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Question 110 ptsA great deal of empirical evidence indicates that there

is a strong association between wealth and democracy. This is what would be predicted by:

modernization theory

survival story

modernization theory and survival story

neither; this evidence disproves implications from both theories

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Question 210 pts

Modernization theory predicts that the likelihood of a transition to democracy increases with wealth, while the survival story predicts that the likelihood of becoming a democracy is unrelated to wealth.

true

false

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Question 310 pts

According to the variant of modernization theory presented in Chapter 6, why did England develop a limited form of government in early modern Europe while France developed an absolutist and autocratic form of government?

England did not have a revolution, whereas France did.

The English king relied on his citizens more for revenue than the French king did.

The French king was involved in more wars than the English king.

The English king had to negotiate with a new type of economic elite (who possessed mobile assets) while the French king did not.

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Question 410 pts

According to the implications of the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game in Chapter 6, giving foreign aid to dictatorships is most likely to:

Improve the welfare of the average citizen in these countries and destabilize dictatorial rule.

Reduce the welfare of the average citizen in these countries and stabilize dictatorial rule.

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Question 510 pts

Country A has been a democracy for 60 years. It has suddenly found vast new oil resources that will make up a significant proportion of its economy moving forward. According to the Political Resource Curse, should we worry about democratic survival in country A?

No

Yes

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Question 610 pts

Country B is a dictatorship. It has suddenly found vast new oil resources that will make up a significant proportion of its economy moving forward. According to the Political Resource Curse, this discovery harms the prospects for democratic emergence in country B?

No

Yes

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Question 710 pts

The predictions of modernization theory are best described by which statement?

Countries are less likely to survive as democracies as wealth increases.

Countries are more likely to become dictatorships as modernization increases.

countries are more likely to become and remain democratic as wealth increases

Countries are more likely to become but less likely to remain democratic as wealth increases.

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Question 810 pts

In Chapter 6, we introduce the concept of dependent and independent variables. Dependent variables are the outcomes or things that we want to explain. They are the effects in cause and effect relationships. Independent variables are the factors that we think might explain or determine the value of the dependent variable. They are the causes in cause and effect relationships. Look at the following statement: Smoking causes cancer. What is the dependent variable?

smoking

cancer

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Question 910 pts

In Chapter 6, we introduce the concept of dependent and independent variables. Dependent variables are the outcomes or things that we want to explain. They are the effects in cause and effect relationships. Independent variables are the factors that we think might explain or determine the value of the dependent variable. They are the causes in cause and effect relationships. Look at the following statement: Smoking causes cancer. What is the independent variable?

cancer

smoking

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Question 1010 pts

In Chapter 6, we introduce the concept of dependent and independent variables. Dependent variables are the outcomes or things that we want to explain. They are the effects in cause and effect relationships. Independent variables are the factors that we think might explain or determine the value of the dependent variable. They are the causes in cause and effect relationships. Look at the following statement: Obesity is caused by eating too much food. What is the independent variable?

Obsesity

amount of food

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Question 1110 pts

In Chapter 6, we introduce the concept of dependent and independent variables. Dependent variables are the outcomes or things that we want to explain. They are the effects in cause and effect relationships. Independent variables are the factors that we think might explain or determine the value of the dependent variable. They are the causes in cause and effect relationships. Look at the following statement: Obesity is caused by eating too much food. What is the dependent variable?

obesity

amount of food

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Question 1210 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. What is Ross’s dependent variable?

Level of Democracy

Whether a country is a democracy or not

Level of freedom

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Question 1310 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. How is Ross’s dependent variable measured?

using Freedom House

using Polity

using PACL (this is the old version of DD)

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Question 1410 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. What is Ross’ main independent variable?

whether a country is Islamic or not

wealth

whether the country is an OECD country

oil reliance

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Question 1510 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. What is the main hypothesis of this article?

that Islamic countries have lower levels of democracy

that wealthy countries have higher levels of democracy

that more oil reliant states have higher levels of democracy

that more oil reliant states have lower levels of democracy

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Question 1610 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. Which of the following observations would falsify the main hypothesis of this article?

