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Introducing Comparative Politics Concepts and Cases in Context 3Rd Edition Orvis Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Introducing Comparative Politics Concepts and Cases in Context 3Rd Edition Orvis Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Introducing Comparative Politics Concepts and Cases in Context 3Rd Edition Orvis Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Multiple Choice
7. A first-past-the-post system is
a. a majority system
b. a PR system
c. a plurality system
d. all of the above
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
9. In a two-party system
a. only two parties compete
b. only two parties obtain votes from citizens
c. only two parties are able to get enough votes to win an election
d. more than one party can win an election
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Party Systems
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. How did most European parties begin in the nineteenth century?
a. as cadre parties
b. as mass parties
c. as centralized parties
d. as green parties
e. as social democratic parties
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Parties
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. In theory, which of the following types of party system will be the most likely to
emerge within a proportional representation electoral system?
a. dominant party system
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
b. multiparty system
c. two-and-a-half party system
d. two-party system
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Party Systems
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Which of the following is likely to conflict the most with the idea of effective
government?
a. participation
b. political parties
c. popular interest
d. pandering
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Easy
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. How would an institutionalist explain why Germany has had a successful Green
Party but the UK has not?
a. There is greater environmental sentiment in Germany.
b. There is greater voter turnout in Germany.
c. Germans are more politically active than British citizens.
d. Germany’s mixed-PR system encourages more narrowly focused parties.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
18. Social networks and norms of reciprocity that are important for a strong civil
society are known as
a. SMD
b. FPTP
c. bowling alone
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
d. social capital
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Civil Society
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. The sphere of organized citizen activity between the state and the individual
family or firm is called
a. political society
b. the party system
c. civil society
d. patron–client linkages
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Civil Society
Difficulty: Easy
22. Populist rulers in Latin American often relied on ______ to ensure political
support.
a. clientelism
b. ideological appeals
c. significant policy changes
d. strong party organizations
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Parties
Difficulty: Easy
26. Which of the following systems of voting wastes the most votes?
a. first-past-the-post (FPTP)
b. open-list proportional representation
c. closed-list proportional representation
d. semiproportional system
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Single-Member Districts: “First-Past-the-Post” and Majoritarian
Voting
Difficulty: Easy
27. Which of the following political parties will most likely oppose social welfare
spending according to von Beyme?
a. Christian democrats
b. Social democrats
c. Conservatives
d. Green parties
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge/Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Parties
Difficulty: Easy
28. According to Duverger’s Law, which of the following voting systems will
eventually result in a two-party system?
a. first-past-the-post (FPTP)
b. open-list proportional representation
c. closed-list proportional representation
d. mixed representation
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-4: How do different electoral and party systems affect political
leaders’ behavior?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Party Systems
Difficulty: Easy
29. A system where many parties have a chance to win a national election is
referred to as
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
30. The unusual electoral system used in Japan until 1993 was called
a. super-majoritarian
b. first-past-the-post
c. single, nontransferable vote
d. instant runoff voting
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Case Study: Japan: From Dominant-Party to Two-Party System?
Difficulty: Easy
31. The strength of groups promoting ethnic interests in India in the 1960s led to the
a. creation of additional states
b. onset of violent peasant uprisings
c. banning of ethnically based parties
d. declaration of a state emergency that lasted for three years
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Case Study: India: From Dominant-Party to Multiparty Democracy
Difficulty: Easy
Difficulty: Easy
33. Japan drew its electoral district lines to over-represent rural voters in order to
a. punish urban voters for their behavior during the war
b. provide strong support for the anticommunist Liberal Democratic Party
c. promote workers’ rights
d. weigh votes according to demographic conditions
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Case Study: Japan: From Dominant-Party to Two-Party System?
