POLS 1500 Quiz 1 & 2 Questions + Answers Dr Suzuki Ohio University

According to Lipset, "the revolutionary ideology which became the American creed is ________________ in its eighteenth and nineteenth century meanings which stressed anti-statism.

B. Liberalism

Which of the following most accurately captures a liberal democracy and a social democracy's respective views about freedom?

D. Liberal democracies define freedom primarily based on how free individuals are from the state, whereas social democracies do not

According to Lipset, "the revolutionary ideology which became the American creed is ________________ in its eighteenth and nineteenth century meanings which stressed anti-statism.

B. Liberalism

Which of the following most accurately captures a liberal democracy and a social democracy's respective views about freedom?

D. Liberal democracies define freedom primarily based on how free individuals are from the state, whereas social democracies do not

According to Lipset, which of the following is not a characteristic of U.S. exceptionalism?

B. Taxes as a percentage of the economy is higher in the US than in other advanced industrial democracies

According to Lipset, which of the following is not part of "Americanism" as Ideology?

A. Communitarianism

According to Lipset, why is it possible for someone who is born and raised in the U.S. to be considered "un-American" whereas someone who is born and raised in Great Britain would not as readily be considered "unBritish"?

B. Because American identity is more ideologically based than British identity

According to Samuel Huntington, the end of the Cold War will usher in which of the following:

B. Clash of Civilizations

Which of the following most closely reflects Huntington's view of identity?

A. A person's identity is based primarily on culture and civilization.

According to Huntington, which two civilizations pose the greatest threat to the West?

D. Confucian and Islamic

Which of the following most closely reflects Fukuyama's view of history and progress?

B. History progresses as human consciousness and ideas advance

Why does Francis Fukuyama argue that the end of the Cold War represents the end of history?

B. Because there is now no alternative to Western Liberalism as a universal idea on the global stage

Which of the following most closely reflects Edward Said's view of civilizations and identity?

C. Civilizations share overlapping history and identities.

Which statement most closely approximates Benjamin Barber's use of the term "Jihad"?

A. Retribalization

According to Barber, the rise of both McWorld and Jihad lead to which of the following?

C. No strong democratic impulse from either

Which statement most closely approximates Said and Huntington's view regarding cultural identity?

B. Only Huntington views cultural identity as deep-rooted and fixed

Which of the following most accurately reflects a core assumption of realism?

D. The world is anarchical.

According to realist theory, what is the 'security dilemma'?

A. A country's effort to enhance its security raises the level of insecurity for other countries

In the game theoretical model known as the "Prisoner's Dilemma", which of the following scenarios would produce the best outcome for you (as measured exclusively in terms of fines and jail sentence)?

B. You defect and rat out the other person, while the other person cooperates and keeps their mouth shut.

Which statement most closely reflects the argument made by Democratic Peace Theorist Michael Doyle?

B. Democracies often wage war against non-democracies, but they rarely wage wars against other democracies.

In the Wealth of Nations (1776), the economic liberal Adam Smith uses the example of the pin factory to make which of the following arguments?

A. Greater wealth is produced when we promote greater division of labor

Which of the following most accurately reflects Hegel/Fukuyama and Marx's view of how history progresses?

C. Marx argues that material forces drive history, while Hegel argue that ideas drive history.