Posted: May 13th, 2018

Strayer SOC 300 Mid term Exam

Question 1 A _______________ is a political system dominated by religious leaders and institutions. Question 2 An example (s) that defies the commonly held notion that more educated and professionals are less religious is (are): Question 3 Currently, ________________ of the world’s Muslims are Sunni. Question 4 Harvey Cox and other scholars predicted, based on evidence from the developed world, that among developing nations the role of religion would: Question 5 In Tibet, the _______________ is viewed as the country’s secular and spiritual leader. Question 65 out of 5 points Islam has two major branches, the Sunnis and the Shi’as. The split between the two groups came about because: Question 7 Latin American Catholics are not monolithic. Beliefs range from conservative___________ to left wing __________________. Question 8 Many of the 20th Century Catholic reform movements in Latin America can be traced to Pope Leo XIII’s criticism of ______________________. Question 9 Since the end of the cold war, ___________________ has replaced _______________ as the major threat to American and European security. Question 10 A full democracy or liberal democracy has more criteria including the following except: Question 11 A simple definition of democracy is: Question 12 According to Crawford Young, cultural pluralism is associated with___________________. Question 13 According to Huntington, the first democratic wave lasted from ________ and was influenced by _________ and ___________. Question 14 An important component of the definition of a liberal democracy is that competitive elections are not meaningful if: Question 15 Barrington Moore, Jr.’s widely acclaimed study of economic and political change identified three discrete paths to modernization based on: Question 16 Between 1990 and 2005, Third World economies grew by: Question 175 out of 5 points By the 1980s, most Latin American authoritarian governments were undermined by__________________. Question 18 During the 1970s and 1980s, in East Asia a number of authoritarian rulers clung to power because: Question 19 Dependency theorist explain political, social and economic underdevelopment by emphasizing: Question 20 Example (s) of ethnic misclassification imposed by outsiders include ______________________- Question 21 Examples of cases in which the spoken language gives political relevance to groups include: Question 22 For many years, a number of developing countries show: Question 23 In 1972 in Burundi, which group was the ruling minority? Question 24 In Kapstein and Converse’s study of countries transitioning from authoritarian to democracy 1960-2004, those in which areas experienced less stability? Question 25 In Nigeria, which tribe is considered more modern and commercially successful? Question 26 In South Africa __________ created racial classifications for their entire population that defied international standards. Question 27 In many developing countries, poverty is manifested by: Question 28 In some countries, ethnic divisions may be reinforced by class antagonism. Examples would include: Question 29 In summary, during the 1970s and 1980s, ethnic violence increased in developing countries, and often coincided with the spread of _____________. Question 30 In the early years of the 21st century, much of the Third World suffered from ________________ tensions. Question 31 Modernization theory applied to underdeveloped countries has a number of criticisms including: Question 32 Most analysts consider ethnic identity a ______________. Question 33 Per capita income does not provide a complete picture of national living standards because: Question 34 Philips Cutright determined that when other factors are held constant, strong democracies are correlated with: Question 35 Political scientist have found that higher literacy is associated with: Question 36 Poverty is associated with: Question 375 out of 5 points Proponents of modernization theory are likely to be _______________ and proponents of dependency theory are likely to be ___________. Question 38 Recent survey data from 12 African nations indicate that tribal affilations are a major determinant of______________. Question 39 n Since the 1990s, wars between sovereign states has ___________, but internal conflict between cultural, ethnic or religious groups has ________. Question 40 The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure of: Question 41 The Third World refers to countries that: Question 425 out of 5 points The average American earns four to five times as much as the average: Question 43 The most dramatic third wave democratic transition involved countries in _________________ as a result of _________________. Question 44 The process of moving from an authoritarian to a democratic regime is: Question 45 The third wave of democratic transition occurred_____________. Question 46 When Burundi held its first free election ___________________________. Question 47 Why is the use of the word “tribe” sometimes controversial? Question 48 _______________ presented the most notorious example of race-based political conflict. Question 49 Federalism is a form of government in which people want to form a union without losing _________________. Question 50 Secession is defined as:

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