AMERICAN DEMOCRACY NOW
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QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● define authoritarianism
Answer: system of government in which the government holds strong
powers but is checked by some forces
●● define capitalism
Answer: an economic system in which the means of producing wealth
are privately owned and operated to produce profits
●● define citizens
Answer: members of the polity who, through birth or naturalization,
enjoy the rights, privileges, and responsibilities attached to membership
in a given nation
●● define civic engagement
Answer: individual and collective actions designed to identify and
address issues of public concern
●● define consent of the governed
,Answer: the idea that, in a democracy, the government's power derives
from the consent of the people
●● define conservatism
Answer: an ideology that emphasizes preserving tradition and relying on
community and family as mechanisms of continuity in society
●● define constitutionalism
Answer: government that is structured by law, and in which the power of
government is limited
●● define democracy
Answer: government in which supreme power of governance lies in the
hands of its citizens
●● define direct democracy
Answer: a structure of government in which citizens discuss and decide
policy through majority rule
●● define divine right of kings
Answer: the assertion that monarchies as a manifestation of God's will
could rule absolutely without regard to the will or well-being of their
subjects
,●● define efficacy
Answer: citizens' belief that they have the ability to achieve something
desirable and that the government listens to people like them
●● define government
Answer: the institution that creates and implements policies and laws
that guide the conduct of the nation and its citizens
●● define indirect democracy
Answer: sometimes called a representative democracy, a system in
which citizens elect representative who decide policies on behalf of their
constituents
●● define legitimacy
Answer: a quality conferred on government by citizens who believe that
its exercise of power is right and proper
●● define liberalism
Answer: an ideology that advocates change in the social, political, and
economic realms to better protect the well-being of individuals and to
produce equality within society
●● define libertarianism
, Answer: an ideology whose advocates believe that government should
take a "hands-off" approach in most matters
●● define liberty
Answer: the most essential quality of American democracy; it is both the
freedom from governmental interference in citizens' lives and the
freedom to pursue happiness
●● define limited government
Answer: government that is restricted in what it can do so that the rights
of the people are protected
●● define majority rule
Answer: the idea that, in a democracy, only policies with 50% plus one
vote are enacted
●● define monarchy
Answer: government in which a member of a royal family, usually a
king or a queen, has absolute authority over a territory and its
government
●● define natural law
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● define authoritarianism
Answer: system of government in which the government holds strong
powers but is checked by some forces
●● define capitalism
Answer: an economic system in which the means of producing wealth
are privately owned and operated to produce profits
●● define citizens
Answer: members of the polity who, through birth or naturalization,
enjoy the rights, privileges, and responsibilities attached to membership
in a given nation
●● define civic engagement
Answer: individual and collective actions designed to identify and
address issues of public concern
●● define consent of the governed
,Answer: the idea that, in a democracy, the government's power derives
from the consent of the people
●● define conservatism
Answer: an ideology that emphasizes preserving tradition and relying on
community and family as mechanisms of continuity in society
●● define constitutionalism
Answer: government that is structured by law, and in which the power of
government is limited
●● define democracy
Answer: government in which supreme power of governance lies in the
hands of its citizens
●● define direct democracy
Answer: a structure of government in which citizens discuss and decide
policy through majority rule
●● define divine right of kings
Answer: the assertion that monarchies as a manifestation of God's will
could rule absolutely without regard to the will or well-being of their
subjects
,●● define efficacy
Answer: citizens' belief that they have the ability to achieve something
desirable and that the government listens to people like them
●● define government
Answer: the institution that creates and implements policies and laws
that guide the conduct of the nation and its citizens
●● define indirect democracy
Answer: sometimes called a representative democracy, a system in
which citizens elect representative who decide policies on behalf of their
constituents
●● define legitimacy
Answer: a quality conferred on government by citizens who believe that
its exercise of power is right and proper
●● define liberalism
Answer: an ideology that advocates change in the social, political, and
economic realms to better protect the well-being of individuals and to
produce equality within society
●● define libertarianism
, Answer: an ideology whose advocates believe that government should
take a "hands-off" approach in most matters
●● define liberty
Answer: the most essential quality of American democracy; it is both the
freedom from governmental interference in citizens' lives and the
freedom to pursue happiness
●● define limited government
Answer: government that is restricted in what it can do so that the rights
of the people are protected
●● define majority rule
Answer: the idea that, in a democracy, only policies with 50% plus one
vote are enacted
●● define monarchy
Answer: government in which a member of a royal family, usually a
king or a queen, has absolute authority over a territory and its
government
●● define natural law
