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This activity contains 10 questions.

	The government, or state, claims a monopoly on the use of legitimate force or violence which, according to Berger, becomes "the ultimate foundation of any political order."    True  False

	Because charismatic authority is usually associated with small, benevolent cults it poses little, if any, threat to societies governed by traditional or bureaucratic authority.    True  False

	The concept of representative democracy based on citizenship for all is a relatively new concept.    True  False

	Because Democrats and Republican are diametrically opposed to each other in ideology and principle, American voters have a clear choice in each election as to the political policy they wish to endorse.    True  False

	The more that people feel they have at stake in the political system, the more likely they are to vote.    True  False

	An economy where a central planning committee decides what is to be produced and who is to receive it is called a subsistence economy.    True  False

	The term "postindustrial society" was coined by sociologist Daniel Bell in 1973.    True  False

	There is no national economy in the world today that can serve as an example of either pure capitalism or pure socialism.    True  False

	The form of capitalism practiced by American industry is classified as welfare capitalism, meaning the government intervenes in what companies can produce in an effort to protect the citizens.    True  False

	In an interlocking directorate it is impossible to have a stockholders' revolt because the only stockholders are members of the board.    True  False

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