QUESTION 1 : In the ________________ governing system ________________ are/is accountable to ________________.
semi-presidential; parliament; the prime minister
Westminster; presidents; parliament
presidential; presidents; the legislature.
proportional representation (PR) parliamentary; coalitions; the prime minister
Westminster; the prime minister; the legislature
QUESTION 2 : Which of the following characteristics distinguishes parliamentary from presidential forms of government?
Parliamentary systems have multi-party systems; presidential systems have two-party systems.
Parliamentary systems have unicameral legislatures, but presidential systems have bicameral legislatures.
In presidential systems there are separate elections for the legislature and the executive; parliamentary systems have only a single national election for both.
In presidential systems the cabinet can fall, but in parliamentary systems there can only be a vote of no confidence.
Parliamentary systems subscribe to proportional representation (PR) rules, and presidential systems subscribe to single-member district plurality rules.
QUESTION 3 : All of the following are reasons states have adopted semi-presidential systems EXCEPT
Semi-presidential systems do not have legislative gridlock.
Post-Soviet systems were, often by default, semi-presidential systems.
Some states desired to demonstrate their commitment to democratic principles.
Many states adopted the institutional form in order to gain economic aid.
France influenced its former colonies.
QUESTION 4 : Hybrid regimes combine elements of ______________ with those of _______________.
coalitions; cabinets
proportional representation (PR); majoritarian (first-past-the-post)
democracy; authoritarianism
presidentialism; parliamentarism
the judiciary; the bureaucracy
QUESTION 5 : Presidential systems and parliamentary systems both use ______________ to govern.
no-confidence votes
bureaucracies
minority cabinets
coalitions
cohabitation
QUESTION 6 : During which decades did advanced industrial countries establish welfare states by investing large percentages of GDP on social spending?
1950s to 1970s
1910s to 1930s
1990s to 2010s
1970s to 1990s
1930s to 1950s
QUESTION 7 : Enforcing contracts, protecting property rights, and establishing a uniform currency are examples of how:
states limit the growth of market economies
states enforce global economic policies
market economies help states to function
states help market economies to function
markets are managed by the central bank
QUESTION 8 : Which countries were able to modernize their economies with a state-led model that focused on export competitiveness by re-engineering consumer products?
Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria
United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong
France, Germany, Italy
Brazil, Argentina, Columbia
QUESTION 9 : Germany has responded to a declining workforce due to falling birth rates and an aging population by:
Extending the retirement age for workers to 75
Promoting full-time work for women and dual-income families
Raising quotas for Scandinavian immigrants allowed to settle in Germany
Offering generous bonuses for employees who work overtime
Encouraging refugees to come to Germany
QUESTION 10 : Which situation best describes a resource curse?
American farmers producing more grain than can be consumed
Sweden's generous welfare policies negatively impacting its government's budget
Japan's declining work force limiting the country's economic expansion
Haitian people suffering because of a lack of resources to meet the population's needs
Botswana's diamond mining preventing the establishment of diversified agriculture and manufacturing