Question 11 / 1 ptsWhat phenomenon is most responsible for bringing the organization of the modern state into adoption by most of the world? increased international commerce and trade the spread of philosophical treatises by European thinkers imposition by European states through colonial dominance a centuries-long process of wars and indigenous development of the stateconsultation and negotiation with international organizations like the United NationsQuestion 21 / 1 ptsWhich of the following statements about the process of devolution is accurate?Devolution has most often been used to enhance the legitimacy of ethnic groups.States often devolve power to gain legitimacy but retain the same amount of power in the central government.Devolution has decreased in popularity over the last century due to resulting violence among ethnic groups. Devolution most often results in a transformation to a federalist structure.Devolution sometimes, but not often, leads to a change from a unitary to a federalist structure.Question 31 / 1 ptsWhich of the following can be said about the relationships among states, regimes, and governments? Governments tend to be longer-lived than regimes.The regime consists of either leaders elected by democratic means or leaders who took control by force. Governments are more institutionalized than regimes. States are more institutionalized than governments. The state can be considered the machinery that operates the regime.Question 41 / 1 ptsRecent research suggests that the rise of political organizations came about in large part because: of climate change. of the expansion of slavery. of the rise of monotheistic religions. of writing as an innovation. pre-state societies were extremely violent.Question 51 / 1 ptsAn endogenous explanation of early urbanization and state building would suggest that: early communities formed, settled, and then built political institutions.state building also occurred among hunter-gatherer groups that remained nomadic. religious authorities took the initiative to form early political institutions.early forms of political institutions developed simultaneously with early communities.early forms of political leadership existed well before humans settled into patterns of urbanization.Question 61 / 1 ptsThe emergence of the modern state is closely tied to which of the following specific developments? the development of monotheism the collapse of the Roman Empire the development of the Mayan and Incan empires the rise of the Chinese Empire the expansion of European empires around the globeQuestion 71 / 1 ptsCapacity can be defined as the: ability of a state to develop policy based on the preferences of its electorate.ability of the state to use its legitimacy to raise revenue and encourage adherence to rules and regulations.ability of the state to wield power in order to carry out the basic tasks of providing security and reconciling freedom and equality.state’s ability to influence international actors through either military force or diplomatic means. level of economic modernization of a country.Question 81 / 1 ptsIn which of the following ways does a government built primarily on charismatic legitimacy differ from one based on traditional legitimacy?The legitimacy of a charismatic system is less likely to end when the leader leaves office. Charismatic legitimacy would likely be much shorter-lived.Charismatic legitimacy increases in power more from length of office than does traditional legitimacy. Charismatic legitimacy has a better chance of being institutionalized.Charismatic legitimacy is much more likely to transform into rational-legal legitimacy.Question 91 / 1 ptsThe shorthand term for the combination of regime, state, and government is: country. federalism. territory. people. nation.Question 101 / 1 ptsSovereignty is defined as the ability of:individuals to vote freely in elections without restriction by the state or external actors. modern democracies to encourage participation.states to influence other actors in the international system by means of physical, cultural, or economic force.states to carry out actions or policies within a territory independent of external actors or internal rivals. individuals to depend on laws and regulations to be enforced with impartiality.Question 111 / 1 ptsPolitical scientists, based on the work of Max Weber, define the state as: any condition that leads to political action. an elected official of a country. the basic rules and norms of politics. an organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory. a small regional unit within a country, found only under federalism.Question 121 / 1 ptsThe text suggests that the difficulty of amending the U.S. Constitution is evidence of the power of: modern bureaucratic “red tape.” charismatic legitimacy. federalism. rational-legal legitimacy. traditional legitimacy.Question 131 / 1 ptsDevolution is a process by which states: increase their autonomy. increase their capacity. move power from the central state to local levels. break up into several smaller countries. reduce the size of their bureaucracy.Question 141 / 1 ptsWhich of the following statements about the development and spread of the modern state is accurate?Many states were able to use ethnicity as a nationalizing force even as people began to define themselves less through characteristics like religion or town of residence.Most colonial states that threw off European power attempted to reject the state as the primary organizing model of government and society.China’s inability to forge a powerful state structure before Europe led to its marginalization in world affairs for over a thousand years.The rapid spread of states reduced the ability of individuals and groups to eliminate political rivals, leading to greater political violence.The increased warfare resulting from the rise of modern states in Europe restricted technological innovation for centuries.Question 151 / 1 ptsA small state government successfully makes major changes to its public education policy out of belief that it is the best thing for the people, even though the public largely opposes the new policy. At the same time, the state proves largely incapable of maintaining law and order or providing food and medical care in a region that is suffering through a drought. In which of the following ways could this state be categorized? low capacity, high autonomy