Question 1
A _______________ is a political system dominated by religious leaders and institutions.
Question 2
An example (s) that defies the commonly held notion that more educated and professionals are less religious is (are):
Question 3
Currently, ________________ of the world’s Muslims are Sunni.
Question 4
Harvey Cox and other scholars predicted, based on evidence from the developed world, that among developing nations the role of religion would:
Question 5
In Tibet, the _______________ is viewed as the country’s secular and spiritual leader.
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
Islam has two major branches, the Sunnis and the Shi’as. The split between the two groups came about because:
Question 7
Latin American Catholics are not monolithic. Beliefs range from conservative___________ to left wing __________________.
Question 8
Many of the 20th Century Catholic reform movements in Latin America can be traced to Pope Leo XIII’s criticism of ______________________.
Question 9
Since the end of the cold war, ___________________ has replaced _______________ as the major threat to American and European security.
Question 10
A full democracy or liberal democracy has more criteria including the following except:
Question 11
A simple definition of democracy is:
Question 12
According to Crawford Young, cultural pluralism is associated with___________________.
Question 13
According to Huntington, the first democratic wave lasted from ________ and was influenced by _________ and ___________.
Question 14
An important component of the definition of a liberal democracy is that competitive elections are not meaningful if:
Question 15
Barrington Moore, Jr.’s widely acclaimed study of economic and political change identified three discrete paths to modernization based on:
Question 16
Between 1990 and 2005, Third World economies grew by:
Question 17
5 out of 5 points
By the 1980s, most Latin American authoritarian governments were undermined by__________________.
Question 18
During the 1970s and 1980s, in East Asia a number of authoritarian rulers clung to power because:
Question 19
Dependency theorist explain political, social and economic underdevelopment by emphasizing:
Question 20
Example (s) of ethnic misclassification imposed by outsiders include ______________________-
Question 21
Examples of cases in which the spoken language gives political relevance to groups include:
Question 22
For many years, a number of developing countries show:
Question 23
In 1972 in Burundi, which group was the ruling minority?
Question 24
In Kapstein and Converse’s study of countries transitioning from authoritarian to democracy 1960-2004, those in which areas experienced less stability?
Question 25
In Nigeria, which tribe is considered more modern and commercially successful?
Question 26
In South Africa __________ created racial classifications for their entire population that defied international standards.
Question 27
In many developing countries, poverty is manifested by:
Question 28
In some countries, ethnic divisions may be reinforced by class antagonism. Examples would include:
Question 29
In summary, during the 1970s and 1980s, ethnic violence increased in developing countries, and often coincided with the spread of _____________.
Question 30
In the early years of the 21st century, much of the Third World suffered from ________________ tensions.
Question 31
Modernization theory applied to underdeveloped countries has a number of criticisms including:
Question 32
Most analysts consider ethnic identity a ______________.
Question 33
Per capita income does not provide a complete picture of national living standards because:
Question 34
Philips Cutright determined that when other factors are held constant, strong democracies are correlated with:
Question 35
Political scientist have found that higher literacy is associated with:
Question 36
Poverty is associated with:
Question 37
5 out of 5 points
Proponents of modernization theory are likely to be _______________ and proponents of dependency theory are likely to be ___________.
Question 38
Recent survey data from 12 African nations indicate that tribal affilations are a major determinant of______________.
Question 39 n
Since the 1990s, wars between sovereign states has ___________, but internal conflict between cultural, ethnic or religious groups has ________.
Question 40
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure of:
Question 41
The Third World refers to countries that:
Question 42
5 out of 5 points
The average American earns four to five times as much as the average:
Question 43
The most dramatic third wave democratic transition involved countries in _________________ as a result of _________________.
Question 44
The process of moving from an authoritarian to a democratic regime is:
Question 45
The third wave of democratic transition occurred_____________.
Question 46
When Burundi held its first free election ___________________________.
Question 47
Why is the use of the word “tribe” sometimes controversial?
Question 48
_______________ presented the most notorious example of race-based political conflict.
Question 49
Federalism is a form of government in which people want to form a union without losing _________________.
Question 50
Secession is defined as:
