Authoritarian Regimes Are Characterized by All of the Following EXCEPT

question 9

Multiple Choice

Authoritarian regimes are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

• A) power (or authority) is highly concentrated in a single individual, small group of people, single party, or institution.
• B) they have a totalitarian system that seeks to control every aspect of their citizen's lives and allows no personal freedoms whatsoever.
• C) those in power claim an exclusive right to govern and use various means, including force, to impose their will on their citizens.
• D) they lack an effective procedure for selecting political leaders or holding them accountable.
• E) All of these are characteristics of authoritarian regimes.

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Definitions:

Bronsted-Lowry Base

A substance that can accept a proton (H+) from another substance, according to the Bronsted-Lowry acid-base theory.

Lewis Base

A Lewis base is a substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond in a chemical reaction.

Nucleophile

A chemical species that donates an electron pair to an electrophile to form a chemical bond in reaction mechanisms.

Electron-Pair Acceptor

A chemical entity that readily accepts a pair of electrons from another species to form a covalent bond, also known as a Lewis acid.