POSC 1010 EXAM SCRIPT WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● What does the Declaration of Independence say about the source of
rights and the purpose of government?
Answer: The declaration of independence makes it clear that the
government has one purpose of protecting the human rights of life,
liberty, and property (pursuit of happiness).
●● Democracy
Answer: A form of govt where political power rests in the hands of the
people
●● Direct Democracy
Answer: -All eligible citizens can participate directly
-Individuals represent their own interests
●● Representative democracy
Answer: -All eligible voters can choose individuals to represent them
-Represent the interests of constituents
-Few features of direct democracy
●● republic
,Answer: A form of government in which the people select
representatives to govern them and make laws.
-popular consent
-natural elites should rule
-limits on masses
●● monarchy
Answer: A government in which power is in the hands of a single
person.
●● Oligarchy
Answer: a small group of people having control of a country,
organization, or institution.
●● Tolitarianism
Answer: government control over every aspect of public and private life
●● What is a social contract?
Answer: an implicit agreement among the members of a society to
cooperate for social benefits
●● elite theory
, Answer: claims political power rests in the hands of a small, elite group
of people
●● majority rule
Answer: a fundamental principle of democracy; the majority should
have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
●● minority rights
Answer: protections for those who are not part of the majority
●● pluralist theory
Answer: claims political power rests in the hands of groups of people
●● politics
Answer: the process by which we decide how resources will be allocated
and which policies government will pursue
●● Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Answer: -articles could not be changes without an unanmious amount to
do so.
***problems could not be easily fixed
-there was no national judicial system
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● What does the Declaration of Independence say about the source of
rights and the purpose of government?
Answer: The declaration of independence makes it clear that the
government has one purpose of protecting the human rights of life,
liberty, and property (pursuit of happiness).
●● Democracy
Answer: A form of govt where political power rests in the hands of the
people
●● Direct Democracy
Answer: -All eligible citizens can participate directly
-Individuals represent their own interests
●● Representative democracy
Answer: -All eligible voters can choose individuals to represent them
-Represent the interests of constituents
-Few features of direct democracy
●● republic
,Answer: A form of government in which the people select
representatives to govern them and make laws.
-popular consent
-natural elites should rule
-limits on masses
●● monarchy
Answer: A government in which power is in the hands of a single
person.
●● Oligarchy
Answer: a small group of people having control of a country,
organization, or institution.
●● Tolitarianism
Answer: government control over every aspect of public and private life
●● What is a social contract?
Answer: an implicit agreement among the members of a society to
cooperate for social benefits
●● elite theory
, Answer: claims political power rests in the hands of a small, elite group
of people
●● majority rule
Answer: a fundamental principle of democracy; the majority should
have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
●● minority rights
Answer: protections for those who are not part of the majority
●● pluralist theory
Answer: claims political power rests in the hands of groups of people
●● politics
Answer: the process by which we decide how resources will be allocated
and which policies government will pursue
●● Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Answer: -articles could not be changes without an unanmious amount to
do so.
***problems could not be easily fixed
-there was no national judicial system
