QUESTION If newly privatized firms are protected from foreign competition by barriers to international trade and foreign direct investment, they continue to act like state monopolies. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE Studies of privatization in central Europe have shown that the process often fails to deliver predicted benefits if […]
QUESTION Five of the fastest growing economies of the past 30 years—China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong—had one thing in common at the start of their economic growth: democratic governments. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE Five of the fastest growing economies of the past 30 years—China, South […]
QUESTION Totalitarian states, by limiting human freedom, are highly conducive to progress in terms of innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE Totalitarian states, by limiting human freedom, also suppress human development and therefore are detrimental to progress.
QUESTION A strong belief that economic progress leads to adoption of a totalitarian regime underlies the fairly permissive attitude that many Western governments have adopted toward human rights violations in China. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE A strong belief that economic progress leads to adoption of a democratic regime […]
QUESTION During the late 1980s and early 1990s, totalitarian governments collapsed and were replaced by democratically elected governments. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE During the late 1980s and early 1990s, a wave of democratic revolutions swept the world. Totalitarian governments collapsed and were replaced by democratically elected governments that […]
QUESTION According to the influential economist Jeffrey Sachs, tropical regions have a more extensive division of labor than temperate regions. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE The influential economist Jeffrey Sachs argues that temperate climes have generally supported higher densities of population and thus a more extensive division of labor […]
QUESTION According to Freedom House, all democracies are free countries in terms of political and civil liberties. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE Not all democracies are free, according to Freedom House, because some democracies still restrict certain political and civil liberties. For example, Russia was rated “not free.”
QUESTION In Samuel Huntington’s thesis, global terrorism is a product of the tension between civilizations and the clash of value systems and ideology. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE In Huntington’s thesis, global terrorism is a product of the tension between civilizations and the clash of value systems and ideology.
QUESTION Many totalitarian regimes failed to deliver economic progress to the vast bulk of their populations. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE Many totalitarian regimes failed to deliver economic progress to the vast bulk of their populations.
QUESTION The late Influential political scientist Samuel Huntington predicted that the universalization of Western liberal democracy will be the final form of human government. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE The late influential political scientist Samuel Huntington argued there is no “universal” civilization based on widespread acceptance of Western liberal […]
