Deck 11: Non-Democratic Government: Hybrid and Authoritarian Regimes

Question 1

Which of the following is not a kind of dictatorship?

A) party
B) personal
C) military
D) traditional

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which among the following is an example of a theocratic dictatorship?

A) Russia
B) Equatorial Guinea
C) Italy
D) Iran

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Because non-democratic regimes are able to interfere with the course of justice, they are said to lack ____________.

A) participation
B) transparency
C) rule of law
D) accountability

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Of the following countries, which is today considered the best example of a party dictatorship?

A) China
B) Iran
C) Iraq
D) Libya

Question 5

Who coined the term "authoritarian political system"?

A) Juan Linz
B) John Adams
C) Fidel Castro
D) Adam Przeworski

Question 6

As of 2016, how many countries in the world currently have NO claim to be democratic?

A) 123
B) 51
C) 195
D) 14

Question 7

Which of the following is not one of Friedrich and Brzezinski's characteristics of totalitarianism?

A) an official ideology
B) a police state
C) obligatory military service
D) a single mass party

Question 8

Which of the following countries is NOT a hybrid regime?

A) Nicaragua
B) Qatar
C) Hungary
D) Poland

Question 9

What do the following all have in common: North Korea, the former Soviet Union, and Hitler's Germany?

A) they are all communist systems
B) they are all empires
C) they are all considered totalitarian states
D) they are all theocratic dictatorships

Question 10

Which among the following is one of the traits identified with totalitarian systems?

A) rule of the many
B) communications monopoly
C) rapid economic growth
D) instability

Question 11

_____________ is a private American organization dedicated to the promotion of liberal democracy that charts the state of personal freedom around the globe.

A) Democratic House
B) Rights Association
C) Freedom House
D) Washington Consensus

Question 12

Authoritarianism refers to governments that ________.

A) are legally authorized to rule
B) act decisively
C) rely exclusively on force
D) are not democratic

Question 13

Absolute monarchies ________.

A) often ban political parties and other political activity
B) are common in the Third World
C) have long existed in sub-Saharan Africa
D) last existed in the 19th century

Question 14

Military dictatorships ________.

A) are established through a coup d'etat
B) are always extremely violent
C) generally form their own political party
D) can be removed only by violence

Question 15

Rule by one person with unlimited power is called a(n) ______________.

A) theocracy
B) constitutional monarchy
C) hegemony
D) autocracy

Question 16

Dictatorships that exhibit more than one form of rule are termed as __________.

A) blended dictatorships
B) asymmetrical dictatorships
C) symmetrical dictatorships
D) absolute dictatorships

Question 17

Party dictatorships _________.

A) are exceptionally violent
B) were only ever found in Communist countries
C) were fairly common in post-independence Africa
D) generally take power in coups

Question 18

Who holds the ultimate authority in Iran?

A) the Supreme Leader
B) the Shah
C) the Taliban
D) the military

Question 19

Who was considered a Pathological Tyrant?

A) Fidel Castro
B) Hugo Chavez
C) Pol Pot
D) Vladimir Lenin

Question 20

Which among the following is an example of an absolute monarchy?

A) North Korea
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Spain
D) Great Britain

Question 21

What is the difference between an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy?

Question 22

Many absolute monarchies were overthrown by revolutions during the twentieth century.

Question 23

Briefly describe the three distinct ways that hybrid regimes can come into being.

Question 24

What is the name of the ruling party that was governed Singapore since its independence in 1965?

A) People's Action Party
B) People's Democratic Party
C) The Workers Party
D) The Democratic Socialist Party

Question 25

Dictatorships run by pathological tyrants emerged only in the 20th century.

Question 26

Define authoritarian regimes.

Question 27

Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric, was appointed Supreme Leader of Iran in 2013.

Question 28

Authoritarian states, even wealthy ones, do not take care of the material needs of citizens.

Question 29

How and why do authoritarian regimes use some of the institutions characteristic of democracies?

Question 30

Which of the following countries is considered an example of a hybrid regime?

A) Syria
B) People's Democratic Republic of Korea
C) Turkey
D) Iran

Question 31

Discuss the role of pluralism in non-democratic regimes.

Question 32

A political system where one party holds power for an extended period of time by winning fraudulent elections is called a ___________.

A) systemic political system
B) hegemonic party system
C) autocratic party system
D) dominant party system

Question 33

Historically, most countries have been ruled by monarchs.

Question 34

Fidel Castro of Cuba was deposed via a revolution in 2006.

Question 35

Iran's authoritarian, theocratic state holds regular elections.

Question 36

Singapore and Nicaragua can be considered as _________________ .

A) totalitarian regimes
B) authoritarian regimes
C) hybrid regimes
D) democratic regimes

Question 37

In democratic regimes, governments are not expected to account for their actions to citizens.

Question 38

What is meant by the term blended dictatorship?

Question 39

A military seizure of power is known as a coup d'etat.

Question 40

Only the Islamic religion has produced theocratic dictatorships.

Question 41

Why are authoritarian governments more likely to use coercion than democratic governments?

Question 42

What are the characteristics of a totalitarian system?