POL 201 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
How do governments solve social conflict? - Answers - Through power and authority
How do governments provide public services? - Answers - They use public goods vs
private goods
How do governments preserve culture? - Answers - They use nation vs state govs
What are some Regime Gov Types - Answers - Authoritarian and Democracy
What is an Authoritarian Government? - Answers - People as subjects, types: who
rules, extent of rule
What is a Democratic Government? - Answers - People as citizens, procedural
democracy: input from people, direct, representative
What is an autocracy? - Answers - Rule by one, monarchy, dictatorship, rulers decide
on government policies
What is an oligarchy? - Answers - Rule by small group, party as in USSR, Theocracy,
rulers often make decisions to benefit themselves
What are types of procedural democracy? - Answers - Direct Democracy and
Representative democracy
What is a direct democracy? - Answers - Public write laws, initiatives
Wha is a representative democracy? - Answers - Elected representatives, geographic
districts
What are numbers of American Democracy? - Answers - 1. Procedural democracy
based on geographic representation
2. Equality in voting
3. individual freedom
4. Equal protection of the law
5. majority rule and minority rights
6. voluntary consent to be governed
What are some characteristics of other democratic countries? - Answers - 1. Alternative
voting systems (plurality vs proportional representation)
2. Alternative government structures (presidential vs parliamentary)
, 3. Alternative civil liberties
4. Alternative public policies
Power is defined as - Answers - The ability to get other people to do what you want
them to do
Efforts to gain power, influence power, or bring new players into politics is called -
Answers - politics
Government is defined as - Answers - A system or an organization for exercising
authority over a body of people
A social democracy is... - Answers - A nation with a capitalist economy and a
government that supports equality
What is the key difference between authoritarian and a non-authoritarian government
is... - Answers - How limited government is and how much power people have
What is a participatory democracy? - Answers - Proposes there should be direct
democracy and citizen participation in social life
What economic system does the government have no role in the economy? - Answers -
Lassies fair economy
Which of the following does not describe american citizenship? - Answers - A person
must be born to an American citizen parent and be born in the United States to be an
american citizen from birth
A child with dual citizenship in the united states is required to - Answers - Declare sole
allegiance to one country upon turning 18
Immigration policy is established by - Answers - the president
The set of beliefs about politics and society that help people make sense of their world
is known as... - Answers - Political ideology
According to the text, which of the following is not one of the core american values that
make up our political culture - Answers - Libertarianism
Which of the following statement statement is not true about the core American value of
democracy? - Answers - People generally use democratic principles for making
decisions in their private life as well as public life
Americans with a far left ideology would tend to advocate - Answers - minimal
government involvement in the economy
ANSWERS
How do governments solve social conflict? - Answers - Through power and authority
How do governments provide public services? - Answers - They use public goods vs
private goods
How do governments preserve culture? - Answers - They use nation vs state govs
What are some Regime Gov Types - Answers - Authoritarian and Democracy
What is an Authoritarian Government? - Answers - People as subjects, types: who
rules, extent of rule
What is a Democratic Government? - Answers - People as citizens, procedural
democracy: input from people, direct, representative
What is an autocracy? - Answers - Rule by one, monarchy, dictatorship, rulers decide
on government policies
What is an oligarchy? - Answers - Rule by small group, party as in USSR, Theocracy,
rulers often make decisions to benefit themselves
What are types of procedural democracy? - Answers - Direct Democracy and
Representative democracy
What is a direct democracy? - Answers - Public write laws, initiatives
Wha is a representative democracy? - Answers - Elected representatives, geographic
districts
What are numbers of American Democracy? - Answers - 1. Procedural democracy
based on geographic representation
2. Equality in voting
3. individual freedom
4. Equal protection of the law
5. majority rule and minority rights
6. voluntary consent to be governed
What are some characteristics of other democratic countries? - Answers - 1. Alternative
voting systems (plurality vs proportional representation)
2. Alternative government structures (presidential vs parliamentary)
, 3. Alternative civil liberties
4. Alternative public policies
Power is defined as - Answers - The ability to get other people to do what you want
them to do
Efforts to gain power, influence power, or bring new players into politics is called -
Answers - politics
Government is defined as - Answers - A system or an organization for exercising
authority over a body of people
A social democracy is... - Answers - A nation with a capitalist economy and a
government that supports equality
What is the key difference between authoritarian and a non-authoritarian government
is... - Answers - How limited government is and how much power people have
What is a participatory democracy? - Answers - Proposes there should be direct
democracy and citizen participation in social life
What economic system does the government have no role in the economy? - Answers -
Lassies fair economy
Which of the following does not describe american citizenship? - Answers - A person
must be born to an American citizen parent and be born in the United States to be an
american citizen from birth
A child with dual citizenship in the united states is required to - Answers - Declare sole
allegiance to one country upon turning 18
Immigration policy is established by - Answers - the president
The set of beliefs about politics and society that help people make sense of their world
is known as... - Answers - Political ideology
According to the text, which of the following is not one of the core american values that
make up our political culture - Answers - Libertarianism
Which of the following statement statement is not true about the core American value of
democracy? - Answers - People generally use democratic principles for making
decisions in their private life as well as public life
Americans with a far left ideology would tend to advocate - Answers - minimal
government involvement in the economy
