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Who led the communist revolution in Russia? |
V.I. Lenin |
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Who led the communist revolution in China? |
Mao Zedong |
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What is NOT required for a community to be considered a state? |
Military |
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Characteristics of public goods? |
Non-rivalry & Non-excludable |
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Who was the Secretary of Defense during the Cuban Missile Crisis? |
Robert McNamara |
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True or False Divided gov't is associated with legislative gridlock |
True |
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National interests |
The vital needs & fundamental interests of the nation as a whole |
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What are the 5 requisites of a state in the definition of statehood in the int'l community? |
1. Recognition by other states 2. Gov't 3. Pop'l 4. Territory 5. Sovereignity |
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Examples of public goods? |
National defense/ Clean air |
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__________ occurs when different political parties control the executive & legislative branches. |
Gridlock |
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With the District of Columbia being granted 3 votes, the electoral votes in the Electoral College are allocated to each state by... |
Total # of senators & representatives from the state |
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This statement is most consistent with the argument that education is of private interest |
Education allows those who received it to find better paying jobs |
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Federalism |
The division of powers between different levels of gov't |
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What happens in a unitary system? |
Power is centralized in the central gov't |
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When a vote of no confidence is cast, the prime minister in a parliamentary system... |
Must step down with the option to dissolve the parliament & call a general election |
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Interest groups |
Organized groups that try to influence the gov't to adopt certain policies or measures (pressure groups) |
Ruler |
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True or false Immigration reform is an example of legislative gridlock |
True |
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How many terms do U.S. senators, representatives, & presidents serve? |
Senators:6 Reps:2 President:4 |
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You won an election with 45% of the votes cast. Your opponents received 32%, 15%, & 8%, respectively. Are you a majority winner? |
No. You must receive more than 50% of the votes. |
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Majority run-off electoral rules? |
*1 voter,1 vote, 1 candidate *to be elected, candidate must receive more than half the votes *if no candidate wins majority vote, 2 candidates w/ most votes move to 2nd round |
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Single-member district plurality electoral rules? |
*candidate/party with most votes wins *by PLURALITY NOT MAJORITY |
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A ________ is one in which the central gov't ultimately has all of the power |
Unitary system |
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Example of a unitary system? |
Great Britain |
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Direct democracy |
All citizens involved in all decisions |
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Indirect democracy |
Elect representatives to make decisions |
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True or false Different ideologies recommend different programs of action |
True |
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What kind of wars occur between states? |
International wars |
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War |
Large-scale organized violence between politically defined groups |
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Peace |
Absence of war or militarized disputes |
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Game |
A situation in which one's ability to achieve his/her goals depends on the choices made by others |
D c |
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Sincere voting |
A voter votes for the candidate that he/she most prefers regardless of how others vote |
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Sophisticated voting |
A voter's vote choice depends upon how other voters vote in order to influence the outcome (Strategic voting) |
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Examples of types of data |
*Quantitative *Historical *Single or few cases |
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What are the 4 elements of a game? |
1. Players 2. Goals (Stakes) 3. Rules 4. Strategies |
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What are the 3 major ideologies? |
1. Realism 2. Liberalism 3. Conservatism |
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Separation of powers |
The constitutional safeguard that places legislative, executive, & judicial powers in different hands |
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Which mode of grading generates a situation of a "game"? |
Relative grade |
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Which mode of voting is considered to be a "game"? |
Sophisticated voting |
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Political philosophy |
Subfield of political science least concerned with the scientific method |
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The 1986 Iran-contra scandal is an example of which game? |
Lion & Fox |
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True or false Conclusions drawn in Political Studies are probabilistic |
True |
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What are the different types of games? |
*Wipeout *Lion & Fox *Civil Disobedience |
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Cambodia genocide is an example of which game? |
Wipeout |
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Rwanda genocide is an example of which game? |
Wipeout |
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Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis? |
Nikita Khrushchev |
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Political science |
The scientific study of politics & political phenomena |
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True or false Political science is different from practicing politics |
True |
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True or false Political science is different from political opinions, rhetoric, & ideologies |
True |
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Political phenomena |
Situations, events, behaviors, etc. political in nature that are observed to exist or happen, especially whose cause or explanation is in question |
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Deterrence |
When a political aggressor is deterred by fear of a retaliatory attack that would have unacceptable consequences |
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Primordial perspective |
The theory that emphasizes the importance of "Western" culture and Christianity for the development of democracy is known as... |
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During the Cold War, US anti-Communist policies led to the establishment of... |
Right-wing authoritarian regimes |
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Balance of power thoery |
The hypothesis that war is prevented when power is distributed roughly equally among states or alliances of states |
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According to power transition theory, when is a major war likely to occur? |
When the declining power (leader) and increasing power (challenger) don't agree |
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Many observers of international relations predict which country will overtake, or is now overtaking, the US as the preponderant power in the world? |
China |
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Permanent members of the UN Security Council? |
US, UK, France, Russia, China |
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Who are the members of the United Nations' General Assembly? |
Parliament of Nations |
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When a negative vote is cast by the United States on a U.N. Security Council resolution, what happens to the proposed resolution? |
Proposed resolution is vetoed |
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The administrative arm of the United Nations is the... |
Secretariat |
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The NATO and Warsaw Pact are examples of... |
Collective Security |
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What year was the United Nations founded in? |
1945 |
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Functionalism |
The theory positing that the world would be better off if it were organized around the fulfilment of basic human needs |
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The doctrine of ________ asserts that the use of nuclear weapons by a country against another nuclear power will effectively result in the complete and irrevocable annihilation of both the attacker and the defender, thus making it a war that has no victor |
Mutual assured destruction |
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Which theory of War and Peace calls for a greater economic integration of countries to prevent wars? |
Democratic peace theory |
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Operative deals of liberal democracy |
*Popular govt *Representative govt *Responsible govt *Constitutional govt *Pluralism |
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Who argued that capitalism is an international phenomenon? |
Karl Marx |
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The political theorist who believed that all must be placed in a centralized authority known as the Leviathan |
Thomas Hobbes |
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Known for his call for a prescriptive constitutional government |
James Madison |
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