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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
(Comparative Government Politics)

Name:Christian Illaga 2B Subject Day&Time:Comparative Government MW 9-10:30 A. M

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I. REMEMBERING. Supply the table below with facts about Political Ideology (20
PTS)

Left Wing Right Wing

Basic principles or concepts -Aims to transform or replace thr

fundamental principles of a certain
-Power is held by nobility, supports
social Hierarchy
political system, through social change, -People believes that certain level of
structural, or even radical reform. Social Inequality is unavoidable where
-Would strive for an equal society and the government plays limited role in the
support thr government playing a large people's lives.
part in people's lives. -Impose low taxation to boost the
-Supports higher taxes on the rich and economy of the country.
welfare for the poor. -Uphold the traditional views that
uphold to maintain the status quo.
Three country-example Democratic Republic of Congo
Yemen
America
Canada
South sudan North Korea

Three ideology-example -Anarchism

-Socialism
--Monarchic
-Republican
-Progressivist -Authoritarian

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 II. ANALYSING. Answer the question asked using your knowledge on Political Ideology (10
PTS).

Why Democracy remains preferable to many countries than Socialism? Provide three
(3) persuasive arguments and elucidate each.

1. Democracy remains preferable because it involves people at any class in the community, they have all
the right to vote to elect their leaders, the people have the power, the extreme power of democracy is
invested in the people it is the rule of majority. Democracy provides an environment thay respects human
rights. Meanwhile, socialism can slow the economic growth of the government since the government
controls the business. And resources of the country, in this manner politicians can have more chances to
absorb power and on what manner they want to do in the labour part.

2.In socialism, no private owner can owned a land, everything is under the control of the government, or even
public ownership is not allowed in socialist type of government, it implies that commoners is dependent only
to what the government dictates to them. Socialism can demand high taxation to the people that can cause
struggle especially to the poor. There might be a big possibility that the economy of the government will fail
because of the not-so-competitive government.

3.Democracy provides methods to deal with a lot of differences and conflict aside from that it also
enhances the quality of decision making. Also, democracy provides the right to people and the
government as one to correct their own mistakes since it is open to all, unlike in socialism the decisions
lies on the people in the government, therefore the right to decide what's good for the country is not fair,
commoners will be left unattended and only waits for the impose law or regulations by the government.

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 III. EVALUATING. Comprehensively answer the question below using the data presented in
every photo (20PTS).

1. Whatvalidconclusioncanbedrawnfromthedatapresentedinthe photo(Data1).How true is the

conclusion in the study of Comparative Government Politics? Why do you think it isso?

Data 1. Number of Autocracy and Democracy

1.In an early stage of the political regime, nobles dominates the states as I have analyze the graph, in between 1920
to 1960 autocracy landed on its highets peak, while democracy is slowly moving forward. I think these are the times
that violence against commoners are excessively turtured in terms of power, rights, and livelihood that common
people needs to indulge themselves to make a revolution against the nobles. It shows how political landscape of
countries in the contemporary times change from autocracy to democracy. Take a look in the late 2000 the data
meets halfway that implies the continuous expansion of democracy and the declining of absolute power. With
regards to the course comparative government politics, it is truly right that, selfishness of power has to put to an end,
and it is slowly becoming into reality, for example in europe, as years have passed there are laws has been impose to
royal family as to what dimensions only there power could exercise as royals and the rest is for the people and
elected leaders. Furthermore, these political issues happened for a reason, if autocracy develops more, do you think
we have social media that we can express our rights, emotions that we can fire up our social media accounts to give
critics to our government(?). The answer will be "no", if nobles still hold the big power in the state, then restrictions
must be followed regardless of being deprived of the natural rights, also, people now becomes more educated and
independent regardless of their social class and that because of democracy, they have all the right to educate
themselves.

2.

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Whatvalidconclusioncanbedrawnfromthedatapresentedinthe photo(Data2).How true is the conclusion in
the study of Comparative Government Politics? Why do you think it isso?

Data 2. Number of Nation-States

2.There are factors needs to be consider to the rise of the nation-state, more specifically the decline of feudalism and the church's
power. People push this nation-state especially people in western world for a reason of security, political freedom, economic
growth, quality of life, and national unity. On my stock knowledge I believe in between the 1820 to 1850 is the first time in the
world that male people possessed the right to vote that is Universal Male suffrage in france. In general, the data shows
increasingly positive towards as the years have passed. I realize that those data has risen at its peak gives the idea that those
places are actively putting their people part of the system of wester civilization. With regards to the comparative government
course, this has been the destined part of each country to expand the influence of nation-state all throughout the world. Why do I
say so, this data connects to the graph above (unit 1, data of autocracy and democracy), as democracy expands, nation-state also
expands, therefore they are directly proportional, because people at this time are slowly possessing power by knowledge, they
are now pretty conscious on what are the things happened on the state and nation.

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IV. APPLYING and CREATING. Supply the table below with feasible schemes vis-à- vis
political ideologies (20PTS)

Devicea3-point-strategiestocounterCOVID-19Pandemicofcountriesbelongingto the
following politicalideologies.

Strategy 1 Strategy 2 Strategy 3

Democratic The democratic country can To be honest as I have Democratic country are
implement national observe, more democratic now int the middle of
Countries Restrictions immediately to countries hits covid despair to fight covid, so
the people, foods were excessively, meanwhile the countries needs help the
already packed, cash strategy has been hand of their allies on
assistance were ready to be implemented was giving face fighting the pandemic,
distributed. Upon mask, face shields, and other slowly they are opening
implementing as I have needs, but this is not the economic activity for
experienced here in Ph, some accessible to all, since some the reason the country's
democratic countries are less things were limited, however income is deteriorating it
competitive on shutting in democratic country they needs to be fiiled in at
international borders can ask help to other some point to at least
country's friends, At the same sustain the needs of the
time, democracies have people.
shown the power and value
of their diverse and
independent civil societies,
which have the freedom to
mobilize to confront a crisis
of this sort.
Socialist Countries Businesses must conform The social structure is Basically if this virus
first, while fighting the required to be updated sucks the wealth of the
pandemic, they can shut everytime when the people capitalist then the chances
borders immediately without are acting on the command of of repeating is more
compromising their needs, the government, every time often, Modest and
although it can weakened the the government commands sensible socialism is good
economic activity but in this people needs to follow for social security and
socialist country can adjust regardless of their stand in durability of the
immediately the system, the community. Many have predicament if the
since power held to the become loser on the government holds the
leaders, so it is easy for then unpredicted markets who country with proper
to bend things in fighting the becomes rich and who management. Socialist
pandemic. becomes poor at the alter of country are closing their
the natural calamity is also accounts on free trade
not desirable but in the and there will be
market economies ruler had possibilities that
to simply watch the technologies will be
devastation as he has not modify in accordance to
built the ammunition to the demand of their
control the havoc. government, good might
happened or bad things
might occur, either way
their government only
knows.

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 Prepared by:

LOUIECHI VON RAMA MENDOZA, MAPA

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