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Ap gov chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Political idelogoy | an individual’s coherent set of beliefs about government and politics. |
| Right | something guaranteed, that the government cannot take away. |
| Privilege | something something a person may obtain or receive, but that the government can take |
| Party ideology | a party’s philosophy about the proper role of government and its set of positions on major iss |
| Party identification | an individual’s attachment to a political party |
| Conservartion | an ideology favoring more control of social behavior more, fewer regulations on businesses, and less government interference in the econ |
| Liberalism | ideology favoring less government control over social behavior and more greater regulation of businesses and of the economy. |
| Libertarianism | an ideology favoring very little government regulation and intervention beyond protecting private property and individual libert |
| Laissez faire economy | economic policy in which governments intrude as little as possible in the economic transactions between citizens and businesses. |
| Command and control economy | economic policy in which government dictates much of a nation’s economic activity, including the amount of production and prices for go |
| Mixed economy | economic policy in which many economic decisions are left to individuals and businesses, with the government regulating economic acti |
| Gross domestic product | total value of goods and services produced by an econom |
| Economic reccesion | period of decline in economic activity, typically defined by two consecutive quarters of negative GDP grow |
| Unemployment rate | percentage of people actively looking for work who cannot find jo |
| Inflation | The rise of prices of goods and services |
| Consumer price index | cost of a fixed basket of goods and services over time, used to measure the cost of liv |
| Fiscal policy | government use of taxing and spending to attempt to lower unemployment, support economic growth, and stabilize the econo |
| Federal reserve system | board of governors, Federal Reserve Banks, and member banks responsible for monetary p |
| Monetary policy | set of economic policy tools designed to regulate the amount of money in the econo |
| Medicare | federal program that provides health insurance to seniors and the disa |
| Medicaid | federal program that provides health care for the poor. |