Chapter 2 Practice Quiz

Finding a Common Vocabulary: Political Concepts
. "Concepts" are defined in political studies as "general notions or abstract ideas that are encapsulated in a(n) ________ vocabulary."

. In many ways, politics concerns the organization of life and ________.

. Values, belief systems, attitudes, and images of one's world are deeply shaped by the ________ people receive in their political communities.

. The term ________ is used to refer to the lack of a single supreme authority to enforce rules and laws at a global level..

. The type of government that features a single ruler who often exercises arbitrary power for his or her own benefit rather than that of the community, is called ________.

. ________ has an absolute monarchy, with the king serving as the head of government and head of state.

. The United Nations is an example of a(n) ________ at the international level.

. Sovereignty requires recognition by ________ authorities.

. The principle concept in the study of politics is ________.

. Steven Lukes argued that there are "three faces" of power: decision-making power, non-decision-making power, and ________ power.

. Montesquieu wrote ________.

. Hard power refers to the ability to provide incentives and punishments, or "________ and sticks."

. Influence is an ________ concept.

. North Korea's "Dear Leader" was ________.

. Traditional, rational-legal, and charismatic forms of authority were identified by ________.

. The equal status given to everyone's basic characteristics and needs as part of a larger social conglomerate is known as ________ equality.

. Feminism emerged with the ________ movement.

. Plato lived in ________.

. "Inalienable" rights are those that cannot be ________.

. Jeremy Bentham claimed that rights were "nonsense ________."

. Positive liberty includes the freedom ________.

. The 1942 Beveridge Report, which is credited for the birth of the modern welfare state, was founded in ________.

. A "just" system is one where activities are sought in the interest of the ________.

. John Locke based his understanding of equality on the idea that human beings ________.

. "Hard power" resources include ________.

. "Laws" or theories in political studies are highly contested.

. In Canada, when the party of government changes, the institutions of the state must change as well.

. Structural power is the ability of actor A to get actor B to do something that actor B would not otherwise do.

. Joseph Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924.

. Legislation is also known as statutory law.

. Only governments can make policy.

. John Locke's most famous work is A Theory on Justice.

. Central American drug cartels disappeared with the growth of democratic governments.

. John Locke distinguished between liberty and licence.

. The voting age in Canada is 21.

. To Plato and Rousseau, the individual was less than human when made part of a society and community.

. The right to be free from slavery was enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

. Freedom of expression is a positive liberty.

. The suffragette movement began in the 1960s.

. The Canadian government passed a motion recognizing the Quebec "nation."

. The institutions related to public security include the central bank and stock markets.

. The government is distinguished from the state bites more temporary nature.

. Canada has limited hard power resources.

. Donald Trump is the first sitting American president to have an in-person meeting with North Korean leaders.

. In Canada, proposed legislation must be passed in only one chamber of Parliament in order to become law.

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