POL 360 Week 8 Quiz

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Question 1                

A political organization that seeks to influence policy through getting candidates and

members elected or appointed to public office is called:

Question options:

o   An interest group

o   A political party

o   A coalition

o   A party system

o   A metric system

Question 2                

What is it called when there is a formal, established relationship between certain interest groups and state power?

Question options:

o   Capitalism

o   Pluralism

o   Cronyism

o   Socialism

Question 3    

The country primarily responsible for opening up China to the west was

Question options:

o   The United States

o   France.

o   Mexico.

o   Australia.

o   Great Britain.

Question 4                

Which of the following statements is true of dominant-party systems?

Question options:

o   Only one party participates meaningfully

o   Only occur in authoritarian countries

o   Only one party can compete

o   Only occur in hybrid regimes

o   Only occur in capitalist countries

Question 5    

The median voter is also known as:

Question options:

o   The swing vote

o   The base vote

o   The strategic vote

o   The aggregate vote

o   The last vote

Question 6                

What is a catch-all party?

Question options:

o   A party that aims to attract support from a broad range of interest groups and voters

o   A party consisting of large numbers of citizens as members that undertake massive political mobilization

o   A party that attracts all voters of a specific demographic or background

o   A party in which membership and scope were largely restricted to a small number of political elites

o   A party that focuses on one issue

Question 7    

Despite the growing middle-class,

Question options:

o   China is resisting a move towards a market economy.

o   There are millions in China still in poverty.

o   The Chinese government still focuses its policies on the poor.

o   Entrepreneurship is not very popular.

o   The government suppresses continues to suppress them.

Question 8                

The Communist Party in China is what type of party?

Question options:

o   Elite party

o   Catch-all party

o   Mass party

o   Common party

o   Fragmented

Question 9                

What is the process by which individuals’ preferences are brought together to make collective decision, often through political parties and the party system?

Question options:

o   Interest articulation

o   Interest aggregation

o   Mass parties

o   Catch-all parties

o   Command parties

Question 10  

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of dominant-party systems?

Question options:

o   Lack of competitiveness in elections

o   Lack of free and fair elections

o   Lack of citizen voting rights

o   Lack of campaign funding for opposition parties

o   Lack of pluralism

Question 11  

The measure designed to capture the number of meaningful parties in a party system is called:

Question options:

o   Cumulative party metrics

o   Aggregate effective parties

o   Effective number of parties

o   Gini index of party representation

o   Happiness index

Question 12              

To what term does the idea that interest groups compete in a “marketplace of ideas” refer?

Question options:

o   Capitalism

o   Pluralism

o   Cronyism

o   Corporatism

o   Democracy

Question 13              

Officially the religion of China is

Question options:

o   Christian

o   Confucianism

o   Buddhism

o   Muslim

o   Atheist

Question 14              

Mao had a belief in the massive potential of the

Question options:

o   Capitalists

o   Communists

o   Peasants

o   Bureaucrats

o   Autocrats

Question 15  

Russia has what kind of party system?

Question options:

o   A strongly institutionalized party system

o   A corporatist party system

o   An inchoate multiparty system

o   A poorly institutionalized party system with authoritarian tendencies

o   A well run, democratically elected system

Question 16              

Mao encouraged self-criticism under which campaign?

Question options:

o   Great Leap Forward

o   Cultural Revolution

o   Hundred Flowers Campaign

o   Three-Anti Campaign

o   Red Guard

Question 17  

Mao contributed to Marxism-Leninism

Question options:

o   By emphasizing the crucial role of the peasants.

o   Advocating the idea of a vanguard party.

o   Advocating the idea of democratic centralism.

o   Advancing the idea that the revolution could be non-violent.

o   Mao contributed to Marxism Leninism by executing all of the above.

Question 18  

Politically, China was a __________ under Mao

Question options:

o   One Party State

o   Two Party State

o   Mulitparty State

o   Coalition Government

o   Democracy

Question 19  

In order to slow China's population growth, the government instituted a

Question options:

o   Mandatory sterilization program.

o   Euthanasia program.

o   Physician assisted suicide program.

o   One child policy.

o   Two child policy.

Question 20  

The Great Leap Forward, starting in 1958, resulted in the country

Question options:

o   Returning to its agrarian roots.

o   A great many intellectuals being arrested for their disloyalty.

o   The death of Mao.

o   Having a massive famine killing upwards of 30 million.

The removal of the Nationalists to Taiwan.

Question 21              

Despite the incredible economic growth in China, there are serious concerns about

Question options:

o   A lack of some basic human rights

o   Growth in China will be too fast

o   Whether China will become too liberal

o   Whether China will become too capitalist too fast

o   The government checking China’s growth potential

Question 22

Why would a proportional representation election system generally lead to a multiparty system?

Question options:

o   Proportional representation favors large parties that can win a plurality of the votes

o   Proportional representation exacerbates divisions within society

o   Proportional representation reflects the overall distribution of support for multiple parties

o   It would not

o   Proportional representation creates minimal coalition governments

Question 23              

Which of the following is an aspect of party system institutionalization?

Question options:

o   The internal stability of parties over time

o   The cohesiveness and coherence of party platforms over time

o   The persistence and electoral success of parties over time

o   The ability of the party to command attention from voters over time

o   All of the above

Question 24              

A multiparty system with many small parties would be considered:

Question options:

o   Concentrated

o   Bloated

o   Democratic

o   Capitalist

o   Fragmented

Question 25  

What is it called when there is a formal, established relationship between certain interest groups and state power?

Question options:

o   Capitalism

o   Pluralism

o   Cronyism

o   Corporatism

o   Democracy