POLI330 2020 January Week 6 Quiz Latest

POLI330 Political Science

Week 6 Quiz

Question 1(TCO 7) What do conservatives argue about the middle class in America?

  That it is disappearing

  That it remains large and essential to the U.S. economy

  That government needs to enact new legislation to protect and assist the middle class

  That the tax burden falls disproportionately on the middle class

  That the middle class's share of the nation's prosperity has fallen since the 1970s

 Question 2(TCO 7) Which theorist argued that the main purpose of government was to protect private property?

  John Locke

  Adam Smith

  Milton Friedman

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Karl Marx

Question 3(TCO 7) Who developed the idea of laissez-faire capitalism?

  John Locke

  Adam Smith

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Friedrich Engels

  François Noël Babeuf

 Question 4(TCO 7) Which of the following would favor a public assistance program, cuts in military spending, more regulation of business and industry, and a progressive tax system?

  Capitalists

  Liberals

  Libertarians

  Marxists

  Conservatives

 Question 5(TCO 7) According to Baron de Montesquieu, what are the advantages associated with business and commerce?

  Nations that trade extensively with other nations are predisposed toward peace.

  Commerce would provide an antidote to individual morality.

  Focus on wealth creation that would stimulate religious organizations.

  A commercial democracy would eliminate certain modest bourgeois attitudes.

  Successful commerce would stimulate spending and end frugality.