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PSCI 1100 Study Set Questions with Correct Answers What is capitalism? - Answer-A form of property ownership in which - Property can be bought and sold - Businesses and be formed and compete - Profits can be made Businesses can hire labour for wages Dahls arguments for capitalism streng...

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What is capitalism? - Answer-A form of property ownership in which
- Property can be bought and sold
- Businesses and be formed and compete
- Profits can be made
Businesses can hire labour for wages

Dahls arguments for capitalism strengthening democracy - Answer-Capitalism protects
individual freedoms because it requires individuals to be free to buy and sell property
and to innovate
capitalism is based on inequality between capitalists and the worker
- Marx believed this inequality increased as capitalism reigned

Dahl's arguments for capitalism weakening democracy - Answer-International rankings
shows that levels of economic prosperity and citizens' well-being, the highest-ranked
countries are all capitalist countries
The USA, the biggest capitalist system, shows increasing social inequality and declining
voter participation

Socialism - Answer-(Marxism is a variant of socialism) Social programs funded through
taxation. An end to capitalism, or strict policies minimizing the inequality caused by
capitalism

Liberalism (based on John Deweys definition) - Answer-Traditionally included policies
that emphasized individual freedom, for example, John Locke. The individual right to
express themselves and exist not held back by tradition authorities such as monarchs

Diffusion - Answer-The process by which ideas spread, within and across communities
across borders (a good example of diffusion is democracy)

Globalization - Answer-The process by which societies become increasingly connected
as a result of increased international trade, computer/satellite technology and
agreements between states

What is the European Union? - Answer-An organization of member states in Europe.
They share economic and social policies, allowing easy migration between countries

Brexit - Answer-In 2016, Britain held a referendum on whether to stay in the EU or move
leave. With a 51% leave rate, it left, damaging the EU and British politics

, How did COVD-19 impact globalization? - Answer-Globalization was one of the reasons
for the virus spreading (with global travel). Global communication grew regardless of the
restricted travel

What is the name for the constitutional procedure that allows Congress to remove the
President from office? - Answer-Impeachment

According Aristotle, a leader who encourages people to make decisions that override
the law is called a - Answer-Demogauge

In her TedTalk, Carole Cadwalladr expressed concerns about disinformation about
Brexit on what social media? - Answer-Facebook

What would follow world revolution, for Karl Marx? - Answer-Socialism, communism

When we write s short summary that tries to explain essential argument of a longer
piece of writing, we call that a... - Answer-Precis

Nuremberg trials are an example of transitional government. Who was put on trial? -
Answer-Nazis

When a government decides not to prosecute a group of people who may have
committed crimes, or releases from prison when they have been convicted, the term for
this is called? - Answer-Amnesty

Name a thinker who argued that good education can help protect democracy - Answer-
Aristotle, Snyder, Dewey, Nussbaum

Who wrote "democracy is a Fighting Faith"? - Answer-John Dewey

According to Ta-Nehisi Coates, what should be done to make amends for African-
Americans whose ancestors were forced into being slaves? - Answer-Reparations

When people who earn more money pay a higher percentage of their income as tax
than people who earn less money, that is called... - Answer-Progressive tax income

What is an example of a country that has a semi-presidential system within a unitary
state? - Answer-France

When ideas spread from one part of the world to another, we call that... - Answer-
diffusion

Feminists have used this term to describe the systemic inequality that women
historically experience not only in public life, but within the home and family - Answer-
Patriarchy

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