Difficulty: Easy
d. a party in which membership and scope were largely restricted to a small number
of political elites
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Political parties
Difficulty: Easy
37. Which theorists argue that modern electoral democracies in reality give limited
power to those in more marginalized positions; elites dominate the national
discourse, control major institutions, and influence voters more than voters influence
who is in office?
a. elite theorists
b. democratic theorists
c. classical theorists
d. rational choice theorists
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
38. In what kind of system must the winner gain an absolute majority of the votes
(50% plus one) rather than just a plurality?
a. minority system
b. majoritarian system
c. proportional system
d. single-party system
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Single-Member Districts: “First-Past-the-Post” and Majoritarian
Voting
Difficulty: Easy
39. Representation in which candidates from parties are elected in other districts and
so their supporters’ views are represented in the legislature, albeit not by their
representative, is referred to as
a. proportional representation
b. list representation
c. indirect representation
d. virtual representation
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Single-Member Districts: “First-Past-the-Post” and Majoritarian
Voting
Difficulty: Easy
40. Which of the follow countries is a key example of a mixed (or semiproportional)
electoral system?
a. Germany
b. Canada
c. Britain
d. India
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Mixed, or Semiproportional, Systems
Difficulty: Easy
41. Which region has the highest percentage of seats in the lower house occupied
by women?
a. Americas
b. Europe, OSCE member countries
c. Nordic countries
d. sub-Saharan Africa
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Women in Power
Difficulty: Easy
42. In recent years, major parties’ decline in terms of their share of the vote has
been greater in countries with what kind of electoral system?
a. first-past-the-post
b. proportional representation
c. clientelism
d. two-and-a-half party
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Parties
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Difficulty: Medium
True/False
1. In majoritarian systems, candidates must win 50 percent plus one of the votes to
be elected.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Answer Location: Single-Member Districts: “First-Past-the-Post” and Majoritarian
Voting
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Formal legal mechanisms that translate votes into control over political offices and
shares of votes are called electoral systems.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Answer Location: The Electoral System
Difficulty Level: Easy
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
5. A system in which multiple parties exist but one wins every election and governs
continuously is called a dominant-party system
Ans: T
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Answer Location: Party Systems
Difficulty Level: Easy
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
9. A party system in which multiple parties and free and fair elections exist but one
party wins every election and governs continuously is called a multi-party system.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Answer Location: Party Systems
Difficulty Level: Easy
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
10. Organizations that bring together all interest groups in a particular sector to
influence and negotiate agreements with the state are called peak associations.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Answer Location: Corporatism
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
11. A broad and charismatic appeal to poor people on the part of a leader to solve
their problems directly via governmental largess is an example of liberalism.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Answer Location: Political Parties-Populism
Difficulty Level: Easy
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Short Answer
3. List some of the sociological explanations for the decline in trust in political
institutions seen since the 1970s in North America, Europe, and Japan.
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Ans: Answers can including a decline in traditional social divisions based on class
and religion or increased access to education.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Political Institutions
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Name and describe at least two things that are beneficial for the development of
civil society.
Ans: Answers can include capitalism, industrialization, social capital, and
democracy.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Civil Society
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. List two arguments that critics make against the proportional representation
system?
Ans: Arguments against proportional representation include indirect elections;
creates an opportunity for extremist parties; underrepresents local concerns
Learning Objective: 6-2: How do institutions affect the representation of ethnic,
gender, religious, and other groups?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Proportional Representation
Difficulty Level: Hard
Essay
2. Compare and contrast the main features of FPTP and PR, highlighting some of
the advantages and disadvantages of each system. Is one of them more
“democratic?” Is one of them more likely to produce political stability and easier
policy-making? Illustrate your answer with at least one country/example for each
system.
Ans: The answer should explain that FPTP enhances governability, while PR
enhances representation. It should also show that students can apply some of the
concepts learned on other chapters to answer a complex question containing many
different elements.
Instructor Resource
Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics, 4th Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
3. Compare neocorporatist and interest group pluralist systems. What are the
benefits and drawbacks of each?
Ans: Students should discuss the tradeoffs involved in relatively uncontrolled access
to political processes versus more limited and structured access. These include
questions of accountability and representation as well as policymaking efficiency.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Do some types of institutions in democracies provide better
overall representation of and influence for average citizens?
