Deck 10: Political Leadership and State Capacity

Question 1

"State capacity" is most closely related to a country's

A) leadership.
B) population.
C) diplomats.
D) bureaucracy.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to which body of water?

A) Black Sea
B) Red Sea
C) Indian Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Agrarian Reform Act limited land ownership and redistributed land among peasants in which country?

A) United Kingdom
B) France
C) Egypt
D) South Africa

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Nigeria under General Sani Abacha is an example of which of the following types of leadership?

A) Transitional military leader
B) Conservative military leader
C) The monarch as leader
D) Communist leader

Question 5

What Western country aided General Augusto Pinochet in his takeover of Chile?

A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Spain
D) Portugal

Question 6

The government bureaucracy in Egypt

A) employs 10 percent of the population.
B) is the country's substitute for unemployment insurance.
C) has grown tremendously since 1950.
D) All of the above

Question 7

Why is the population of Saudi Arabia only a rough estimate?

A) There is no official census.
B) The census results are not released to the rest of the world.
C) Most Saudis are nomadic.
D) Three-fourths of the population is foreign.

Question 8

What is the largest island in the Caribbean?

A) Hispaniola
B) Grand Cayman
C) Cuba
D) Jamaica

Question 9

Guantanamo Bay is what type of military base?

A) Navy
B) Army
C) Air Force
D) Coast Guard

Question 10

What was Fidel Castro's profession prior to joining the 26^th of July Revolutionary Movement?

A) Professor
B) Lawyer
C) Police officer
D) Businessman

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an example of companies taken over by the Cuban government after Castro assumed power?

A) Telephone companies
B) Electric companies
C) Oil companies
D) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following categories does Cuba NOT rank best among Latin American countries?

A) Life expectancy
B) Infant mortality rates
C) Literacy rates
D) Infectious diseases

Question 13

"Patronage" refers to

A) fatherlike leaders heading bureaucracies.
B) leaders rewarding loyal supporters by hiring them into bureaucracies.
C) standards of civility in bureaucracies.
D) presumptions of superiority by bureaucrats.

Question 14

This country is an excellent example of benefitting from the bureaucracy of colonial powers by adopting it to its ancient traditions:

A) Japan
B) India
C) Honduras
D) Rwanda

Question 15

Prior to independence, most developing countries had patriarchal leadership systems, which were

A) the result of military interventions.
B) rooted in family groups.
C) democratically elected.
D) None of the above

Question 16

In 2000, China executed Cheng Kejie; what was his crime?

A) Accepting bribes
B) Treason
C) Conspiracy
D) Murder

Question 17

False reporting is the most common method of what?

A) Operational autonomy
B) Corruption
C) Formalism
D) Political persuasion

Question 18

After the Communist Party took over China, what happened to the number of state employees over the next ten years?

A) It increased slightly.
B) It increased dramatically.
C) It decreased slightly.
D) It decreased dramatically.

Question 19

The election of Vicente Fox Queseda in 2000 saw the defeat of the PRI in Mexico for the first time in how many years?

A) 25 years
B) 40 years
C) 55 years
D) 70 years

Question 20

The move toward less government in people's lives is

A) operational autonomy.
B) deregulation.
C) formalism.
D) neopatriarchy.

Question 21

The Internet, cell phones, text messaging, and iPads are examples of

A) increased information flow that makes it more difficult for bureaucracies to regulate many activities.
B) global technology that has not yet reached the developing world.
C) resistance to change.
D) None of the above

Question 22

Military intervention

A) always ends in a dictatorship.
B) has occurred mainly in Latin America.
C) has had varying results in the type of leadership instituted.
D) never involves an ethos of public service.

Question 23

What has NOT been a problem with inheriting a colonial structure of bureaucracy?

A) Structure is alien in origin.
B) It is contradictory to native culture.
C) It is already existing.
"already exists"? EG: Okay.
D) There is a lack of trained, experienced managers to run it.

Question 24

Why was it especially difficult for newly independent countries to begin controlling their own bureaucracy?

A) The top administrators had left the country.
B) They were unfamiliar with the functions of bureaucracy.
C) The bureaucracy was designed according to their native customs.
D) They did not believe bureaucracy was necessary.

Question 25

The 26^th of July Revolutionary Movement was in Chile.

Question 26

In Saudi Arabia, law is guided by Islamic teachings as interpreted by Ulelma, learned holy women.

