Deck 6: Authoritarian Regimes

Question 1

Totalitarian regimes:

A) are non-ideological
B) only use repression to ensure compliance
C) aim to reconstruct society
D) are most common in Africa

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime was authoritarian, but not totalitarian

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Why are personalist dictatorships so unpredictable?

A) They only listen to the military
B) They surround themselves with sycophants that fail to check their power
C) They surround themselves with an inner circle that has too many different opinions
D) They believe that erratic behaviour will confuse external opponents

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What explains why single party regimes are so durable?

A) Single party regimes usually are communist
B) Single party regimes don't listen to the military
C) Single party regimes ban all political opponents
D) Single party regimes deliberate and take their time when making policy decisions

Question 5

Most authoritarian regimes of the past were hereditary monarchies

Question 6

Which of the following are types of hybrid regimes?

A) flawed democracies
B) electoral authoritarian regimes
C) competitive authoritarian regimes
D) liberal democracies

Question 7

Whats the type of regime to the exemplary country

Question 8

What tactics do authoritarian regimes use to legitimize their rule?

A) using propaganda
B) using democratic institutions
C) Using repression
D) Co-optation of elites and citizens

Question 9

The process of becoming more authoritarian is known as______________

Question 10

What type of regimes performs the best economically?

A) Monarchies
B) Personalist regimes
C) Single-party regimes
D) Military regimes