GED Social Studies : Political Philosophies
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Example Question #11 : Political Philosophies
The principle of civic responsibility states that __________.
American citizens have a duty to engage in the political process and to vote
the government has an obligation to protect the freedom of the citizens above all else
the government has a duty to protect the security of the citizens
American citizens have a duty to spread democratic ideals around the world
the government has an obligation to spread democracy around the world
American citizens have a duty to engage in the political process and to vote
Civic responsibility is a core ideal in American political participation. It states that American citizens have a duty to engage with the political process, and especially that they have a responsibility to get out and vote. The idea is that our freedoms and liberties are hard-won and still quite rare in the world, and we have a responsibility to maintain them by engaging with them.
Example Question #12 : Political Philosophies
The process by which individuals form their ideas about politics and their affiliations with certain ideologies and parties is known as __________.
government indoctrination
political socialization
political normalization
government assimilation
political participation
political socialization
Political socialization is a broad term used to refer to the means by which an individual forms his or her ideas about politics and develops his or her affiliations with certain ideas and political parties. Many factors impact political socialization, including parenting, education, the media, and social life.
Example Question #13 : Political Philosophies
The idea that all men have a right to life, liberty, and property is most commonly associated with __________
Voltaire.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Charles de Montesquieu.
Adam Smith.
John Locke.
John Locke.
John Locke was an Enlightenment-era philosopher who is most commonly associated with arguing in favor of the idea that all men have certain inalienable rights: primarily to life, liberty, and property. His ideas were extremely influential to the Constitutional Framers, particularly Thomas Jefferson.
Example Question #14 : Political Philosophies
The government practice whereby a stronger nation tries to dominate or exert influence on another nation through military or economic superiority is best described as __________
jingoism.
isolationism.
imperialism.
colonialism.
appeasement.
imperialism.
The term imperialism is used to describe any attempt by a stronger nation to dominate or exert influence a weaker nation through the use of its military or via its economic superiority. The period from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century is often referred to as the Era of European Imperialism, because so many European states were carving out sections of influence around the world. The United States has also engaged in its fair share of imperialism, particularly economic imperialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Example Question #15 : Political Philosophies
Anarchism is a political theory that __________
opposes a weak and decentralized government.
favors a mostly free-market economy, loosely regulated by a central government.
demands freedom of religion.
argues for the elimination of boundaries between nations and the integration of the human race into one global government.
favors the complete abolition of government.
favors the complete abolition of government.
Anarchism is a political theory that favors the complete abolition of government. Anarchists believe that government interferes negatively in the lives and well-being of people, and that society would function best in the complete absence of government.
Example Question #4 : Other Political Philosophies
A political philosophy that is defined by trying to resist social change or desiring a return to a previous social order is called __________
liberal.
libertarian.
conservative.
reactionary.
revolutionary.
reactionary.
The political spectrum is usually constructed as follows: On the far left are revolutionaries, on the left are liberals, in the middle are moderates, on the right are conservatives, and on the far right are reactionaries. Reactionary political philosophy is defined by the repeated attempt to resist social change or, even further, to desire a return to a previous, and more rigid, social order.
Example Question #121 : Ged Social Studies
The political theory that states that a democratic society benefits from competing ideas from a wide spectrum of individual and group opinions is called __________
pluralism.
nominalism.
republicanism.
progressivism.
liberalism.
pluralism.
Pluralism is the name given to a political theory—widely accepted in most modern democracies—that states that a democratic society benefits when there are many competing and varied individual and group opinions working together, or in competition with each other, to direct public policy.
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