POLI 2051 EXAM 1 KENNY ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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POLI 2051
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POLI 2051
POLI 2051 EXAM 1 KENNY ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
government - CORRECT ANSWER - a formally established way of making and carrying
out political decisions
politics - CORRECT ANSWER - the competition to shape government's impact on
society's problems and goals
POLI 2051 EXAM 1 KENNY ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
government - CORRECT ANSWER - a formally established way of making and carrying
out political decisions
politics - CORRECT ANSWER - the competition to shape government's impact on
society's problems and goals
purposes of government - CORRECT ANSWER - protecting life, rights and liberties,
providing public goods, and promoting equality
political ideology - CORRECT ANSWER - a coherent set of beliefs about how policies
affect society and which policies are desirable
four political ideologies - CORRECT ANSWER - liberal, conservative, populist,
libertarian
requirements for democracy - CORRECT ANSWER - popular sovereignty, political
equality, political liberty
popular sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER - people are the ultimate source of all public
authority
political equality - CORRECT ANSWER - each person carries the same weight in voting
and other political decision making
political liberty - CORRECT ANSWER - freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly,
etc. are essential for democracy to work
, normative theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the way things ought to be
empirical theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the way things actually are
six conditions important for popular sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER - government
policies reflect the wishes of the people, government leaders are elected, elections are free and
fair, people participate in the Political Process, High-Quality information is available, the
majority rules, government policies are effective
delegates - CORRECT ANSWER - do what the people want (democratic ideal)
trustees - CORRECT ANSWER - do what they think is best (republicanism)
constitution - CORRECT ANSWER - a document that specifies the basic structure of
government
republicanism - CORRECT ANSWER - a form of government in which power resides in
the people and is exercised by their elected representatives
federalism - CORRECT ANSWER - the division of sovereignty, and hence power, among
two or more governments- national and state governments in our case; powers are derived from
the people, who are the ultimate sovereign
separation of powers - CORRECT ANSWER - the assignment of law-making, law-
enforcing, and law-interpreting functions to separate and independent legislative, executive, and
judicial branches of government
checks and balances - CORRECT ANSWER - give each branch some scrutiny or control
over the other branches
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