Deck 2: The Explosion of Third World Democracy

Question 1

The actions of which group were most decisive in determining if Arab Spring revolts succeeded?

A) The universities
B) The military
C) The Muslim clergy
D) The courts
E) Student associations

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which country most clearly has the social and economic conditions needed to produce democracy,but has not established democratic government?

A) Haiti
B) India
C) Singapore
D) Brazil
E) Kuwait

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The UN-affiliated International Criminal Court (ICC)was formed to prosecute leaders who have created crimes against humanity or war crimes,such as:

A) Aung San Suu Kyi
B) Corazon Aquino
C) Charles Taylor
D) Nelson Mandela
E) Fidel Ramos

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A country's level of democracy generally correlates with

A) the absence of foreign wars.
B) the number of religions in the country.
C) the political power of the peasantry.
D) the country's level of international trade.
E) the country's level of economic development and extent of mass communications.

Question 5

Which region of the Third World has the highest percentage of "free countries?"

A) East Asia
B) Latin America and the Caribbean
C) Asia and the Pacific
D) North Africa
E) Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 6

Which class has played the key role in establishing a liberal democracy?

A) A well-organized peasantry
B) The working class
C) Large rural landowners
D) A weak working class
E) The bourgeoisie (business class)

Question 7

The Third Wave

A) began after World War I.
B) affected both the Second and Third Worlds.
C) began with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
D) was over by the end of the twentieth century.
E) was started by U.S. foreign policy efforts.

Question 8

The Third World region with the longest experience with democracy is

A) South Asia.
B) North Africa.
C) Latin America.
D) the Middle East.
E) the Far East.

Question 9

A country is most likely to be democratic if a majority of its population belongs to which of the following religions?

A) Catholic
B) Protestant
C) Buddhist
D) Islamic
E) Eastern Orthodox

Question 10

The first Arab Spring pro-democracy revolt took place in:

A) Libya
B) Egypt
C) Tunisia
D) Syria
E) Yemen

Question 11

A newly democratic government in the less developed countries

A) is unlikely to last more than 8 years.
B) soon has to deal with many voters feeling "buyer's remorse."
C) will see support for democracy decline if the economy fares poorly.
D) will endure as long as it receives international support.
E) will soon face mass protests.

Question 12

Consolidated democracies

A) never break down.
B) precede democratic transitions.
C) are very rare.
D) require that previous dictators be put on trial.
E) are, by definition, the only game in town.

Question 13

What is a reverse wave?

A) A popularly based reaction against a previous wave
B) A return to authoritarian government in some recently democratized countries
C) The loss of government legitimacy
D) A sharp decline in the economy
E) A conservative reaction to liberal social politics

Question 14

The most important event that helped create democracy and a more democratic political culture in Japan was

A) the abdication of the emperor after World War I.
B) the introduction of Chinese cultural influences.
C) the U.S. occupation after World War II.
D) the opening of trade contacts with the West.
E) the decline of the Shinto religion.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a necessary requirement for the procedural aspects of liberal democracy?

A) Near universal education
B) The rule of law
C) Vertical government accountability
D) Horizontal government accountability
E) Near universal political participation

Question 16

Egypt's Coptic Christian community

A) represents about 10 percent of the population.
B) played no role in the pro-democracy protests.
C) has worked in harmony with the Muslim majority since Mubarak's overthrow.
D) has been given special advantages by the armed forces.
E) has gradually been converting to Islam.

Question 17

Which of the following are characteristic of semi-democracies?

A) They hold relatively free and fair elections
B) They repress civil liberties
C) They are electoral democracies
D) They are partly free
E) All of the above

Question 18

Which of the following are characteristic of liberal democracies?

A) Liberal economic policies
B) A stress on economic equality
C) Higher taxes
D) A free press
E) Universal education

Question 19

A country is least likely to be democratic if the majority of its population belongs to which of the following religions?

A) Catholic
B) Protestant
C) Buddhist
D) Islamic
E) Eastern Orthodox

Question 20

Authoritarian governments

A) are necessary in the early stages of national independence.
B) are usually less corrupt than civilian governments.
C) usually enjoy a high level of legitimacy.
D) are most common in countries with less than 50 percent literacy.
E) are more likely than democracies to generate economic growth.

Question 21

The International Criminal Court has charged a number of Third World leaders with crimes against humanity.

Question 22

Tunisia's pro-democracy uprising was referred to as "the Jasmine revolution."

Question 23

Democratic consolidation

A) requires a new constitution.
B) is not that important.
C) follows democratic transition.
D) usually requires substantial foreign aid.
E) is easier to achieve when there are sharp class divisions.

Question 24

Buddhist religious values were thought to be more conducive to democracy than Christian values.

Question 25

Some East Asian authoritarian governments were undermined by economic success.

Question 26

East Asia has the highest percentage of free countries of any Third World region.

Question 27

A democratic transition

A) begins when the authoritarian government collapses or starts negotiations with the opposition about stepping down.
B) begins after democratic consolidation takes place.
C) always begins after the outbreak of civil war.
D) requires some type of United Nations intervention.
E) is almost impossible to stop once it has begun.

Question 28

The Egyptian democratic uprising took place without any central leadership.

Question 29

Liberal democracy does not include electoral democracy.

Question 30

According to opinion polls in newly democratic,developing countries,

A) an overwhelming percentage of the population would continue to support democratic government even if economic conditions deteriorated substantially.
B) a majority of the population feels that democracy is the best form of government.
C) much of those regions' populations do not have either positive or negative feelings toward democracy.
D) support for democracy was very high after the transition from authoritarianism but has declined sharply since then.
E) most people feel that corruption has increased since the transition to democracy.

Question 31

Advocates of substantive democracy believe real democracy requires more than just procedural democracy.

Question 32

Which forms of democracy require free and fair elections?

A) Only liberal democracy
B) Only electoral democracy
C) Only substantive democracy
D) Liberal democracy and electoral democracy
E) Electoral democracy and substantive democracy

Question 33

Research revealed that democratic governments in countries with higher incomes have endured longer than they have in poorer nations.

Question 34

Countries that depend heavily on oil exports have a difficult time establishing democracy.

Question 35

South Asia has the longest tradition of democratic government.

Question 36

The first and second waves of democracy were followed by reverse waves.

Question 37

Government accountability has two components-vertical accountability and horizontal accountability.

Question 38

Analysts,who tracked more than 100 developing countries that made a transition from authoritarian to democratic government between 1960 amd 2004,found that most of those democratic governments survived until 2004.

Question 39

East Asian authoritarian regions have generally been able to resist Third Wave democracy.

Question 40

What were factors that political scientists felt help explain why so many new Third World countries were authoritarian in the decades after World War II?

A) Most developing countries were not yet sufficiently economically or socially developed to sustain political democracy
B) In some Third World Regions (most notably Asia) the political culture rejects democracy as divisive
C) The authoritarian family structure of most Third World regions meant that most of their populations reject democratic government
D) Answers (a) and (b) above
E) None of the above

Question 41

Discuss the similarities and differences between electoral democracy,procedural democracy,liberal democracy,and substantive democracy.

Question 42

What is the Third Wave? When did it start and what were some factors that produced it? What evidence convinced many political scientists that it might be coming to an end and what subsequent developments led many analysts to conclude that the wave was still going?

Question 43

What were some of the arguments that many scholars and political leaders used to justify authoritarian governments in the Third World?

Question 44

What are the social and economic conditions and the societal values that are most likely to support political democracy?

Question 45

What were the major events that defined the Arab Spring? What were some of the common factors that led to pro-democratic uprisings in so many Arab nations?