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Which of the following is a deviant from monarchy? a)Kingship b)Tyranny c)Aristocracy d)Oligarchy

b)Tyranny.

T/F: Aristotle was Socrates' student.

False. Plato was Socrates' student.

Who was the famous leader taught by Aristotle: a)Julius Ceaser b)Socrates C)Plato D)Alexander, The Great

Alexander, The Great (the great conqueror)

T/F: Aristotle was put on trial for corrupting the youth.

False. Socrates was the one put on trial for corrupting the youth.

Who wrote the Allegory of the Cave?

Plato

Plato wrote the book "Nicomachean Ethics " about the government.

False. Aristotle did.

T/F: Classical political theorists laid the foundation of democracy, governance, societal structure and ruling.

True. Ancient Greeks were considered to be the founders of western civilization by tackling concepts of justice, democracy, equality and much more.

T/F: Ancient Greeks were considered to be the founders of western civilization.

True; political thought originated in Greece due to the works of its philosophers.

Which of the following did Aristotle consider to be a just government? a)Tyranny b)Oligarchy c)Democracy d)Aristocracy

d)Aristocracy (power in the hand of a few educated people working for the general good / benefit of society as a whole).

In Plato's allegory of The Cave, the prisoners represent_________? a)Philosophers b)Aristotle's students c)Women d)Humans

d) Humans; The prisoners symbolize those of a sensible world unwilling to see or face reality, humans. In their ignorance the prisoners hide away in the cave.

Plato criticized the democratic nature of Athens, where people were manipulated by few.

True

In Political Theory there are three classifications. Explain them and name a political theorist for the ones that were covered in class.

Normative, Empirical, Contemporary. Aristotle was the first empirical researcher. Sokrates & Plato were normative.

Explain how anthropology, history and sociology are different with provided examples.

Anthropology: preliterate soc; how tradition has its roots in some of the pol sys. History: "History w/o PS has no fruift" Socio: Who thinks what about politics

............ was a threat to the democratic nature of Athens, as illustrated by Plato. a)Oligarchy b)Philosophers c)Noblemen d)Middle Class

d)Middle Class; Plato sthe middle class (the few) the reason behind the failure of democratic Athens. (The lack of coherent unity in Athenian democracy)