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PLSC 111 exam 1(well answered to pass)graded A+ 5
Political Efficacy - correct answer ✔✔that citizens believe that they have an influence on politics
Citizenship - correct answer ✔✔a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limit but
may nevertheless be restrained by the powers of other social institutions
Government - correct answer ✔✔institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people
are ruled
Constitutional government - correct answer ✔✔a system of rule in which formal and effective limits are
placed on the powers of the government
Democracy - correct answer ✔✔a system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the
government process, usually through the election of key public officials
Equality of opportunity - correct answer ✔✔a widely shared American ideal that all people should have
the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their fullest potential
Political Ideology - correct answer ✔✔coherent set of beliefs about politics
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔a principle of democracy in which political authority rests
ultimately in the hands of the people
What is Politics? - correct answer ✔✔conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of governments
Laissez-faire capitalism - correct answer ✔✔an economic system in which the means of production and
distribution are privately owned and operated for profit with minimal or no government interference
, limited Government - correct answer ✔✔a principle of constitutional government; a government whose
powers are defined and limited by a constitution
Majority rule/ minority rights - correct answer ✔✔the democratic principle that a government follows
the preferences of the majority of voters but protects the interests of the minority
Liberty - correct answer ✔✔Freedom from government control
Political equality - correct answer ✔✔the right to participate in politics equally, based on the principle of
"one person, one vote"
Power - correct answer ✔✔influence over a governments leadership, organization, or policies
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
Authoritarian - correct answer ✔✔favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of
the government, at the expense of personal freedom
Three key values that underline the American system of government - correct answer ✔✔Congress,
Executive, National Courts
What two changes took place in the seventeenth century in some Western countries? - correct answer
✔✔1. Governments began to acknowledge formal limits on their powers.
2. A small number of governments began to provide the ordinary citizen with a formal voice in public
affairs- through the vote.
Checks and balances - correct answer ✔✔Mechanisms through which each branch of government is able
to participate in and influence the activates of the other branches. Major examples include the
presidential veto power over congressional legislation, the power of the Senate to approve presidential
appointments, and judicial review of congressional enactments.
Describe the seven articles of the constitution - correct answer ✔✔1. Congress
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