ANALYZING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
POLITICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE
●● Popular Sovereignty
Answer: The principle that the authority of the government is created
and sustained by the consent of its people.
●● Separation Of Powers
Answer: The division of government responsibilities into distinct
branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of
another.
●● Social Contract
Answer: An implicit agreement among the members of a society to
cooperate for social benefits.
●● Participatory Democracy
Answer: A model of democracy in which citizens have the power to
make decisions directly.
●● Pluralist Democracy
, Answer: A model of democracy that recognizes more than one center of
power.
●● Elite Democracy
Answer: A model of democracy in which a small number of people,
usually those who are wealthy and well-educated, have the most
influence.
●● Articles of Confederation
Answer: The first constitution of the United States, which created a
weak federal government.
●● Great Compromise
Answer: An agreement that established a two-house legislature in the
United States.
●● Electoral College
Answer: A body of electors established by the Constitution to elect the
President and Vice President.
●● ⅗ Compromise
Answer: An agreement that counted three-fifths of a state's slave
population for purposes of representation.
POLITICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE
●● Popular Sovereignty
Answer: The principle that the authority of the government is created
and sustained by the consent of its people.
●● Separation Of Powers
Answer: The division of government responsibilities into distinct
branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of
another.
●● Social Contract
Answer: An implicit agreement among the members of a society to
cooperate for social benefits.
●● Participatory Democracy
Answer: A model of democracy in which citizens have the power to
make decisions directly.
●● Pluralist Democracy
, Answer: A model of democracy that recognizes more than one center of
power.
●● Elite Democracy
Answer: A model of democracy in which a small number of people,
usually those who are wealthy and well-educated, have the most
influence.
●● Articles of Confederation
Answer: The first constitution of the United States, which created a
weak federal government.
●● Great Compromise
Answer: An agreement that established a two-house legislature in the
United States.
●● Electoral College
Answer: A body of electors established by the Constitution to elect the
President and Vice President.
●● ⅗ Compromise
Answer: An agreement that counted three-fifths of a state's slave
population for purposes of representation.
