AP Comparative Government UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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AP Comparative Government
AP Comparative Government UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
hypothesis - Ans A tentative explanation for a phenomenon used as a basis for further
investigation
positive correlation - Ans a direct association between two variables. As one becomes larger
the other one does as well.
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AP Comparative Government UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers hypothesis - Ans✔ A tentative explanation for a phenomenon used as a basis for further investigation positive correlation - Ans✔ a direct association between two variables. As one becomes larger the other one does as well. negative correlation - Ans✔ an inverse association between two variables. As one variable become larger, the other one becomes smaller. dependent variable - Ans✔ the variable that you believe might be influenced or modified by some treatment or exposure. It is also the main object of study. empirical data - Ans✔ data dreived from reliable measurement or observation. normative analysis - Ans✔ research that not only gathers facts but also points out ways the object of study can be improved quantitative analysis - Ans✔ examination of measurable and verifiable data game theory - Ans✔ attempts to explain behavior in strategic situations in which an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others rational choice theory - Ans✔ When making political decisions or voting, people calculate the expected gains and costs of a particular action and choose accordingly. zero-sum games - Ans✔ a two -person, two -sided game in which one player's loss is the other player's gain in equal measure. variable sum games - Ans✔ games in which the outcome can at times be beneficial for all or most of the players. politics - Ans✔ the process by which people pursue collective goals and deal with their conflicts through government. state - Ans✔ the organization that maintains a monopoly of force over a given territory nation - Ans✔ a group of people bound together by a common set of political aspirations authoritarianism - Ans✔ a political system in which a small group of individuals exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public. bureaucratic authoritarianism - Ans✔ A system in which the state bureaucracy and the military share a belief that a technocratic leadership, focused on rational, objective, and technical expertise, can solve the problems of the country without public participation. capitalism - Ans✔ A system of production based on private property and free markets. central planning - Ans✔ A communist economic system in which the state explicitly allocates resources by planning what should be produced and in what amounts, the final prices of goods, and where they should be sold. charismatic legitimacy - Ans✔ Legitimacy built on the force of ideas embodied by an individual leader. civil society - Ans✔ Organizations outside the state that help people define and advance their own interests
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