Review Question (Part 2) Flashcards
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It explains the rule how a government must
operate and may also include protections for
individual rights and liberties for all people,
including minority groups.
a) Constitution
b) Government
c) Limited Government
d) Rule of Law
a) Constitution
Some democracies consider the idea of ______ as important and enshrined it in their
constitutions.
a) Law
b) Peace
c) Equity
d) Equality
d) Equality
Type of monarchy where the ruler exercises absolute sovereign power; he is the chief executive, the legislator and the judge at the
same time.
a) Absolute Monarchy
b) Constitutional Monarchy
c) Ceremonial Monarchy
d) Limited Monarchy
a) Absolute Monarchy
System that seeks to eliminate the perceived
inefficiencies, irrationalities, unpredictability
and crises that is traditionally associated with
capital accumulation and the profit system.
a) Capitalism
b) Socialism
c) Market Socialism
d) Non-Market Socialism
b) Socialism
A form of government where the power is
centralized in the hands of a single individual
and ruled by a small group of people selected
by one person.
a) Dictatorship
b) Democratic Government
c) Oligarchy
d) Monarchy
a) Dictatorship
All the statements below are TRUE about
Oligarchy, EXCEPT -
a) Ruled by a smaller group of people.
b) Derived from Ancient Greek word oligarkhia.
c) An economic and political policy philosophy
encompassing diverse economic and diverse
systems.
d) The power is bestowed to only a few individuals,
the ‘rule by few’.
c) An economic and political policy philosophy
It is responsible for creating and enforcing the
rules of a society, defense, foreign affairs, the
economy, and public services.
a) Politicians
b) Leaders
c) Government
d) President
c) Government
Which of the following statement is correct in distinguishing the state from the government?
I. A state cannot exist without a government, but it is possible to
have a government without a state.
II. The government is only the agency through which the state
articulates its will.
III. A government may change, its form may change, but the state, as
long as its essential element are present, remains the same.
a) Only I is correct.
b) Only II is correct.
c) Only I and II are correct.
d) All of the statements are correct.
d) All of the statements are correct.
A form of democracy in which the people elect
a legislative body.
a) Parliamentary democracy
b) Presidential democracy
c) Participatory democracy
d) Direct democracy
a) Parliamentary democracy
In a parliamentary democracy, the legislative
body is called -
a) Senate
b) Congress
c) Diet
d) Parliament
d) Parliament
A form of democracy in which the voters elect
both their representatives in the legislative
body and the executive.
a) Parliamentary democracy
b) Presidential democracy
c) Participatory democracy
d) Direct democracy
b) Presidential democracy
The purpose and necessities of a government
are to protect the society and its members,
and advancements in what aspect?
a) international and domestic relations
b) public welfare and physical, economic, social, and
cultural well-being of the people
c) technological innovation
d) politics within a certain foreign country
b) public welfare and physical, economic, social, and
cultural well-being of the people
Which of the following statement is the
characteristic of totalitarianism?
a) It permits individual freedom
b) It is a recent species of democracy.
c) It relies on persuasion to maintain power.
d) It seeks to subordinate all aspects of individual life to
the authority of the state.
d) It seeks to subordinate all aspects of individual life to
the authority of the state.
It is a government by right, lawful, and
legitimate with the general support of the
people and its recognition of supremacy.
a) De Jure
b) Totalitarianism
c) De Facto
d) Aristocracy
a) De Jure
Which of the following features/characteristics
DOES NOT describe aristocracy?
a) It is a government made by the few individuals who are of
privileged class.
b) The government possesses a well-defined system of
hereditary nobility.
c) The term was derived from Greek words aristos, which
means best and kratia, which means power.
d) The power resides with a hereditary ruling class.
c) The term was derived from Greek words aristos, which
means best and kratia, which means power.
Which of the following statements describes
communism?
a) A form of government that refers to the communal ownership of
all property derived from the political theory of Karl Marx.
b) A type of government as well as an economic system where it
has a way of creating and privatizing wealth.
c) It is a system where individual people own land, factories, or
machinery.
d) It is a system where the government or the whole community owns
land, factories and machinery and everyone is supposed to privatize
the wealth that they create.
a) A form of government that refers to the communal ownership of
all property derived from the political theory of Karl Marx.
It is a type of property where an asset is
recognized to be in the possession of the
society rather than individual members or
groups within it.
a) Social ownership
b) Private ownership.
c) Capitalism.
d) Socialism.
a) Social ownership
It is a legal designation for the ownership of
property by non-governmental legal entities –
a natural law according to John Locke.
a) Social ownership
b) Private ownership.
c) Capitalism.
d) Socialism.
b) Private ownership.
Where is socialism traditionally located on the
political spectrum?
a) Right-wing
b) Left-wing.
c) Extreme right.
d) Extreme left.
b) Left-wing.
It is a form of government ruled by a small
group of people.
a) Aristocracy
b) Democracy.
c) Monarchy.
d) Oligarchy.
d) Oligarchy.
Plutocracy is a type of oligarchy where
_________ controls the power
a) the military
b) one political party
c) a religious group
d) the wealthy
d) the wealthy
Filipino First Policy is his domestic policy.
a) Pres. Joseph Ejercito Estrada
b) Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte
c) Pres. Carlos P. Garcia
d) Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr.
c) Pres. Carlos P. Garcia
Emilio Aguinaldo was the first and only
Philippine president elected at a very young
age. He declared Philippine Independence
from Spain.
a) First statement is true and second statement is
false
b) First statement is false and second statement is
true
c) Both statements are false
d) Both statements are true
d) Both statements are true
Which of the following is NOT a policy during
the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos?
a) Philippines 2000
b) Charter Change
c) Migrants’ worker protection
d) Closing of US Military bases in the Philippines
d) Closing of US Military bases in the Philippines