POLI 330N Week 8 Final Exam (Version 2 - Essay & MCQs)

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POLI 330N Week 8 Final Exam (Version 2 - Essay & MCQs) Week 8 : Final Exam ­ Final Exam Page 1 1. (TCO 1) Historians and political scientists are different because historians and po... litical scientists . Chapter 1, page 5 (Points : 2) , 2. (TCO 1) The notion that politicians think practically and political scientists think abstractly is indicative of which of the following? (Points : 2) 3. (TCO 1) Voting for someone who is charismatic but whose policies might not benefit you would be considered behavior. (Points : 2) 4. (TCO 1) is the use of public office for private gain.(Points : 2) 5. (TCO 1) The notion that we acknowledge the rightful roles of our leaders or our laws is known as . (Points : 2) 6. 1) Relating concepts in a way that connects them in an empirical manner is the basis of building (Point . 2) 7. (TCO 1) The term for measuring with numbers is . (Points : 2) 8. (TCO 4) The English common law stressed the rights of free and equal men and was developed on the basis of precedent set by earlier judges, known today as . (Points : 2) 9. (TCO 4) Which of the following issues is a civil concern? (Points : 2) 10. (TCO 4) The concept of judicial review falls under which article of the U.S. Constitution?(Points : 2) Judicial review is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. 11. (TCO 4) Who nominates and approves federal judges in the U.S. court system? (Points : 2) 12. (TCO 4) Which of the following was an argument against granting the U.S. Supreme Court the power of judicial review? (Points : 2) 13. (TCO 4) Examine the ideal role of American judges. (Points : 2) 14. (TCO 4) In Lombard v. Louisiana (1963), the Warren Court supported , ruling that blacks who had refused to leave a segregated lunch counter could not be prosecuted. (Points : 2) 15. (TCO 5) Why do the responsibilities of legislative and executive powers often overlap?(Points : 2) 16. (TCO 5) How often does the cabinet change in a parliamentary system? (Points : 2) 17. (TCO 5) Because of the separation of powers inherent in a presidential system, some scholars think that executive­legislative is common in systems like that used in the United States. (Points : 2) 18. (TCO 5) Who directly calls forth the leader of the largest party to take office with a cabinet and become the prime minister? (Points : 2) Week 8 : Final Exam ­ Final Exam Page 2 1. (TCO 5) When it comes to electing officials, which factor matters the most to voters in both presidential and parliamentary elections? (Points : 2) 2. (TCO 5) Who receives the most attention in both parliamentary and presidential systems? (Points : 2) 3. (TCO 5) Describe how the United States expands its cabinet. (Points : 2) 4. (TCO 7) Radicals use the term political economy instead of to describe their critique of capitalism and the inequitable distribution of wealth among nations. (Points : 2) 5. (TCO 7) How do Keynesian economic policies differ from the traditional laissez­faire policies developed by Adam Smith? (Points : 2) 6. (TCO 7) What event is largely considered responsible for deterring Johnson’s War on Poverty? (Points : 2) 7. (TCO 7) Which of the following is an increasing financial concern of the Medicare program? (Points : 2) 8. (TCO 7) Why are many politicians wary about limiting Social Security and Medicare expenses? (Points : 2) 9. (TCO 7) How does the American welfare state compare to those of other industrialized nations? (Points : 2) 10. (TCO 7) Theoretically, what are the consequences if the government assumes the burden of bad loans? (Points : 2) 11. (TCO 9) What is the most common response to serious domestic unrest? (Points : 2) 12. (TCO 9) Riots triggered by police beating youths, protests against globalization, and labor strikes against austerity are all examples of . (Points : 2) 13. (TCO 9) What is likely to happen if the people are unhappy and there is no organization to focus their discontent? (Points : 2) 14. (TCO 9) What about U.S. agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the CIA make them so ill prepared to fight terrorism? (Points : 2) 15. (TCO 9) According to Hannah Arendt, the American struggle was indeed a revolution, perhaps history’s only complete revolution, .(Points : 2) . 16. (TCO 9) Does terrorism work? (Points : 2) 17. (TCO 9) Hannah Arendt pointed out that rage is the fuel of revolution, but what is now the greatest cause of rage?(Points : 2) [Show More]

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