Political Science Q & A 2
11/22/2015 Module 2: Mastery Exercise | Schoology
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Introduction to Political Science: FALL15 ...
Module 2: Mastery Exercise
Question 1 (1 point)
A postbehavioral approach to political science inspired by economics is:
a empiricism
b ethical recommendation
c rational choice
d prudential judgment
Question 2 (1 point)
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a Because of their geography, the United Kingdom and Japan are vulnerable to a cutoff of food and raw materials.
b The United States uses significant amounts of imported crude oil.
c Asian nations are among the most disadvantaged in terms of balance between population and food.
d If a nation possesses favorable natural resources, this almost always confers political advantage.
Question 3 (1 point)
Many famous political thinkers have been concerned with developing a theory that integrates political values, social scientific knowledge, and wise action. Which of the following individuals developed an integrated prescriptive theory concerned with the importance of making republican values central to his thinking in a large diverse country?
a Plato
b Alexander Hamilton
c Karl Marx
d James Madison
Question 4 (1 point)
Which region of the world has the largest population?
a Africa
b Asia
c North America
d Latin America
e the Middle East
Question 5 (1 point)
Population projections assert that the world’s population will reach which of the following levels by the year 2050?
a 6.5 billion people
b 9.0 billion people
c 10.1 billion people
d 12.0 billion people
Question 6 (1 point)
According to the authors in The Challenge of Politics, the three major components of political science are:
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a governance, political economy, and political psychology
b empirical, ethical, and prudential
c ethical, empirical, and predictive
d ethical, empirical, and choice
Question 7 (1 point)
The concept of ________ can be used to help define the wellbeing of a political community and is useful as an integrating concept for the discipline of political science.
a political health
b behavioralism
c ethics
d rational choice
Question 8 (1 point)
Who argued that the quest for the “best political order” must be central to political science?
a Leo Strauss
b David Easton
c Robert Dahl
d Harold Lasswell
Question 9 (1 point)
Who is the wellknown ethologist who posits that human beings have an instinctual aggressive drive that helps account for war?
a Crane Brinton
b James Harrington
c Konrad Lorenz
d Alexis de Tocqueville
e Julian S. Huxley
Question 10 (1 point)
Which of the following countries is not rich in oil?
a Venezuela
b Sudan
c Saudi Arabia
d Nigeria
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