QUESTION Democracy, in its purest form, is based on the belief that: A. citizens should be directly involved in decision making. B. political freedom of the citizens should be limited. C. citizens are responsible for their own economic health and thus need no government. D. individual freedom in the economic sphere should be restricted. E. […]
QUESTION Which of the following applies to most totalitarian states? A. Free and fair elections are not denied to the citizens. B. There is free access to state information. C. All the basic civil liberties are granted to the citizens. D. The right to freedom of expression and organization is not curbed. E. Media are […]
QUESTION Which of the following is a form of totalitarianism which advocates that socialism can be achieved only through a totalitarian dictatorship? A. Tribal totalitarianism B. Democratic totalitarianism C. Communist totalitarianism D. Theocratic totalitarianism E. Right-wing totalitarianism ANSWER C Communist totalitarianism is a form of totalitarianism that advocates achieving socialism through totalitarian dictatorship.
QUESTION Modern socialism traces its intellectual roots to: A. Aristotle. B. David Hume. C. Karl Marx. D. Adam Smith. E. Milton Friedman. ANSWER C Modern socialism traces its intellectual roots to Karl Marx (1818-83), although socialist thought clearly predates Marx.
QUESTION States that limit the freedom of religious expression with laws based on religious principles most likely follow the political system of: A. theocratic totalitarianism. B. communist totalitarianism. C. right-wing totalitarianism. D. pure democracy. E. representative democracy. ANSWER A A political system in which political power is monopolized by a party, group, or individual […]
QUESTION In the early twentieth century, the socialist ideology split into two broad camps and the people who believed that socialism could be achieved only through violent revolution and totalitarian dictatorship were referred to as: A. communists. B. capitalists. C. democrats. D. individualists. E. anarchists. ANSWER A In the early twentieth century, the socialist […]
QUESTION A totalitarian political system in which a party, group, or individual that represents the interests of a particular ethnic group monopolizes political power is referred to as: A. theocratic totalitarianism. B. communist totalitarianism. C. right-wing totalitarianism. D. tribal totalitarianism. E. democratic totalitarianism. ANSWER D Tribal totalitarianism refers to a political system in which […]
QUESTION Those who attempt to achieve the same ideologies as that of the communists without violent revolution and totalitarian dictatorship are: A. pure capitalists. B. social democrats. C. individualists. D. anarchists. E. aristocrats. ANSWER B Social democrats committed themselves to achieving socialism by democratic means.
QUESTION Which of the following generally permits individual economic freedom, but restricts individual political freedom on the grounds that it would lead to the rise of communism? A. Pure democracy B. Right-wing totalitarianism C. Free market capitalism D. Representative democracy E. Communist totalitarianism ANSWER B Right-wing totalitarianism generally permits individual economic freedom, but restricts […]
QUESTION Which of the following is true about communism? A. Communism propagates the idea of “private profit rather than public good.” B. By the mid-1990s communism started rising worldwide. C. China has moved sharply away from strict adherence to communist ideology in the economic sphere. D. Communists committed themselves to achieving socialism by turning their […]
