Political Theory
These two terms were used by Karl Marx in characterizing the two factions of society, the ruling class and the working class.
Who are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?
This is the title given to the Iranian head of state.
What is Supreme Leader?
This Justice currently serves as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump asked this country to investigate political rival Joe Biden in exchange for an end to a blocked military aid package.
What is Ukraine?
This era of the 16th century was marked by religious, political, and cultural upheval that splintered Catholic Europe.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This French diplomat wrote “Democracy in America” on the emerging democratic order of the United States.
Who is Alexis du Tocqueville?
The name of Mexico’s one-term presidency.
What is sexenio?
Controversy about the voting count in this state ultimately led to the victory of George W. Bush in the 2000 election.
What is Florida?
Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
What is hegemony?
The number of credits needed within the Political Science major.
What is 35?
According to John Locke, mankind's natural rights revolve around these three concepts.
What are Life, Liberty, and Property?
This is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following the resignation of PM Theresa May.
Who is Boris Johnson?
The current number of voting members in Congress.
What is 535? (100 in Senate and 435 in House)
The United Nations met for the first time this year.
What is 1945?
This clause of the United States Constitution, written by the Founders themselves, was recently called "phony" by President Trump.
What is the Emoluments clause?
A central tenet of liberal democracy, this concept involves a, "willingness to extend basic rights and civil liberties to persons or groups whose viewpoints differ from one's own."
What is Political Tolerance?
This country has the highest percentage women in government, at 61.3%.
What is Rwanda?
The only President to also serve as a United States Supreme Court Justice.
Who is President Taft?
This meeting of various European powers and the United States involved "carving up" the African continent into colonies and served as a formalization of the European Colonial project.
What is the Berlin Conference?
In 1984, this state was the only one to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate.
What is Minnesota?
This theory claims that the environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group.
What is Environmentalism?
This country was deemed the world's most peaceful country according to the 2019 Global Peace Index.
The pseudonym that the Federalist Papers were written under.
What is Publius?
The most recent country to join the European Union.
What is Croatia?
This concept proposed by Edward Said examines how Western cultures' view of Eastern societies as exotic, primitive, and inferior allows for a rationalization of European imperalism.
What is Orientalism?