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Chapter 11

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

For each question, choose the single best answer.

This activity contains 15 questions.

	What did Peter Berger declare to be the foundation of any political order?   the compassion of the leadership violence the rule of the people the nation's economy

	Under the monarchy system, the people of England knew who their next ruler would be based on the blood lines, ages, and the sex of the royal family's descendants. What type of authority does this arrangement illustrate?   traditional authority constitutional authority charismatic authority rational-legal authority

	What term did Max Weber use to describe the transition from charismatic leadership to rational-legal authority?   succession of leadership bureaucratization of authority the changing of the guard routinization of charisma

	The idea that everyone has the same basic rights by virtue of being born in a country or immigrating and becoming a naturalized citizen is called ____________.   universal citizenship totalitarianism direct democracy compartmentalization

	What political arrangement is best illustrated by the regimes of Adolph Hitler in Nazi Germany and Saddam Hussein in pre-Gulf War Iraq?   an oligarchy a monarchy a bureaucracy totalitarianism

	Approximately how long have the Democrats and Republicans served as the primary political parties in the United States?   since the early 20th century since the drafting of the Constitution since World War II since the Civil War

	In the 2004 election, what was the profile of the American most likely to vote?   A Latino female earning $75,000 in her early 40s who manages a successful Mexican restaurant. A black male in his 20s with a college degree earning $50,000 a year. A white female in her early 60s working a senior vice-president of an accounting firm and earning $75,000. A white male 25 to 34 years of age earning about $35,000.

	Sociologist William Domhoff referred to the top leaders of the largest corporations, the most powerful generals and admirals of the armed forces, and certain elite politicians as the ____________.   political oligarchy ruling class power elite democratic facade

	Which society was based on a subsistence economy?   horticultural society agricultural society pastoral society hunting and gathering society

	What term did Thorstein Veblen use to describe the fundamental change in people's orientation to the economy from producing goods to using them?   relative deprivation democratic socialism welfare capitalism conspicuous consumption

	Which of the following is not one of the basic characteristics of capitalism?   a central planning committee market competition the pursuit of profit private ownership of the means of production

	Which of the following is not one of the basic characteristics of socialism?   market competition public ownership of the means of production a central planning committee the distribution of goods without a profit motive

	Sweden, Denmark, and many other countries have avoided the greed and exploitation of capitalism and the lack of freedom and individuality of socialism by combining the best qualities of both in an economic system called ____________.   the totalitarian economy democratic socialism welfare capitalism the free enterprise system

	The tendency for economies to adopt features of both capitalism and socialism is the basic feature of which economic theory?   convergence theory world systems theory dependency theory pluralistic theory

	Which of the following nations is not a member of the North American Free Trade Association?   Mexico Canada the United States Costa Rica

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