Question 27

The Bay of Pigs was orchestrated by the U.S. government; it was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro by Cuban exiles living in Miami.

Question 28

Among Latin American countries, Cuba has the fewest doctors per thousand people.

Question 29

The basic pattern of bureaucracy in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is more similar to the former colonial powers than the indigenous peoples.

Question 30

Operational autonomy can be viewed as a form of participation and representation in authoritarian states.

Question 31

The percentage of the Egyptian population being employed by the government has risen from 2.2 percent in 1950 to 10 percent in 1986.

Question 32

After independence, India retained a British type of administration and parliamentary democracy.

Question 33

In India, the judiciary is independent and is headed by a supreme court.

Question 34

The bureaucracy is usually the most permanent institution in the state.

Question 35

Nigeria did NOT achieve independence from Great Britain until 1980.

Question 36

The purpose of colonial bureaucracies was to serve the people in the colonies in a way that was respectful to their native cultures.

Question 37

Since its creation, Saudi Arabia has had a total of five kings: Ibn Saud and his sons.

Question 38

In simple terms, formalism is fabricating statistics and ignoring regulations.

Question 39

In 1999, ___________________ won the Nigerian presidential election with more than 60 percent of the votes.

Question 40

In 2006, at the age of 90, _________________ was accused of crimes against humanity but died before he could stand trial.

Question 41

_________ is Africa's most populous state.

Question 42

An ____________ is legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.

Question 43

The Rajya Sabha, or the Council of States, and the Lok Sabha, or the House of Representatives, are the Parliamentary houses of ___________.

Question 44

_______________ is the main impediment to Egypt's economic development.

Question 45

A common problem in poorer states is ____________, which occurs with the migration of technically competent individuals to wealthier states.

Question 46

_________________ is Mexico's greatest problem.

Question 47

In ____________, leaders have used the bureaucracy as a dumping ground for the unemployed.

Question 48

___________ is a concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality.

Question 49

A military takeover of the government is also known as a __________________.

Question 50

Aswan High Dam was brought about through the efforts of _____________ in Egypt.

Question 51

The ____________ were the original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 52

Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956 was known as the _______________________.

Question 53

The ______________ is the administrative arm of the government.

Question 54

What is the meaning of following term:
-Patriarchal leadership

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 55

What is the meaning of following term:
-Neopatriarchy

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 56

What is the meaning of following term:
-Capitulation system

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 57

What is the meaning of following term:
-Agrarian Reform Act

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 58

What is the meaning of following term:
-Ulema

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 59

What is the meaning of following term:
-Embargo

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 60

What is the meaning of following term:
-Deregulation

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 61

What is the meaning of following term:
-Brain drain

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 62

What is the meaning of following term:
-Bureaucratic corruption

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 63

What is the meaning of following term:
-Formalism

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 64

What is the meaning of following term:
-Patronage

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 65

What is the meaning of following term:
-Arawaks

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 66

What is the meaning of following term:
-Bay of Pigs

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 67

What is the meaning of following term:
-The 26th of July Revolutionary Movement

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 68

What is the meaning of following term:
-Bureaucracy

A) Legislation that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries.
B) A concept used to remind people of the widespread discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting.
C) Castro's group of 82 men who landed in Cuba in 1956.
D) A patriarchal system in a society that hides under the facade of modernity.
E) The administrative arm of government.
F) The desire for less government regulation of the market.
G) System that exempted non-Egyptians from Egyptian laws.
H) Islamic learned religious man.
I) Leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups.
J) Failed invasion of Cuba by Miami exiles.
K) The illegal use of an official position or title for private gain.
L) The use of political office to hire supporters.
M) Limited land ownership and redistributed land among the peasants in Egypt.
N) Migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to wealthier ones.
O) Original inhabitants of Cuba.

Question 69

What impact has great change had on governments and leaders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America? Be sure to include one example from each area.

Question 70

Why are leaders important throughout the developing world? Is this importance similar to or different from the developed world? Be sure to fully explain your answer.

Question 71

What exactly is bureaucracy? Do all governments have some sort of bureaucratic body? Be sure to include specific examples.

Question 72

Discuss how colonialism has affected bureaucratic structures in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Be sure to include one example from each area.

Question 73

How do leaders interact with the bureaucracy? Does a leader's relationship with the bureaucracy affect his or her ability to enact change within the government?