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. Institutions can be understood as ________.

a) regular patterns of behaviour that provide predictability and stability in social life correct incorrect

b) both formal and informal in nature correct incorrect

c) resources, as well as constraint correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Most significant political events are caused by ________.

a) institutional factors alone correct incorrect

b) individual politicians correct incorrect

c) political groupings correct incorrect

d) the interaction of several different factors correct incorrect

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. The modern European state began to emerge ________.

a) between 1600 and 1800 correct incorrect

b) in classical Rome correct incorrect

c) in ancient Greece correct incorrect

d) after World War II correct incorrect

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. A key factor in the rise of the modern state was ________.

a) war correct incorrect

b) the need for governments to raise revenue for various purposes correct incorrect

c) the creation of a professionalized bureaucracy correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. In public administration, the term "Weberian" denotes ________.

a) a bureaucracy composed of the ruler's friends correct incorrect

b) an inefficient bureaucracy correct incorrect

c) a rule-based bureaucracy based on promotion through merit correct incorrect

d) a corrupt bureaucracy correct incorrect

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. A formal separation of powers within government was first introduced in ________.

a) Britain correct incorrect

b) Revolutionary France correct incorrect

c) Japan correct incorrect

d) America correct incorrect

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. The Treaty of Westphalia was ________.

a) the document that ended the Hundred Years' War correct incorrect

b) a key landmark in the development of the Western state correct incorrect

c) the agreement which established the European Union (EU) correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Typically, outside Europe, ________.

a) the nation has created the state of nature correct incorrect

b) the boundaries of the state follow tribal lines correct incorrect

c) the state has tended to generate a sense of nationhood correct incorrect

d) the legacy of colonial rule has quickly faded away correct incorrect

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. A "patrimonial" state is a state in which ________.

a) men monopolize power correct incorrect

b) key political actors exploit the system in order to enrich themselves and their allies correct incorrect

c) the ruler is seen as the father of his people correct incorrect

d) all forms of patronage are outlawed correct incorrect

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. When considering the strength of a state, ________ is NOT an important factor.

a) clever politicians correct incorrect

b) economic prosperity correct incorrect

c) a strong military correct incorrect

d) widespread consent from the public correct incorrect

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. George W. Bush led the US into war with Iraq in 2003 because ________.

a) he wanted to find weapons of mass destruction correct incorrect

b) the polls told him to do so correct incorrect

c) to find weapons of mass destruction, oust Saddam Hussein, gain control of Iraqi oil reserves, foreign pressure, and a desire to spread democracy to the Middle East correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) established three important principles: ________.

a) religious toleration, equality, and justice correct incorrect

b) sovereignty of states, a lack of equality between states, and principles correct incorrect

c) intervention, sovereignty, and principles correct incorrect

d) sovereignty of states and their self-determination, legal equality between states, and non-intervention of one state in the affairs of another correct incorrect

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. A strong state requires ________.

a) human security, predictable and recognizable methods of adjudicating disputes, and freedom to participate in politics and compete for office, respect and support for national and regional political institutions, tolerance of dissent and difference, and fundamental civil and human rights correct incorrect

b) healthcare, schools, roads, railways, communication networks, banking system with a national currency, and policies correct incorrect

c) a vibrant civil society, size, economic strength, military might and legitimacy correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Innovations associated with the American Revolution include ________.

a) a constitution, bill of rights, checks and balances, rights, toleration, and separation of powers correct incorrect

b) new government by way of popular convention, a constitution, a bill of rights, judicial review, separation of powers, and the division of powers between national and state governments correct incorrect

c) checks and balances, forming a more perfect union, toleration, and the division of powers between national and state governments correct incorrect

d) religious toleration, checks and balances, and the division of powers correct incorrect

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. The difference between structure and agency is ________.

a) structure is about the foundation of politics, and agency refers to the impact of agents correct incorrect

b) structure refers to the impact of actions, and agency refers to the impact of a particular group of institutions correct incorrect

c) structure refers to the impact of a particular group of institutions, and agency refers to the impact of actions taken by one or more agents correct incorrect

d) structure refers to the United Nations, and agency refers to the Central Intelligence Agency correct incorrect