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PoliSci CH1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Authoritarian (or totalitarian) system | a political system in which one person or group has absolute control over the apparatus of government, and in which popular input in government is a minimal or nonexistence. |
| Autocracy | a form of government in which a single person rues with effectively unlimited power. |
| Casual Question | a question regarding the factors responsible for a particular outcome. |
| Causation | a relationship between variables such that change in the value of one is discretly responsible for change in the value of the other. |
| Constitutional democracy | a form of democracy in which there is a foundational document such as the U.S. Constitution that describes the structure, powers, and limits of government. |
| Correlation | a relationship between factors such that change in one is accompanied by change in the other. |
| Democracy | a form of government in which the people rule; this can take place directly, through participation by the people in actual lawmaking, or indirectly, through free elections in which the people choose representatives to make laws on their behalf. |
| Direct democracy | a form of democracy in which the people themselves make the laws and set the policies adopted by the government. |
| Government | the institutions that have the authority and capacity to create and enforce public politics (rules) for a specific territory and people. |
| Parliamentary system | a political system in which the head of the executive branch is selected by meembers of the legislature rather than by members of the legislature rather than by popular vote. |
| Political culture | the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system and toward themselves as actors in it. |
| Politics | individual and collective efforts to influence the workings of government. |
| Presidential system | a political system in which the head of the executive branch is selected by some form of popular vote ans serves a fixed term of office; the United States has a presidential system. |
| Public goods | goods and services that are enjoyed by all citizens and unlikely to be provided by any organization other that government. |
| Representative democracy | a form of democracy in which the people, through free elections, select representatives to make laws on their behalf and set policies adopted by the government. |
| Social contract | an agreement among members of a society to form and recognize the authority of a centralized government to make and enforce laws governing the members of that society. |
| Spurious relationship | a relationship between variables that reflects correlation but no causation. |
| One of the most compelling reasons for people to join together to create government is so that they | do not have to protect their life and liberty from everyone else. |
| Why was the Bill of Rights inserted into the Constitution | The farmers wanted to make clear what the government can and cannot do. |
| A meaningful explanation of the Governmental system must include which of the following ideals | Recognition of political and legal equality of individuals |
| Why would the government be responsible for providing public goods such as roads, waste disposal, and education rather than private companies | Private companies may lack the resources to provide a service to the entire population |
| A key question the government faces when choosing between competing public policy choices | Should the government respond to the issue at all |
| The basic values, beliefs, attitudes, predispositions, and expectations that citizens collectively bring to political life as knows as | Political culture |
| When you cast a vote for a political candidate, you are participating in | Representative democracy |
| According to common political theory, people enter into a___ to form government | social contract |
| One definition of government is publicly funded institutions that create and enforce rules for a specific territory and people. Such institutions would include | School boards |
| The American political culture is generally defined by | attachment to individualism and liberty |
| In contrast to the United States___ has an authoritarian government | North Korea |
| Much of the substance of politics is devoted to ___ questions, in which a change in one factor is directly responsible for the change in value of another factor | causation |
| The term social contract refers to people coming together and agreeing to ____ follow the theories of government advocated be a certain leader | be taxed and regulated in return for protection of their lives and property. |
| Politics is mainly about | who will lead government, how decisions are made, and what decisions are made. |
| Fire protection, national defense, and health care are all examples of nongovernmental participants | public goods |
| What kind of political system does the United States have | Representative Democracy |
| Who is ultimately responsible for protecting the rights and freedoms of Americans | The American public through the social contract |
| A political system in which a single person rules is called a(n) | autocracy |
| What system allows people to make the laws and set the policied adopted by the government | Direct democracy |
| If you want to know what’s going on in your city, you can attend a city council meeting This is a common occurrence in the United States because | our system of government promotes participation by citizens. |
| The Civil War | stands as the clearest example of differences within America being settled outside the relatively peaceful process of government. |
| In the United States, the ___ is a social contract that all citizens abide by and that serves as the foundation of the government | Constitution |
| An exchange student tells you that, in her country, an elite group holds all political power and tells the citizens what they think, say, and do. What kind of government does her country have | Totalitarian |
| Which of the following is an example of a political linkage intuition, or an institution designed to transmit what citizens want to political leaders | Elections |
| Which of the following would be considers a public good | National defense |
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