CHAPTER 1 - Freedom, Order, or Equality?
Multiple Choice
1. Since 1964, government policies intended to help families have most clearly benefited
a. the poor.
b. middle-income families.
c. the wealthy.
d. poor and middle-income families.
e. all families
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 3
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NOTES: C
2. Critics charged that Lyndon Johnson’s “war on poverty” had failed because
a. Congress had cancelled most of the programs it had depended on.
b. President Johnson was not elected to a second full term of office.
c. about 15 percent of families were still living in poverty.
d. it had not provided education, health care, food and shelter.
e. All of the above are true.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 3
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CHDM.JAND.16.1.2 - LO2
NOTES: A
3. The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is
a. the restriction of human freedom in the name of national sovereignty.
b. the authoritative allocation of values for a society.
c. the struggle for economic self-interest.
d. rule by the people.
e. the manipulation of public opinion by government.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CHDM.JAND.16.1.2 - LO2
NOTES: F
4. When the authors say that we live in an era of “globalization,” they mean that citizens and nations are increasingly
a. peace loving.
b. industrialized.
c. commercialized.
d. belligerent.
e. interdependent.
ANSWER: e
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REFERENCES: 5
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NOTES: C
5. The broad, basic definition of government given by the text is
a. the use of force to benefit an elite.
b. legitimate use of force within specified geographic boundaries to control human behavior.
c. citizens participating in community decisions.
d. taking from each according to his or her ability and giving to each according to need.
e. leaders controlling power and authority.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CHDM.JAND.16.1.2 - LO2
NOTES: F
6. Globalization can be seen as a threat to
a. commercial activity.
b. national sovereignty.
c. capitalism.
d. liberalism.
e. socialism.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 5
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NOTES: C
7. National sovereignty is defined as
a. a political entity’s ability to engage meaningfully with foreign powers.
b. regular peaceful transfer of governmental power.
c. a government’s ability to effectively manage elections.
d. a political entity’s externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs.
e. separation of power between federal and state governments.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CHDM.JAND.16.1.1 - LO1
NOTES: F
8. Although globalization can threaten national security, this can create desirable outcomes, as shown by the international
community’s attempt to force Bashar al-Assad to surrender Syria’s
a. stockpile of nuclear weapons.
b. computer hacking hardware.
c. foreign currency stocks used to buy illegal weapons.
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d. hostages held to deter attacks from Western powers.
e. chemical weapons.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: 5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CHDM.JAND.16.1.7 - LO7
NOTES: F
9. Desire to avoid potential foreign prosecution of its soldiers and desire to continue practicing the death penalty led the
United States in 2002 to
a. cancel its membership in the United Nations.
b. withdraw from NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
c. pull troops out of Afghanistan.
d. withdraw from the 1998 treaty creating an International Criminal Court.
e. cease making scheduled contributions to the U.N. Security Council
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 7
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CHDM.JAND.16.1.1 - LO1
NOTES: C
10. Which political philosopher expressed the sentiment that life in a state of nature would be “solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short?”
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. James Monroe
c. John Locke
d. Karl Marx
e. Dwight Eisenhower
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 7
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CHDM.JAND.16.1.2 - LO2
NOTES: F
11. According to Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan, the proper objective of government is to ensure
a. freedom.
b. order.
c. a functioning economy.
d. public goods.
e. free and fair elections.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 8
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NOTES: F
12. The state of nature refers to
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