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Government is best defined as:


A) Coalitions built in order to increase the rank of an individual.
B) Rules that dictate who makes policy decisions.
C) A machine that makes decisions for a community.
D) A stable moment in the political process.

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Which of the following would be considered a personal coalition?


A) Two similar political parties merge in order to secure more votes.
B) Several religious groups come together to pressure the government on an important issue.
C) A political candidate takes potential donors out to lunch as part of a fundraising initiative.
D) Members of a specific ethnic community generally vote for the same political party.

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Henri de Saint-Simon believed that people are inherently self-interested.As a result,he thought that strong,authoritarian government would always be necessary.

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The study of politics is an ancient part of human culture.

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A fundamental unit of political activity is the__________.

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Who described politics as being a process of gathering and maintaining support for human projects?


A) Bertrand de Jouvenel
B) J.D.B. Miller
C) Harold Lasswell
D) Alan Ball

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Politics has been called the art of what?


A) government
B) self-interest
C) society
D) compromise

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In small-scale settings,__________ are based on personal relationships among individuals.

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According to Bertrand de Jouvenal,which of the following would be considered a political activity?


A) Owning your county's flag, and keeping it in your closet.
B) Stealing your country's flag from a store.
C) Fixing a leak in your roof.
D) Enlisting your neighbours to help fix leaks in your community centre's roof.

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What is the usual translation of the Greek word "polis"?


A) city-state
B) government
C) constitution
D) politics

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David Easton states that politics is the "authoritative distribution of _________."

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Define the relationships between government and politics.Does government necessarily require coercion in order to be effective?

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