PLS 101- Exam 1
Politics - correct answer ✔✔process of determining "who gets what, when and how" in a society
(Lasswell). conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of governments
Power - correct answer ✔✔the ability to influence the behavior of others. comes from various sources:
expert power, referent power, rewarding power, legitimate power, coercion power
public goods - correct answer ✔✔Goods that everyone needs but no one has incentive to provide them
adequately
Monarchy (Autocracy) - correct answer ✔✔the government is headed by one person (king or queen)
who exercises supreme authority
Democracy (polity) - correct answer ✔✔A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of
citizens who can elect people to represent them
indirect democracy - correct answer ✔✔system in which the people are ruled by their representatives.
Also known as representative democracy, or republic
Republic - correct answer ✔✔A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting
referendum - correct answer ✔✔a procedure where the public directly votes on an issue
autocracy - correct answer ✔✔A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than
the people; one ruler
totalitarian government - correct answer ✔✔a system of rule in which the government recognizes no
formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge
it
, pluralism - correct answer ✔✔the theory that all interests are and should be free to compete for
influence in the government; the outcome of this competition is compromise and moderation
liberty - correct answer ✔✔Freedom from government control
equality - correct answer ✔✔As a political value, the idea that all people are of equal worth.
equality of opportunity - correct answer ✔✔the idea that each person is guaranteed the same chance to
succeed in life
political equality - correct answer ✔✔the right to participate in politics equally, based on the principle of
"one person, one vote"
equality of results - correct answer ✔✔The belief that everyone can achieve the same results despite
differences in backgrounds if they work hard enough and overcome obstacles
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔the ultimate authority in a society belongs to the people
majority rule - correct answer ✔✔the wish of the majority determines the policy
political efficacy - correct answer ✔✔The belief that one's political participation really matters - that
one's vote can actually make a difference
government - correct answer ✔✔a group of individuals or an institution that make society's rules that
also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules. the legitimate use of force. only ones with
power to have military. responsible for the entire society
authority - correct answer ✔✔power that comes from the formal organizational hierarchy. power and
authority are central to a government's ability to rule.
aristocracy (oligarchy) - correct answer ✔✔form of government in which power is held by the highest
class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. rule by few.
Politics - correct answer ✔✔process of determining "who gets what, when and how" in a society
(Lasswell). conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of governments
Power - correct answer ✔✔the ability to influence the behavior of others. comes from various sources:
expert power, referent power, rewarding power, legitimate power, coercion power
public goods - correct answer ✔✔Goods that everyone needs but no one has incentive to provide them
adequately
Monarchy (Autocracy) - correct answer ✔✔the government is headed by one person (king or queen)
who exercises supreme authority
Democracy (polity) - correct answer ✔✔A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of
citizens who can elect people to represent them
indirect democracy - correct answer ✔✔system in which the people are ruled by their representatives.
Also known as representative democracy, or republic
Republic - correct answer ✔✔A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting
referendum - correct answer ✔✔a procedure where the public directly votes on an issue
autocracy - correct answer ✔✔A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than
the people; one ruler
totalitarian government - correct answer ✔✔a system of rule in which the government recognizes no
formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge
it
, pluralism - correct answer ✔✔the theory that all interests are and should be free to compete for
influence in the government; the outcome of this competition is compromise and moderation
liberty - correct answer ✔✔Freedom from government control
equality - correct answer ✔✔As a political value, the idea that all people are of equal worth.
equality of opportunity - correct answer ✔✔the idea that each person is guaranteed the same chance to
succeed in life
political equality - correct answer ✔✔the right to participate in politics equally, based on the principle of
"one person, one vote"
equality of results - correct answer ✔✔The belief that everyone can achieve the same results despite
differences in backgrounds if they work hard enough and overcome obstacles
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔the ultimate authority in a society belongs to the people
majority rule - correct answer ✔✔the wish of the majority determines the policy
political efficacy - correct answer ✔✔The belief that one's political participation really matters - that
one's vote can actually make a difference
government - correct answer ✔✔a group of individuals or an institution that make society's rules that
also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules. the legitimate use of force. only ones with
power to have military. responsible for the entire society
authority - correct answer ✔✔power that comes from the formal organizational hierarchy. power and
authority are central to a government's ability to rule.
aristocracy (oligarchy) - correct answer ✔✔form of government in which power is held by the highest
class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. rule by few.