oil reliance is unrelated to a country’s level of democracy

oil reliance decreases a country’s level of democracy

Islamic countries have a higher level of democracy

OECD countries have a lower level of democracy

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Question 1710 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. Given Ross’ dependent variable, what sign (positive or negative) does Ross predict for the coefficient on his primary explanatory variable?

positive

negative

neither positive nor negative

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Question 1810 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. What sign does Ross find for the coefficient on his primary explanatory variable? See Table 3, column 1 on page 341.

positive

negative

neither positive nor negative

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Question 1910 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. Does Ross find that being an oil producer only hinders the development of democracy in the Middle East?

he finds that oil only hinders democracy in the Middle East

he finds that oil does not hinder democracy in the Middle East

He find that oil hinders democracy in the Middle East and elsewhere.

He finds that oil hinders democracy everywhere except the Middle East.

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Question 2010 pts

Obtain a copy of Michael L. Ross article, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? from the journal World Politics 53, 2 (April 2001): 325-361 using your college’s or university’s library resources. Skim the article and then answer the following questions. Does Ross find that non-fuel (i.e. not oil or gas) minerals help or hinder the development of democracy?

they help

they hinder

they neither help nor hinder

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Question 2110 pts

Surveys such as the American National Election Studies often ask respondents to say how much they like a particular party or candidate. If the possible responses are “Very much,” “Sort of,” “Not really,” and “Not at all,” then is the measure nominal, ordinal, or interval?

ordinal

nominal

interval

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Question 2210 pts

The economic growth rate in Bangladesh in 2014 was 6.1 percent. Is this an example of a nominal, an ordinal, or an interval measure of economic growth?

interval

ordinal

nominal

No answer text provided.

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Question 2310 pts

Imagine that the true value of democracy in country X is 5 on a scale of 0 to 10. Say there are four people who code the level of democracy in country X using two different measures of democracy, A and B. Measure A yields values of 4, 3, 6, and 4. Measure B yields values of 6, 6, 7, and 6. Is measure A or measure B a more reliable measure of democracy in country X?

B

A

They are equally reliable

No answer text provided.

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Question 2410 pts

Imagine that the true value of democracy in country X is 5 on a scale of 0 to 10. Say there are four people who code the level of democracy in country X using two different measures of democracy, A and B. Measure A yields values of 4, 3, 6, and 4. Measure B yields values of 6, 6, 7, and 6. Is measure A or measure B a more valid measure of democracy in country X?

A

B

They are equally valid

No answer text provided.

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Question 2510 pts

The Democracy-Dictatorship (DD) measure of democracy classifies a country as a democracy if both the chief executive and the legislature are elected, if more than one party competes, and if there has been alternation in power. DD codes countries as dictatorships if any of these criteria are not met. The Freedom House measure classifies a country’s level of “freedom” based on many criteria, including whether the government is accountable, the level of corruption, if minorities are autonomous, if people are treated equally under the law, if they have equality of opportunity, etc, etc.. You might want to draw upon this information to answer the following question. Say you wanted to test the following hypothesis:

Citizens have greater equality of opportunity in democracies than in non-democracies. 

If you want your hypothesis to be falsifiable, which measure of democracy would you use?

Democracy-Dictatorship (DD)

Freedom House

Neither DD nor Freedom House

Either DD or Freedom House

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Question 2610 pts

The Democracy-Dictatorship (DD) measure of democracy classifies a country as a democracy if both the chief executive and the legislature are elected, if more than one party competes, and if there has been alternation in power. DD codes countries as dictatorships if any of these criteria are not met. The Freedom House measure classifies a country’s level of “freedom” based on many criteria, including whether the government is accountable, the level of corruption, if minorities are autonomous, if people are treated equally under the law, if they have equality of opportunity, etc, etc.. You might want to draw upon this information to answer the following question. Say you wanted to test the following hypothesis:

Democracies are more likely to sign international treaties with other democracies than they are with dictatorships.

If you want your hypothesis to be falsifiable, which measure of democracy would you use?

Either DD or Freedom House

Freedom House

Democracy-Dictatorship (DD)

Neither DD nor Freedom House

 

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