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# POLS 170: Investigating Politics ## Unit #3 Quiz Review Sheet ### Fall 2024 #### Thursday Dec 12th This review sheet provides the exact Quiz #3 questions without the multiple choice options. Formulating complete answers on your own will help you eliminate incorrect choices and confidently select...

# POLS 170: Investigating Politics ## Unit #3 Quiz Review Sheet ### Fall 2024 #### Thursday Dec 12th This review sheet provides the exact Quiz #3 questions without the multiple choice options. Formulating complete answers on your own will help you eliminate incorrect choices and confidently select the correct option. **Questions and Answers (Based on class discussion):** 1. **Which of the following is NOT a core principle of liberal democracy?** (Answer needs to be provided) 2. **What is a problem with direct democracy as practiced in citizen-led assemblies?** (Answer needs to be provided) 3. **What argument defends epistocracy?** (Answer needs to be provided) 4. **What is the term for drafting a random sample of the population to govern the state?** (Answer needs to be provided) 5. **What are the three key institutions of liberal democracy?** (Answer needs to be provided) 6. **Why are constitutions not appropriate for assessing the quality of a country's democratic system?** (Answer needs to be provided) 7. **What is the U.S. aggregate freedom score according to Freedom House since 2010?** (Answer needs to be provided) 8. **According to Freedom House, what percentage of the world's population lives in a "free country" in 2023?** (Answer needs to be provided) 9. **Which age group in the United States is least likely to consider living in a democracy "absolutely important"?** (Answer needs to be provided) 10. **What is NOT a major predictor of democratic backsliding?** (Answer needs to be provided) 11. **What are the two major principles of non-democratic regimes?** (Answer needs to be provided) 12. **To whom do autocrats cater?** (Answer needs to be provided) 13. **What do non-democratic regimes prioritize over other things?** (Answer needs to be provided) 14. **What is an example of a characteristic of totalitarianism, referencing a video of North Koreans?** (Answer needs to be provided) 15. **What is unique about totalitarian ideologies?** (Answer needs to be provided) 16. **What is an example of a characteristic of totalitarianism, referencing a number of East German informants?** (Answer needs to be provided) 17. **In contrast to totalitarian regimes, what is focused more on in modern authoritarian regimes?** (Answer needs to be provided) 18. **Which amendment in the U.S. Constitution contains the freedom of speech clause?** (Answer needs to be provided) 19. **In the US, what right do people have regarding their opinions, ideas, and beliefs?** (Answer needs to be provided) 20. **Why can social media companies restrict speech on their platforms?** (Answer needs to be provided) 21. **What is the legal status of "hate speech" in the United States?** (Answer needs to be provided) 22. **What phrase is found in the text of the Scottish hate speech law?** (Answer needs to be provided) 23. **What was the outcome of the Supreme Court case involving the Westboro Baptist Church?** (Answer needs to be provided) 24. **What is the current status regarding the deployment of lethal autonomous weapons among the U.S., Russia, and China?** (Answer needs to be provided) 25. **How is the nuclear arms race driven according to class discussion?** (Answer needs to be provided) 26. **How does the AI arms race differ from the nuclear arms race?** (Answer needs to be provided) 27. **What is the current state of the AI arms race between China and the United States?** (Answer needs to be provided) 28. **How can the scientific replication crisis best be described?** (Answer needs to be provided) 29. **Which of the following is a prominent example of a study that failed to replicate?** (Answer needs to be provided) 30. **What is NOT a cause of the replication crisis?** (Answer needs to be provided) 31. **What might incentivize researchers to engage in selective reporting or statistical manipulation?** (Answer needs to be provided) 32. **Why might the replication crisis be considered a "blessing in disguise"?** (Answer needs to be provided) **Note:** The provided text is a list of questions, and to be a complete document, suitable answers for each question would need to be added.