16. The Russian legislature, known as the Federal Assembly, is __________ and known for
being __________.
a. bicameral, relatively weak
b. unicameral, relatively weak
c. bicameral, relatively strong
d. unicameral, relatively strong
society, political culture, and political economy of Russia.
Topic: Russia
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
17. Out of Russia’s total population of 140 million citizens,
a. 120 million receive state pensions and 20 million work for the state.
b. 20 million work for the state and 40 million receive state pensions.
c. 6 million work as government employees.
d. 40 million work for the state and 20 million receive state pensions
society, political culture, and political economy of Russia.
Topic: Russia
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
18. The State Duma is Russia’s:
a. upper house of parliament representing regions.
b. upper house of parliament elected by plurality voting.
c. lower house of parliament elected by voters to four year terms.
d. lower house of parliament appointed by regional governors and legislators.
society, political culture, and political economy of Russia.
Topic: Russia
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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19. The dominant political party in Russia after 2003 was:
a. the Communist Party.
b. the Liberal Democratic Party.
c. Yabloko.
d. United Russia.
society, political culture, and political economy of Russia.
Topic: Russia
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
20. Politics in Russia is largely about:
a. struggles between regions and the state over regions’ rights.
b. struggles among powerful state officials allied with business groups for control of
state offices.
c. struggles between Russia’s new urban middle class and its large number of
pensioners.
d. struggles between ethnic minorities and the ethnic Russian majority.
society, political culture, and political economy of Russia.
Topic: Russia
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
21. Russian authorities have not tilted the electoral rules toward their ruling party by:
a. making it difficult for opposition parties to find financing.
b. making it difficult for opposition parties to register as recognized parties.
c. adopting a single-member district, plurality vote electoral system.
d. creating fake political parties that actually support the policies of United Russia.
society, political culture, and political economy of Russia.
Topic: Russia
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
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22. Russian political culture differs most strongly from that of China on the issue of:
a. nationalism.
b. having a history of authoritarian rule.
c. tolerance of free speech.
d. government responsibility for providing for everyone.
society, political culture, and political economy of Russia.
Topic: Russia
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
23. Which of the following statements about the civil war in China in the 1930s is not
correct?
a. The political parties in the civil war were the Chinese Communist Party and the
Guomindang Party.
b. The leaders of the two parties were Mao Zedong and Chiang Kaishek.
c. In the 1930s, the Guomindang repeatedly defeated the Communists.
d. The Japanese invasion of 1937 greatly helped the Guomindang Party.
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
24. The Great Leap Forward in China was:
a. a successful effort to improve peasants’ standard of living.
b. a successful effort to accelerate industrial development.
c. a successful effort to improve peasants’ lives and industrial growth rates.
d. an effort to catch up with Western European countries economically.
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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25. The principle that when it comes to economic policy what matters is what works, or “It
doesn’t matter if a cat is white or black as long as it catches the mouse,” represents the
views of which Chinese leader?
a. Mao Zedong
b. Deng Xiaoping
c. Chiang Kai-shek
d. Liu Shaoqi
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
26. The goal of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was to:
a. rapidly modernize China’s agriculture and industry.
b. rapidly improve workers’ educational levels.
c. eliminate traces of capitalism and remake citizens’ thinking along socialist lines.
d. catch up with Western European countries within fifteen years.
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
27. Which Chinese leader returned from a humiliating fall from power to become China’s
paramount leader in 1978?
a. Deng Xiaoping
b. Liu Shaoqi
c. Hu Jintao
d. Wen Jiabao
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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28. The most powerful institution in the Chinese Communist Party is the ___________.
a. Politburo
b. Central Committee
c. National Party Congress
d. State Council
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
29. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?
a. China’s president is the head of state.
b. China’s president is responsible for the day-to-day management of the government.
c. China’s president is also the leader of the Communist Party.
d. China’s president represents China at meetings of world leaders.
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
30. The most far-reaching of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms was:
a. deciding to end China’s isolationist foreign policy.
b. economic reform that gave a greater role to markets and market incentives.
c. introducing legal codes that gave Chinese citizens more civil rights.
d. introducing competitive elections for village leaders.
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
309
31. The __________ policy in China included ending collective farming, opening to world
markets, and allowing private businesses.
a. Great Leap Forward
b. new economic thinking
c. reform and opening
d. special economic zones
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
32. China’s economy with Chinese characteristics includes:
a. using markets, closing poorly performing state enterprises, allowing farmers to own
their land, and keeping a significant number of state enterprises.
b. using markets, closing down all state enterprises, collective ownership of farmland,
and competing in world markets.
c. using markets, closing poorly performing state enterprises, allowing farmers to own
their land, and competing in world markets.
d. using markets, closing poorly performing state enterprises, collective ownership of
farmland, and competing in world markets.
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
33. During 1989, _____________ protests against corruption and government
unresponsiveness occurred in _______________ Square.
a. student-led, Tiananmen
b. worker-led, Red
c. military-led, Tiananmen
d. minority group-led, Red
society, political culture, and political economy of China.
Topic: China
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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