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Government ANS✔✔ institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people are ruled
Politics ANS✔✔ Conflict over the leadership, structure and policies of governments
Political Efficacy ANS✔✔ The ability to influence government and politics
Citizenship ANS✔✔ Informed and active membership in a political community
Autocracy ANS✔✔ A form of government in which a single individual - a king, queen, or dictator - rules
Oligarchy ANS✔✔ A form of government in which a small group - landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants -
controls most of the governing decisions
Democracy ANS✔✔ A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process, usually
through the election of key public officials
Constitutional government ANS✔✔ a system of rule on which formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of
the government.
Authoritarian government ANS✔✔ a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits but may
nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions
Totalitarian Government ANS✔✔ a system of rule in which the government recognizes no limits on its power and seeks
to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it
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Power ANS✔✔ Influence over a government's leadership, organization, or policies
Representative Democracy (Republic) ANS✔✔ A system of government in which the populace selects representatives,
who play a significant role in governmental decision making
Direct Democracy ANS✔✔ A system of rule that permits citizens to vote directly on laws and policies
Pluralism ANS✔✔ 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
Political Culture ANS✔✔ Broadly shared values, beliefs, and attitudes about how the government should function.
American political culture emphasizes the values of liberty, equality and democracy.
Liberty ANS✔✔ Freedom from governmental control
Limited Government ANS✔✔ A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and
limited by a constitution
Laissez-faire capitalism ANS✔✔ An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately
owned and operated for profit with minimal or no governmental interference.
Equality of Opportunity ANS✔✔ A widely shared American ideal that all people should have the freedom to use
whatever talent and wealth they have to reach their full potential
Political Equality ANS✔✔ the right to participate in politics equally, based on the principle of "one person, one vote"
Popular Sovereignty ANS✔✔ A principle of democracy in which political authority rests ultimately in the hands of the
people.
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