"—isms"
Social and Political Cleavages
Electoral Systems
🧑🦲 Bald World Leaders
Final Jeopardy
100
Choosing to shave your head bald—or not—is a reflection of one's...
Individualism
100
In Nigeria, socioeconomic and religious cleavages occur between which two cardinal regions?
North and South
100
Which is more likely to result in TWO PARTY rule or dominant legislatures: single-member or multimember districts?
Single-member Districts
(only ONE winner per district, which often keeps third-party or minority parties from succedding)
100
Martin Luther King Jr. had a lot in common with this other civil rights leader who utilized non-violent resistance to fight for independence from British colonialism (except King had more hair...).
Mahatma Gandhi
100
This bald villain, Superman's arch nemesis, is a symbol of the dangers of unchecked greed and capitalism.
Lex Luthor
200
China's "mixed" economic system of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises is a result of what "ism"?
Socialism (with Chinese characteristics)
200
Name one of the two largest ethnic groups in Mexico.
Mestizo or Indigenous
200
What type of voting is this:
At a restaurant, the waitress asks a group of friends if they would like to sit at a table outside, a table inside, or at the bar. 2 choose the bar. 1 chooses outside. 1 chooses inside. 1 says, “anywhere’s okay.” They sit at the bar.
Plurality (most votes wins)
200
It is believed that this bald leader of Tibet will be reincarnated after his death.
The Dalai Lama
300
In contrast to "elitism," this "—ism" is meant to champion the needs of the "common people," but often by appealing to nationalist or even fascist sentiments.
Populism
300
Correctly spell the widely preferred spelling of the ethnic minority group in the Xinjiang region that China has been accused of repressing.
Uyghur
300
What type of voting is this:
A group of friends can't decide what type of pizza to order. 2 want a cheese pizza. 2want pepperoni. 1, inexplicably, wants pineapple. They get a hybrid pizza of 6 slices—2 cheese, 2 pepperoni, 2 pineapple.
Proportional Representation
300
Bald(ing) Putin's authoritarian control is propped up by this dominant political party in Russia.
United Russia Party
400
What "—ism" do state-sanctioned interest groups and organizations like The Communist Youth League (CYL), All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and All-China Women's Federation reflect about China?
It's "corporatism"
400
In the 20th Century, the greatest social cleavage in British politics was (according to an actual MCQ question):
A. Class
B. Gender
C. Religion
D. Native versus Immigrant
A. Class
400
What type of voting is this?
A group of friends can’t decide what to get for dinner: 2 want pizza. 2 want hamburgers. 1 wants sushi. The one who wants sushi is asked to vote for either pizza or hamburgers. They end up eating pizza.
Majority (must have 50%+1 of votes)
400
This bald billionaire's purchase of the Washington Post called into question the newspaper's legitimacy as a linkage institution for citizens to get unbiased and objective reporting on politics.
Jeff Bezos
500
What is commonly thought of to be the longest "—ism" word?
Antidisestablishmentarianism
500
Some measure of social and political protest may be tolerated by authoritarian regimes as a means to prevent...
more violent uprisings or separatism ("safety valve protests")
500
What type of electoral system (district types) might result in a legislature that looks like this?
A mix of single-member and multimember districts (as is the case with Russia's Duma)
500
Notable for the birthmark on his bald head, this man was the last world leader of the Soviet Union before it became the Russian Federation.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev