Unit 3: Political Culture & Participation
Comp Gov · Unit 3 · Paper 1

Political Culture & Participation unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 27 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 3, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 32 min 29 points0/17 attempted
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Cleavage

2

Political efficacy

3

The Great Firewall

4

Civil liberties vs civil rights

5

Media freedom, compared

6

Gender and political representation

7

China's approach to civil society

8

Post-material values

9

Ethnic and religious tolerance as a variable

10

Mexico's cleavages

11

Iran's cleavages

12

Political participation: conventional

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Measuring participation carefully

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Social capital

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Hong Kong protests and the National Security Law

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Political socialization

3 pts

Free response

5 pts

ARGUMENT ESSAY (Question 4). Develop an argument about whether government protections of civil liberties increase or decrease stability in a state. Use one or more of the following course concepts in your response: Democratization · Transparency · Rule of law. In your response you should: respond to the prompt with a defensible claim or thesis that establishes a line of reasoning using one or more of the provided course concepts; support your claim with at least TWO pieces of specific and relevant evidence from one or more course countries; use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim; and respond to an opposing or alternate perspective using refutation, concession, or rebuttal.