Chapter 02 National Differences in Political, Economic, and Legal Systems
Chapter 02 National Differences in Political, Economic, and Legal Systems
Answer Key
True / Fal Questions
1.The central message of collectivism is that individual economic and political freedoms are the
ground rules on which a society should be bad.
FALSE
Collectivism refers to a political system that stress the primacy of collective goals over individual goals. When collectivism is emphasized, the needs of society as a whole are generally viewed as being more important than individual freedoms.
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Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Differences in Political Systems
2.The communists believed that socialism could be achieved by democratic means, and turned their
backs on violent revolution and dictatorship.
FALSE
The communists believed that socialism could be achieved only through violent revolution and
totalitarian dictatorship, whereas the social democrats committed themlves to achieving
socialism by democratic means, turning their backs on violent revolution and dictatorship.
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Topic: Differences in Political Systems 3.The Cold War was, in many respects, a war between collectivism and individualism.
TRUE
The Cold War, in many respects, was a war between collectivism, championed by the former
Soviet Union, and individualism, championed by the United States.
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Topic: Differences in Political Systems
4.Most modern democratic states practice reprentative democracy.
TRUE
In complex, advanced societies with populations in the tens or hundreds of millions the pure form of democracy is impractical. Most modern democratic states practice reprentative democracy.
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Topic: Different Forms of Government 5.Democracy is a form of government that prohibits opposing political parties.
FALSE
Democracy refers to a political system in which government is by the people, exercid either
directly or through elected reprentatives. Totalitarianism is a form of government in which one person or political party exercis absolute control over all spheres of human life and prohibits
opposing political parties.
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Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Different Forms of Government
6.In a totalitarian country, there are safeguards to protect an individual's right to freedom of
expression, opinion, and organization.
FALSE
In a totalitarian country, all the constitutional guarantees on which reprentative democracies are built—an individual's right to freedom of expression and organization, a free media, and regular elections—are denied to the citizens.
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Learning Objective: 02-01 Understand how the political systems of countries differ.
Topic: Different Forms of Government
7.The number of command economies has fallen dramatically since the demi of communism in
the late 1980s.
TRUE
Historically, command economies were found in communist countries where collectivist goals
were given priority over individual goals. Since the demi of communism in the late 1980s, the number of command economies has fallen dramatically.
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Learning Objective: 02-02 Understand how the economic systems of countries differ.
Topic: Differences in Economic Systems
8.The objective of the government in a command economy is to encourage free and fair competition
between private producers.
FALSE
The objective of a command economy is for government to allocate resources for "the good of
society." In addition, in a pure command economy, all business are state owned.
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9.In mixed economies, governments also tend to take into state ownership troubled firms who
continued operation is thought to be vital to national interests.
TRUE
In a mixed economy, certain ctors of the economy are left to private ownership and free market mechanisms while other ctors have significant state ownership and government planning. In
mixed economies, governments also tend to take into state ownership troubled firms who
continued operation is thought to be vital to national interests.
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Topic: Differences in Economic Systems
