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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
11/03/2013

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TRUE/FALSE: On the acid test, Gamma is China and Delta is India.
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: The right to your "persons" is the right to your body.
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights did NOT have force of law.
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: We have 89,527 governments in the United States.
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: Adam Smith recognizes that there IS market failure. Sometimes, private companies won't build (roads, bridges, prisons)
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True
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Which of the following does micropolitics NOT study?
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A--society
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TRUE/FALSE: Classical liberalism is libertarianism.
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True
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What was Thoreau's view on slavery?
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A--slavery is a moral evil
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What was Thoreau's primary act of civil disobedience?
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A--his refusal to pay taxes
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Which of the following governmental activities did Thoreau NOT object to?
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A--the elimination of tariffs
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TRUE/FALSE: Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in the Massachusetts jail.
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TRUE/FALSE: Thoreau criticizes Webster.
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TRUE/FALSE: According to Prof. Glenn Tinder, inequality is the center of political conflict in the modern world.
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: We have a multiparty political system by law; it just so happens that we have a two party system.
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True
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G20
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= "IGO" = Intergovernmental organization, governments made up of the largest economies of wrld.
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The "social capital" is how much ppl are involved in comm/gov
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TRUE/FALSE: Family is the most important influence on young children"
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: According to Aung Sui Ki (sorry for sp), "State's interests are more important than personal interests"
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True
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Politics is associated with those aspects of life that:
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D: have public significance
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What % of the world's wealth does the top % have?
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A-- the top 1% have 43% off the world's wealth
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What % of the National Income does the top 1% in the US own?
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A-- USA 1% = 24%
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A tort=
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an injury
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Savana Redding
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won supreme court case, didn't get money, but won an order (writ) for schools to not engage in that type of search again (strip-search)
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In a court case:
π=?
∆=?
Definition
π=plaintiff (the one with the complaint)
∆= govt. (defendant)
Prosecutorial discretion (people[π] may or may not prosecute)
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4th amendment
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freedom from unreasonable searches & seizures (privacy)
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Loco Parentis
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In school, teachers take role of parent
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Politics:
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The process through which power and influence are used in the promotion of certain values and interests.
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IIED=
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Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
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Federal System
Definition
National government and states derive authority from the people
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Unitary System
Definition
Local and regional governments derive authority from the national government.
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Confederate System
Definition
National government derives authority from states
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