Intro. To Politics Ch. 1 Quiz Questions And Answers
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In the US, the rules call for the institutions of ____ - correct answers Representative democracy
Politics is defined in your text as ___ - correct answers Who gets what, when, and how
A theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of their lives is
___ - correct answers Participatory democracy
The central democratic institution of the elite theory of democracy is ___ - correct answers The electoral
process
In a(n) ___ system, government allows people complete economic freedom but maintains stringent social
regulations to limit non economic behavior - correct answers Authoritarian capitalist
The break with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500s that helped pave the way for new ideas about the
world was ____ - correct answers The protestant reformation
The Enlightenment led to the theory that government is based on ___ - correct answers A social contract
E.J. Dionne thinks that if we lose the joy of self-governance... - correct answers We will lose our democracy
The text suggests that hashtag activism offers ordinary citizens a way to... - correct answers Regain power over
political narratives
The 2 central tasks (not to be confused with the steps) of critical thinking are: - correct answers Analysis and
evaluation
, Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, and the It Gets Better Project are all examples of: - correct answers
Hashtag activism
In an authoritarian system, the people have__ - correct answers Obligations but no rights
Government assurances of particular outcomes or results are ____ - correct answers substantive guarantees
The doctrine that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed, in which people
agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others, is called ___ - correct answers The social
contract
What was the effect of the Protestant Reformation on European politics? - correct answers The Catholic
Church lost religious and political clout, paving the way for new political ideas about the source of legitimacy
for governments
Collectivist citizenship views human nature as: - correct answers Public-interested
According to the text, what are the competing views of citizenship that exist today in the US? - correct
answers One view holds that individual participation in government should be limited because human nature
is overly self-interested, whereas the other view places faith in the citizen's ability to act virtuously
Because of technology, control of ___, which used to belong to kings and priests, can now be in the hands of
everyday citizens - correct answers Political narratives
Political systems can be organized on a continuum of more to less government control over - correct answers
the social order
What is the key difference between a citizen and a subject? - correct answers citizens have rights as well as
obligations, but subjects have only obligations
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