PLS 200 Exam 2 Question and answers verified to pass
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PLS 200 Exam 2 Question and answers verified to pass
About 1/3 of the world's countries today are ruled by democracies - correct answer False
Kim Jong Un became leader of NK after staging a coup against his father - correct answer False
Trump became the first sitting president to meet ...
PLS 200 Exam 2 Question and answers
verified to pass
About 1/3 of the world's countries today are ruled by democracies - correct
answer ✔False
Kim Jong Un became leader of NK after staging a coup against his father -
correct answer ✔False
Trump became the first sitting president to meet with the leader of NK -
correct answer ✔True
The United Arab Emirates was a dictatorship until 2006, when it began
holding parliamentary elections - correct answer ✔False
The UAE is a federation of 7 fairly autonomous states - correct answer
✔True
The US and the UAE have had tense relations since the UAE gained
independence from the UK in 1971 - correct answer ✔False
One reason Singapore is a dictatorship is b/c the electoral rules are favored to
the People's Action Party - correct answer ✔True
An authoritarian regime always ends when the leader loses power - correct
answer ✔False
Totalitarianism refers to the extreme forms of authoritarian rule where the
leadership exercises full control over citizenry - correct answer ✔True
, In modern dictatorships, some regimes feature multi-party elections, but most
do not - correct answer ✔False
The cases of Singapore, UAE and NK illustrate that a defining feature of a
dictatorship is the concentration of power in the hands of a single individual -
correct answer ✔False
Economic growth rates are about the same in dictatorships and democracies,
but the variance is higher in democracies - correct answer ✔False
One of the advantages of dictatorship is the ability to make quick decisions,
even if they are unpopular - correct answer ✔True
One of the top 5 concerns Americans have with democracy in the US is
interference by Russia and other countries - correct answer ✔False
Most experts assess that American democracy is weakening b/c elections are
not free and fair - correct answer ✔False
Most experts assess that one area in which America is failing is civil behavior
- correct answer ✔True
Experts assess that the threat to democracy is higher in the US than it is in
Poland - correct answer ✔True (?)
In many parts of Europe, left-wing populist parties are gaining representation -
correct answer ✔False
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