Quiz Questions Flashcards

1
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According to Berheide, what made Marx seem like a fraud

A

His prohibition of certain questions

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2
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According to Rocco, what political systems aim chiefly at achieving the welfare of individual members of society

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Liberalism, democracy, socialism

NOT fascism

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3
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In the book, “Reflections on Violence,” who argued that “myth and violence were needed to bring about the revolution

A

Sorel

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4
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In Marxian economics, the difference between the labor value of a product and what the owner sells that product for is the _________ value

A

surplus

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5
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According to the Law of Capitol Accumulation

A

competition forces capitalists to invest in newer and newer technologies

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6
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The fact that capitalism developed out of a feudalism gradually illustrates the Law of…

A

Law of Transformation of Quantity into Quality

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7
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According to Marx, all history is the history of…

A

class struggle

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8
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Marx saw the state as a mechanism for

A

balancing competing societal interests

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9
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The chief function of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Marx said would be to…

A

destroy the bourgeoisie (owning class)

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10
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According to Lenin during the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the new worker state would

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be unrestrained by any law

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11
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Marx saw a society’s superstructure as determined by it’s

A

substructure

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12
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According to _________ people in a state of nature establish government to protect their natural rights

A

John Locke

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13
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The three features of modernism described by Thiele are

A

Scientism, humanism and progressivism

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14
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The election method most effective at giving minority views a voice in government deliberations in the

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Proportional representation (PR) system

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15
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“A spectre is haunting Europe,” Marx wrote at the beginning of his “Manifesto”, the spectra was…

A

communism

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16
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A government that divides Aristotle’s governmental functions among three different branches is based on the concept of….

A

separation of powers

17
Q

Modernism led to what

A

the development of individualism as a political idea

18
Q

According to Thiele, Hitler bases his idea of genocide on…

A

the U.S.’s treatment of the indigenous population

19
Q

Lienesch indicates that to a large extent democracy is…

A

an effort to promote equality and that Mueller is wrong to de-emphasize equality

20
Q

According to Mueller, the defining characteristic of democracy is

A

responsiveness

21
Q

Fascism basically is an effort to combine the ideas of

A

rationalism and

22
Q

What are the key elements in all variety of fascism

A

An emphasis on action, nationalism, and elitist democracy

NOT racism

23
Q

The most fundamental concept if Islam is that there….

A

is only one God

24
Q

Tawhid in the Islam religion means

A

There is only one God

25
Q

Rocco argued that the Italian nation consist of…

A

past present and future generations of Italians

26
Q

Under the fascist regimes the sort of jokes people tell…

A

are a matter of government concern

27
Q

Fascist movement of the twenties and the thirties called for

A

reducing class distinctions within the nation

28
Q

The main economic policy characteristic of European fascist regimes and the movements was…

A

corporatism

29
Q

Shi’ites call the period since the disappearance of the twelfth Imam the…

A

Greater Occultation

30
Q

The writing and sermons of _______ inspired the Iranian revolution of 1979

A

Khomeini

31
Q

In “Animal Farm” the horse who always believes he needs to work hater is…

A

Boxer

32
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Ideas found in the writing of Mawlana Mawdudi and Hasan Al-Bana include

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1) Support for violent jihad against corrupt Muslim rulers,
2) Viewing Islam as a total way of life
3) explaining modern Western power as a result of abandonment of Islam by Muslim
NOT the rejection of science

33
Q

During the Battle of the Cowshed _____ led the animals against the humans

A

Snowball

34
Q

Khomeini especially criticized modern governments for not enough attention to…

A

improving people’s souls

35
Q

The dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia is…

A

Wahabbism

36
Q

In “Animal Farm” Old Major;s dream most closely resembles the political idea of…

A

Karl Marx