Understanding Political Systems Quiz
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What is the main purpose of a political system?

  • To observe and declare the type of political organization
  • To allocate values authoritatively for a society
  • To define the process for making official government decisions (correct)
  • To create a variety of state and government specific systems

    • Which types of political systems are recognized?

  • Monarchies, hybrid regimes, and socialistic regimes
  • Democracies, totalitarian regimes, and authoritarian regimes (correct)
  • Federations, confederations, and unitary governments
  • Autocracies, oligarchies, and theocracies

    • How does David Easton define a political system?

  • As the interactions through which values are authoritatively allocated for a society (correct)
  • As a process for making official government decisions
  • As the governmental legal and economic system
  • As the type of political organization observed by a state

    • In addition to democracies and totalitarian regimes, what other type of political system is recognized?

    <p>Authoritarian regimes with hybrid regimes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspects does a political system usually comprise?

    <p>Governmental legal and economic system, social and cultural system, and other state and government specific systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'modern classification system' include in terms of political systems?

    <p>Monarchies as a standalone entity or as a hybrid system of the main types</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Yale professor Juan José Linz, what are the three main types of political systems today?

    <p>Democracies, totalitarian regimes, and authoritarian regimes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is characteristic of a band society?

    <p>Small family group, no larger than an extended family or clan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a chiefdom characterized by?

    <p>Pervasive inequality and centralization of authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of political system is characterized by sub-divisions into bands?

    <p>Tribes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What differentiates supranational political systems from empires?

    <p>They are created by independent nations for a common goal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a tribe generally characterized by?

    <p>More social institutions, such as a chief or elders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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