PSCI201 LEC (SECTION 1 ) Sunday

Dr.Said Sadek
Email answers to : SSadek@nu.edu.eg
(Political Science Quiz) (Due 7th of March 2022)

Name: Sohad Hossam Elnagar

ID: 19100742
Take Home Quiz (10%)
1- Which is the oldest Living Monarchy and Republic in the
world?
the Imperial House of Japan was founded in 660 BCE by Japan's
first Emperor, Jimmu, making it the oldest continuous hereditary
monarchy in the world.
2- Which country has the longest constitution in the world?
Which one has the shortest?
The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any
country in the world, with 146,385 words in its English-language
version, while the Constitution of Monaco is the shortest written
constitution with 3,814 words.
3- Who is prime minister of Turkey?
Ahmet Davutoğlu (2014–2016) Binali Yıldırım (2016–2018)
4- What are the Prerogatives of the Queen of England?
 The prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and
immunity attached to the British monarch, recognized in England,
the royal prerogative is available in the conduct of the government
of the United Kingdom, including foreign affairs, defense, and
national security.
5- Which Arab country became the first republic in the 20th
century? What was the 8th Arab country to declare its
independence in mid 20th century?
Modern Egypt dates to 1922, when it gained independence from
the British Empire as a monarchy. Following the 1952 revolution,
Egypt declared itself a republic, and in 1958 it merged with Syria
to form the United Arab Republic, which dissolved in 1961.
Lebanon and Syria became the first Arab republics in the
twentieth century on July 23, 1920. After the Battle of Maysalun,
the French Mandate of Syria was created.
6- What’s soft power, hard power and sharp power?
Sharp power: is the use of manipulative diplomatic policies by one
country to influence and undermine the political system of a
target country.
soft power: is the ability to attract co-opt rather than coerce
(contrast hard power). In other words, soft power involves shaping
the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.
Hard power: describes a nation or political body's ability to use
economic incentives or military strength to influence other actors'
behaviors.
7- What’s the name of the oldest political party established
in the world? What was the first political party founded
in the US? Which is the oldest living political party in the
world today?
The Democratic Party, established in the 1830s, is the world's oldest
political party and the United States' oldest political party. The first
political parties in the United States were the Federalist Party and the
Democratic-Republican Party, also known as Jeffersonian Republicans.
The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom is the oldest political
party in the world.

8- Which first three countries in the world granted suffrage

rights to women?
The first three countries in the world granted suffrage rights to women
country was New
Zealand, South Australia and Sweden.
9- Define the following: Populist- Patrimonialism – Political
Economy- Maoism – Praetorianism - NATO

Populist: a member of a political party claiming to represent the common people

especially, often capitalized: a member of a U.S. political party formed in 1891
primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver
and government control of monopolies and a believer in the rights, wisdom, or
virtues of the common people.
Patrimonialism, form of political organization in which authority is based
primarily on the personal power exercised by a ruler, either directly or indirectly.
Political economy: is a branch of social science that studies the relationship that
forms between a nation's population and its government when public policy is
enacted. It is, therefore, the result of the interaction between politics and the
economy and is the basis of the social science discipline.
Maoism: the communist doctrines of Mao Zedong as formerly practiced in China,
having as a central idea permanent revolution, and stressing the importance of
the peasantry, small-scale industry, and agricultural collectivization.
Praetorianism, the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when
exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
Nato: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established by
the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949,
which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and
eastern Europe after World War II, consists of 30 member states from Europe,
North America, and Asia.