Deck 3: Pillars of Power: Monarchy, Theocracy, and Elites

Question 1

Which of the following statement is true?

A)Theocratic forms of government have existed throughout history
B)The Kingdom of Cambodia is a theocracy
C)The United State of America was once a theocratic nation
D)Religion does not play any role in theocracy

Answer 1

Theocratic forms of government have existed throughout history

Question 2

Which of the following statement is false?

A)In many Theocratic nations leaders are members of the clergy
B)The leaders in Theocracy are regarded as divinely guided
C)A leader in Theocracy holds power for five years
D)The word Theocracy originated from a Greek word

Answer 2

A leader in Theocracy holds power for five years

Question 3

A: Laws, regulations and cultural norms in Theocracy are based on religion
B: People with power in Theocracy first serve the citizens and then the God of the religion.

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Answer 3

A is true but B is False

Question 4

Which of the following is governed by Theocratic rule?

A)Iran
B)Egypt
C)India
D)Iraq

Question 5

Which of the following statement is false?

A)A monarchy is a form of Government in which total sovereignty is vested in one person.
B)Monarchs usually both hold and achieve their position through the right of hereditary succession
C)There have been elective monarchs who were elected
D)Only a male can be considered a monarch.

Question 6

A: When a monarch is too young to take full control of their office a regent or groups of regents rule in their place
B: A regent can hold its position for not more than three months

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False.

Question 7

A: A constitutional monarch in a parliamentary democracy is a hereditary symbolic head of state.
B: A Constitutional monarch performs representative and civil roles but does not exercise executive or policy making powers.

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 8

Which of the following statement is true?

A)A Monarch holds the position until death, abdication or is overthrown.
B)Many Monarchs have invoked religious reasons as justification for their rule
C)Male Monarchs are often called Kings and Female Monarchs Queens
D)All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following countries does not have an existing Monarchy?

A)The Netherlands
B)Spain
C)The United Kingdom
D)Italy

Question 10

A: Absolute Monarchs rule with total power
B: The current Queen of the United Kingdom is an absolute monarch.

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 11

How many nations constitute the Realm of the Commonwealth of nations?

A)14
B)15
C)16
D)17

Question 12

A: Divine rights of the king was the claim that a King was given his position by some higher power
B: The authority could include taxes, administration, justice and foreign policy

A)A is true but B is False
B)is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 13

Which of the following Monarchs ruled as an absolute Monarch?

A)King Albert II of Belgium
B)King Louis XIV of France
C)Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
D)King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Question 14

Which of the following is not an elective Monarch?

A)The King of Cambodia
B)The Pope
C)The Yang de-PertuanAgong of Malaysia
D)The Emperor of Japan

Question 15

A: Pareto states that people are always governed by elites except for a short period of time
B: He rejects a linear progressive evolutionary interpretation of history and social change.

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 16

Which of the following nations has a Monarch as head of state?

A)Canada
B)Australia
C)New Zealand
D)All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following statement is false?

A)'La Circulation des elites en France' by Kobalinska is a reference source for Vilfredo Pareto
B)Elites are those who occupy the top position in a class structure
C)Non-elites occupy the lower stratum of society
D)Elites are not subject to change

Question 18

A: New Elites rise and take old elite's place
B: 'Elites' or aristocrats do not last.

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 19

Which of the following statement is true?

A)According to Pareto rising and declining of elites takes place at the same time.
B)In course of time, elites undergo a change where new elites takes place of old elites
C)New rising elites are often young and sometimes rise from the non-elite class
D)All of the above

Question 20

A: Governing Elites are directly or indirectly concerned with administration.
B: They play an important role and enjoy a prestigious place in society.

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 21

A: The work and the role of elites are influenced by two factors
B: One type of factor is called residue and the other derivations

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 22

Which of the following statement is true?

A)The lions are conservative elites in whom the II class of residue predominates
B)The Lions gain and retain power through kindness
C)The use of force is forbidden by this group
D)They lack ideology of any sort.

Question 23

A: Movement of elites takes place in two ways
B: Either through merit or through revolution can movement of elites take place

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 24

A: A few individuals may join the elite from the non-elite group
B: All elites at some point in time were non-elites.

A)A is true but B is False
B)B is true but A is False
C)Both A and B are True
D)Both A and B are False

Question 25

Which of the following is not a source of legitimate authority according to Max Weber?

A)Charismatic
B)Traditional
C)Legal rational
D)Economic Stability