COM654 ASIAN POLITICS

IN-CLASS ONLINE QUIZ

CHAPTER 1 – 5

Instructions: For the True or False question please select ONE answer only. You will be
given only 30 minutes to answer the quiz. Students are not allowed to screenshot or download
the questions or answers. ALL THE BEST!

No. STATEMENTS TRUE FALSE

1. Through the study of politics, we become more aware of our /
dependence on the political system and better equipped to
determine when to favor and when to oppose change.

2. Politics can also be defined as the process by which a /

community selects rulers and empowers them to make
decisions, take action to attain common goals, and reconciles
conflict within the community

3. Power is the currency of politics. Without power, no /

government can make and enforce laws, provide security,
regulate the economy, conduct foreign policy or wage war.

4. There are 4 types of governments and they are Republics, /

Monarchies, Tyrannies and Utopian.

5. Republic is a system of government in which power rests /

with the rulers rather than people of that land.

6. Examples of a republic government include Singapore and /

Saudi Arabia.

7. Soft power in politics refers to means and instruments to get /

support in a democratic society by persuasion instead of
coercion.

8. The founder of modern anarchism is B. F. Skinner, who /

called for peaceful uprisings by beggars and offenders of
society.

9. The state - In its other form, a state is the minor political- /

administrative subdivision of a federal system.

10. Stateless Nation examples include the Jews, Shiite and /

Tibetans.

11. A nation requires her people to share a language, culture or /

major ethnic group.
12. ‘Liberal’ in U.S. politics is a political philosophy that emphasizes /
individualism, equality, and civil rights above other values.

13. Famous examples of Republic nations include Indonesia and /

South Korea.

14. In Malaysia, the supreme law of the land is known as the /

“Federal Constitution”.

15. The Philosopher King according to Plato is a group of guardians /

with adornment.

16. The term “country” is equivalent to the political term “nation- /

state”.

17. If any government does not protect the citizens, the people have /
a right to revolt and fight for their rights.

18. The act of governing should not include manipulating /

information for political security.

19. Constitutions are documents that delineate the basic organization /

and operations of government. They also assign powers to the
government and set limits to the use of those powers.

20. The fundamentals of governing include manipulating mass media /

for political objectives.