or policies within a territory independent of external actors or internal rivals. 
D) states to influence other actors in the international system by means of physical, cultural, or economic force.

Question 10

Political scientists, based on the work of Max Weber, define the state as

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A) a small regional unit within a country, found only under federalism. 
B) an organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory. 
C) the basic rules and norms of politics. 
D) any condition that leads to political action. 
A) a small regional unit within a country, found only under federalism. 
B) an organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory. 
C) the basic rules and norms of politics. 
D) any condition that leads to political action.

Question 11

Russia is a good example of a state with

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A) high capacity but low autonomy. 
B) low capacity but high autonomy. 
C) high capacity and high autonomy. 
D) low capacity and low autonomy. 
A) high capacity but low autonomy. 
B) low capacity but high autonomy. 
C) high capacity and high autonomy. 
D) low capacity and low autonomy.

Question 12

Which one of the following accurately reflects the order of concepts from weakly institutionalized to highly institutionalized?

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A) state, regime, government 
B) regime, government, state 
C) government, state, regime 
D) government, regime, state 
A) state, regime, government 
B) regime, government, state 
C) government, state, regime 
D) government, regime, state

Question 13

Max Weber's three forms of political legitimacy are

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A) traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal. 
B) traditional, charismatic, and technocratic. 
C) technocratic, democratic, and authoritarian. 
D) authoritarian, democratic, and revolutionary. 
A) traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal. 
B) traditional, charismatic, and technocratic. 
C) technocratic, democratic, and authoritarian. 
D) authoritarian, democratic, and revolutionary.

Question 14

Country is a shorthand term for the combination of

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A) regime, government, nation. 
B) nation, state, ideology. 
C) territory, regime, state. 
D) regime, state, government. 
A) regime, government, nation. 
B) nation, state, ideology. 
C) territory, regime, state. 
D) regime, state, government.

Question 15

Do you live under a weak or strong state? How do the concepts of autonomy and capacity help in thinking about the categories of strong and weak?

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A good answer will discuss the categorie

Charles Tilly suggests that the modern state beat out rival forms of political organization primarily because it

In which of the following ways does a government built primarily on charismatic legitimacy differ from one based on traditional legitimacy?

Thomas Hobbes believed that people gave up their rights to the coercive power of the state in order to

How is a regime different from a government? What are the components that make up the regime of the United States?

Which of the following characteristics is more likely to be seen in a federalist state than a unitary state?

What is the "state" and what are its primary features?

The modern state eventually supplanted which system of economic organization?

How is power typically divided in a federal system? What conditions in a country are most likely to lead to a system of asymmetric federalism?

Sovereignty is primarily defined as the ability of

Political scientists, based on the work of Max Weber, define the state as

Russia is a good example of a state with

Which one of the following accurately reflects the order of concepts from weakly institutionalized to highly institutionalized?

Max Weber's three forms of political legitimacy are

Country is a shorthand term for the combination of

Do you live under a weak or strong state? How do the concepts of autonomy and capacity help in thinking about the categories of strong and weak?

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Exam 2: States

Charles Tilly suggests that the modern state beat out rival forms of political organization primarily because it

In which of the following ways does a government built primarily on charismatic legitimacy differ from one based on traditional legitimacy?

Thomas Hobbes believed that people gave up their rights to the coercive power of the state in order to

How is a regime different from a government? What are the components that make up the regime of the United States?

Which of the following characteristics is more likely to be seen in a federalist state than a unitary state?

What is the "state" and what are its primary features?

The modern state eventually supplanted which system of economic organization?

How is power typically divided in a federal system? What conditions in a country are most likely to lead to a system of asymmetric federalism?

Sovereignty is primarily defined as the ability of

Political scientists, based on the work of Max Weber, define the state as

Russia is a good example of a state with

Which one of the following accurately reflects the order of concepts from weakly institutionalized to highly institutionalized?

Max Weber's three forms of political legitimacy are

Country is a shorthand term for the combination of

Do you live under a weak or strong state? How do the concepts of autonomy and capacity help in thinking about the categories of strong and weak?

Introduction

Nations and Society

Political Economy

Political Violence

Democratic Regimes

Developed Democracies

Nondemocratic Regimes

Communism and Postcommunism

Developing Countries

Globalization and the Future of Comparative Politics

United Kingdom

Russia

China

Iran

Mexico

Nigeria

Filters