POLS 3200 Chapter 3 Quizzes 100% (Democratic Political Regimes) Question and answers correct
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POLS 3200 Chapter 3 Quizzes 100% (Democratic Political Regimes) Question and answers correct
The term "universal suffrage" refers to which of the following? - correct answer Voting rights
Using the variables of participation and contestation, which of the following statements about democrat...
POLS 3200 Chapter 3 Quizzes 100%
(Democratic Political Regimes) Question
and answers correct
The term "universal suffrage" refers to which of the following? - correct
answer ✔Voting rights
Using the variables of participation and contestation, which of the following
statements about democratic accountability is most accurate? - correct
answer ✔A state with high levels of participation and contestation is more
likely to be accountable to its citizens
How is accountability related to the idea of democratic governance? - correct
answer ✔It provides a way for citizens to remove rulers from office while
maintaining political stability
Which of the following is one of the three key requirements in determining
whether a country is a democracy? - correct answer ✔Civil Liberties
What is the relationship between civil liberties and democratic government? -
correct answer ✔Civil liberties protect certain key individual group rights that
enable citizens to freely express ideas and have access to information
necessary for self-governance
Which of the following would lead to a country having a high rating on the
Freedom House scale? - correct answer ✔The country guarantees political
equality within its borders
, A set of key laws and principles that structure the extent and distribution of
government authority and individual rights by determining the rules of the
political game is known as __________. - correct answer ✔a constitution
Which of the following characterizes the structure of authority in a non-
democratic state? - correct answer ✔Authority is structured to enforce the
government's vision of law and order
Which of the following illustrates a solution to Madison's Dilemma? - correct
answer ✔Establishing political institutions that check and balance politicians'
ambitions against each other to ensure that no single person or group can
dominate government
Which of the following countries uses a federal system of government? -
correct answer ✔Russia
Why might a country choose to empower subnational governments at the
expense of the national government? - correct answer ✔to protect the rights
of linguistic minority identity groups
Under which of the following conditions would a unitary constitution be most
appropriate? - correct answer ✔a country that is relatively homogenous with
a relatively small population
What is the chief executive in a parliamentary system known as? - correct
answer ✔prime minister
What distinguishes a parliamentary system from a presidential system? -
correct answer ✔In a parliamentary system the two branches of government
depend on each other for their survival until the next scheduled election, while
in a presidential system they are independent
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