Political Science Chapters 1-6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| GRADED A
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authoritarian government Correct Answer: a political system in which one person or group has absolute control over the apparatus of government, and in which popular input in government is minimal or nonexistent
public goods Correct Answer: goods and services tha...
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a form of democracy in which the people themselves make the laws and set the policies adopted
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Political Science Chapters 1-6
authoritarian government Correct Answer: a political system in which one person
or group has absolute control over the apparatus of government, and in which
popular input in government is minimal or nonexistent
public goods Correct Answer: goods and services that are enjoyed by all citizens
and unlikely to be provided by any organization other than government
politics Correct Answer: individual and collective efforts to influence the
workings of government
democracy Correct Answer: a form of gov't in which the people rule; can take
place directly, through participation by the people in actual lawmaking, or
indirectly through free elections in which the people choose representatives to
make laws on their behalf
autocracy Correct Answer: a form of gov't in which a single person rules with
effectively unlimited power
direct democracy Correct Answer: a form of democracy in which the people
themselves make the laws and set the policies adopted by the gov't
representative democracy Correct Answer: a form of democracy in which the
people, through free elections, select representatives to make laws on their behalf
and set policies adopted by the gov't
constitutional democracy Correct Answer: a form of democracy in which there is a
foundational document (U.S. Const.) that describes the structure, powers, and
limits of gov't
presidential system Correct Answer: a political system in which the head of the
executive branch is selected by some form of popular vote and serves a fixed term
of office
parliamentary system Correct Answer: a political system in which the head of the
executive branch is selected by members of the legislature rather than by popular
vote
, political culture Correct Answer: the values and beliefs of citizens toward the
political system and toward themselves as actors in it
casual question Correct Answer: a question regarding the factors responsible for a
particular outcome
correlation Correct Answer: a relationship between the factors such that change in
one is accompanied by change in the other
causation Correct Answer: a relationship between variables such that change in
the value of one is directly responsible for change in the value of other
spurious relationship Correct Answer: a relationship between variables that
reflects correlation but not causation
American creed Correct Answer: the dominant political culture in the U.S.,
marked by a set of beliefs in individualism, democracy, liberty, property, and
religion, tied together by the value of equality
liberty Correct Answer: the belief that gov't should leave people free to do as they
please and exercise their natural rights to the maximum extent possible
property rights Correct Answer: the belief that people should be able to acquire,
own, and use goods and assets free from gov't constraints, as long as their
acquisition and use does not interfere with the rights of other individuals
religious freedom Correct Answer: a belief that individuals should be free to
choose and practice their religious faith and that government should not establish
any particular religion as the official or preferred religion
limited government Correct Answer: the idea that the scope of the government
activities should be narrow and that gov't should act only when the need is great
and other sectors of society are unable to meet the need
sovereign power Correct Answer: the individual or institution in a political system
whose decisions are binding and cannot be overturned by other individuals or
institutions
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