POL111 Exam Prep Are you ready for the POL111 final exam? (: The following questions are taken from Hague & Harrop Political Science, Canadian Politics and the required online readings. Good luck! itzhakstern published on December 13, 2012 Stacked 1/30 What are POLITICS? an institution that governs a state judgements that are advisory in nature an activity where collective and binding decisions are made the highest source of authority 2/30 What is a quality of a LIBERAL DEMOCRACY? the government is completely reflective of society the government is limited by protection of individual rights elections are not fair franchise is not given to criminals 3/30 What is a quality of an ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY? they are authoritarian they are totalitarian there are no elections leaders exploit their position of power 4/30 What is POWER? capacity to bring about intended effects refusal to leave position at end of tenure respect from citizens cooperation between international governments 5/30 A LEGITIMATE government has: authority dual federalism a religious ideology a secular ideology 6/30 What is AUTHORITY? ultimate power acknowledgement of a government's right to rule coercive power over citizens lack of free and fair elections 7/30 Which of the following is NOT a type of AUTHORITY? Bureaucratic Legal-rational Charismatic Traditional 8/30 What is true of a nation? All members speak same language All members have same religion It is an imagined community It is necessarily made and not found 9/30 What is the main difference between internal and external sovereignty? Internal sovereignty is exclusively international Internal sovereignty always focuses on territorial government External sovereignty is nonexistent. External sovereignty is recognition from outside of the state. 10/30 Every state is home to only one nation. True False 11/30 What is important about the PEACE OF WESTPHALIA? It brought peace to Germany in the 1940s Millions died in the process It is regarded as the emergence of the state. It was a treaty between Aboriginals and the federal government of Canada. 12/30 Citizens themselves debate and reach collective decisions in a [blank] democracy. Type answer. Hint: 6 characters 13/30 Emphasis on free discussion among equals is characteristic of a [blank] democracy. Type answer. Hint: 12 characters 14/30 Citizens elect officials to represent their interests in a [blank] democracy Type answer. Hint: 14 characters 15/30 Political culture refers to: some citizens are active, while passive citizens stabilize and prevent overheating of the system. culture of accountability attitudes associated with the political elite sum of beliefs, attitudes, values of society in relation to politics. 16/30 Civic culture refers to: some citizens are active, while passive citizens stabilize and prevent overheating of the system. culture of personal accountability attitudes associated with civil society sum of beliefs, attitudes, values of society in relation to politics. 17/30 Postmaterialism is associated with many quality of life issues. An example would be: traditional marriage the environment lower taxes 18/30 A REFERENDUM is: a vote from the electorate concerning an issue of public policy a vote from the assembly concerning an issue of public policy a vote from the electorate concerning the environment a vote from the electorate concerning the political executive 19/30 An INITIATIVE is: a judicial review a prime minister-initiated concern an assembly-initiated popular vote a citizen-initiated popular vote 20/30 RECALL occurs when: the supreme court refuses to review a case a line-item of proposed legislation is eliminated an elected official is removed the constitutional court is found to violate the constitution 21/30 Please select any words that are possible descriptors of a given constitution Hint: 4 choices rigid flexible semi-presidential codified uncodified concrete abstract 22/30 Allowing a court to try a case at first instance is [blank] jurisdiction Type answer. Hint: 8 characters 23/30 Allowing a court to review a decision made by lower court is [blank] jurisdiction Type answer. Hint: 8 characters 24/30 Please select the two corresponding words that fill in the blanks:Judicial [blank] involves conservative decisions that leave policy-making to legislators, while judicial [blank] involves influencing public policy through new interpretations of the law. Hint: 2 choices narrowism restraint activism power 25/30 In a spoils system, elected politicians distribute government jobs to winning party supporters to opposition party supporters according to technical knowledge very sparingly 26/30 In a merits system, government jobs are distributed based on party loyalty set of skills in competitive examination previous work experience previous political experience 27/30 Guibernau argues that: Devolution leads to secession Secession is the final result of federation Devolution leads to dual identities Secession is rare in unitary states 28/30 Joppke argues that: Despite the different civic integration approaches, policies are beginning to converge. Different civic integration policy leads to varied success. There is a democratic deficit in the EU. Europe lacks substantial civic integration for immigrants. 29/30 Please select the two (2) most relevant answers. Tanguay argues that [1] & [2] prove a democratic deficit in Canada. Hint: 2 choices political mistrust political apathy high voter turnout low voter turnout 30/30 Please select the two (2) most relevant answers.Kymlicka argues that [1] & [2] are the reasons why liberals are wary of embracing distinct nations within Canada. Hint: 2 choices religious fundamentalism disruption of social unity threatening individual rights environmental concerns