Cognitive Domain: Application | Analysis
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Why are candidates for office in the United States more independent from political
parties than in Britain?
Ans: In the United States, candidates for office are selected outside of the formal
party structure through primaries of all registered voters in the party, not just dues-
paying members. In Britain, the party structures select the candidates. Parties also
play a larger role in funding their candidates in Britain than in the United States. May
also mention the role of the parliamentary system in Britain vs the presidential
system in the United States.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop? | 6-4: How do different electoral and party systems
affect political leaders’ behavior?
Cognitive Domain: Application | Analysis
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. List and compare at least two of von Beyme’s categories of political parties.
Ans: Categories include: Liberals, Socialists/Social Democrats, Communists,
Ecology movement, Christian Democrats, Conservatives, and Right-wing Extremists.
Definitions and examples can be found in Figure 6.5.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Are there clear patterns of when and where particular party
and electoral systems develop?
Cognitive Domain: Application | Analysis
Difficulty Level: Hard
T⸺, Mr., 27
Tabriz maund, 220
Tager, 188
Takhtrowan, 368
Taking quinine, 398
Talár, 57
Talisman, 290
Talking lark, 94
Tame pigs, 302
Tame gazelle, 167
lion, 306
partridges, 308
Tanks, 198
Tannūr or oven, 335
Tarantass, 12
Tarantulas, 248
Tattooing, 323
Tax-man at Dehbeed, 133
Tax of turkeys, 144
Taylor, Consul, 212
Taziana, the, 380
Tazzia, 279
Tazzias, dervishes at, 281
T-cloths, marks on, 194
Teachers of religion and law, 338
Teetotaler, a, 380
Teheran, 28, 372
races, 214
Teleet, 136
Telega, 11
Telegraph office, 198
flight of Baabi women to, 154
Telegraph poles, wooden, 80
Temple at Kangawar, 107
Tenets of Baabis, 339
Tent for Tazzia, 280
pitching, 399
Tents, 107
“The Sticks,” 377
Thief-catching, 85
Thieves, gang of, 269
Thorns in feet, 267
Tiflis, 14, 17
“Tiger’s boy,” 341
Tiled dome, 196
halls, 197
mosque, 197
Tile inscription, 177
work gates, 372
Titles, 38, 289
Tobeh, 388
Toffee, expensive, 80
Token, custom of the, 250
Tomb of Cyrus, 355
Esther and Mordecai, 75
Hafiz, 279
Saadi, 278
Tombs of the Kings, 119
Tombstone bridges, 163
Toolahs, 306
Trade credits, 188
in Teheran, 373
Traders, economy of, 172
Trades, 197
Traffic in drink in Julfa, 141
Transit of Venus, 331
Trap-horses, 352
Travellers’ law, 132
Travelling in Persia, 413
when ill, 208
Treasure finding, 76
of Darius, 78
trove in Julfa, 361
Trebizonde, 212
to Teheran, 213
Trees, sacred, 364
Tsaritzin, 406
Tumbakū, 30
Tūmbūn, 324
Turkeys, 375
in Julfa, 144
Turkish barber, 6
chibouques, 6
coffee-houses, 6
saddle, 7
use of, 24
Turkomanchai, 27
Turkoman horses, 104
Zalābi, 284
Zambūreks, 52
Zangi, Spring of, 241
Zenda Rūd, 135, 193
Zerejumah, 317
Zergūn, 260, 354
Zil-es-Sultan, 146, 154, 203, 205, 365
accident to, 255
and his dogs, 366
and the bear, 227
boat of, 248
character of, 366
conversation with, 155
dress of, 257
his kalāat, 258
illnesses of, 149
petition to, 155
politeness of, 366
procession of, 256
prospects of, 199
rudeness of, 367
Zinjan, 154, 272
Zoban-i-Gūngishk, 359
Zoological Gardens, 35
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