Intro to Political Science Questions and
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Politics - correct answers✅✅the process by which a
community selects rulers and empowers them to make decisions,
takes action to attain common goals, and reconciles conflicts
within the community
Power - correct answers✅✅the capacity to influence or control
the behavior of persons and institutions, whether by persuasion or
coercion
Authority - correct answers✅✅command of the obedience of
society's members by a government
Legitimacy - correct answers✅✅the exercise of political power
in a community in a way that is voluntarily accepted by the
members of that community
Legitimate Authority - correct answers✅✅the legal and moral
right of a government to rule over a specific population and
control a specific territory
Order - correct answers✅✅in a political context, refers to an
existing or desired arrangement of institutions based on certain
principles such as liberty, equality, prosperity, and security
Society - correct answers✅✅an aggregation of individuals who
share a common identity
,Intro to Political Science Questions and
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Social Contract - correct answers✅✅a concept in political
theory most often associated with Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke,
the social contract is an implicit agreement among individuals to
form a civil society and accept certain moral and political
obligations essential to its preservation
Government - correct answers✅✅the persons and institutions
that make and enforce laws and rules for the larger community
Republic - correct answers✅✅a form of government in which
sovereignty resides in the people of that country, rather than with
the rulers; vast majority of republics today are democratic or
representative republics, meaning that sovereign power is
exercised by elected representatives who are responsible to the
citizenry
State - correct answers✅✅in its sovereign form, an
independent political-administrative unit that successfully claims
the allegiance of a given population, exercises a monopoly on the
legitimate use of coercive force, and controls the territory
inhabited by its citizens or subjects; in its other common form, a
state is the major political-administrative subdivision of a federal
system
Sovereignty - correct answers✅✅a government's capacity to
assert supreme power successfully in a political state
, Intro to Political Science Questions and
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Country - correct answers✅✅as a political term, it refers
loosely to a sovereign state and is roughly equivalent to "nation"
or "nation-state"
Nation - correct answers✅✅often interchangeable with state
or country; in common usage, this term actually denotes a
specific people with a distinct language and culture or a major
ethnic group
Nation-State - correct answers✅✅a geographically defined
community administered by a government
Stateless Nation - correct answers✅✅people (or nations) who
are scattered over the territory of several states or dispersed
widely and who have no autonomous, independent, or sovereign
governing body of their own; examples include the Kurds,
Palestinians, and Tibetans
Justice - correct answers✅✅fairness; the distribution of
rewards and burdens in society in accordance with what is
deserved
Nation-Building - correct answers✅✅the process of forming a
common identity based on the notion of belonging to a political
community separate and distinct from all others; often the
concept of "nation" is based on common ethnolinguistic roots
Political Literacy - correct answers✅✅the ability to think and
speak intelligently about politics
Answers A+ Rated
Politics - correct answers✅✅the process by which a
community selects rulers and empowers them to make decisions,
takes action to attain common goals, and reconciles conflicts
within the community
Power - correct answers✅✅the capacity to influence or control
the behavior of persons and institutions, whether by persuasion or
coercion
Authority - correct answers✅✅command of the obedience of
society's members by a government
Legitimacy - correct answers✅✅the exercise of political power
in a community in a way that is voluntarily accepted by the
members of that community
Legitimate Authority - correct answers✅✅the legal and moral
right of a government to rule over a specific population and
control a specific territory
Order - correct answers✅✅in a political context, refers to an
existing or desired arrangement of institutions based on certain
principles such as liberty, equality, prosperity, and security
Society - correct answers✅✅an aggregation of individuals who
share a common identity
,Intro to Political Science Questions and
Answers A+ Rated
Social Contract - correct answers✅✅a concept in political
theory most often associated with Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke,
the social contract is an implicit agreement among individuals to
form a civil society and accept certain moral and political
obligations essential to its preservation
Government - correct answers✅✅the persons and institutions
that make and enforce laws and rules for the larger community
Republic - correct answers✅✅a form of government in which
sovereignty resides in the people of that country, rather than with
the rulers; vast majority of republics today are democratic or
representative republics, meaning that sovereign power is
exercised by elected representatives who are responsible to the
citizenry
State - correct answers✅✅in its sovereign form, an
independent political-administrative unit that successfully claims
the allegiance of a given population, exercises a monopoly on the
legitimate use of coercive force, and controls the territory
inhabited by its citizens or subjects; in its other common form, a
state is the major political-administrative subdivision of a federal
system
Sovereignty - correct answers✅✅a government's capacity to
assert supreme power successfully in a political state
, Intro to Political Science Questions and
Answers A+ Rated
Country - correct answers✅✅as a political term, it refers
loosely to a sovereign state and is roughly equivalent to "nation"
or "nation-state"
Nation - correct answers✅✅often interchangeable with state
or country; in common usage, this term actually denotes a
specific people with a distinct language and culture or a major
ethnic group
Nation-State - correct answers✅✅a geographically defined
community administered by a government
Stateless Nation - correct answers✅✅people (or nations) who
are scattered over the territory of several states or dispersed
widely and who have no autonomous, independent, or sovereign
governing body of their own; examples include the Kurds,
Palestinians, and Tibetans
Justice - correct answers✅✅fairness; the distribution of
rewards and burdens in society in accordance with what is
deserved
Nation-Building - correct answers✅✅the process of forming a
common identity based on the notion of belonging to a political
community separate and distinct from all others; often the
concept of "nation" is based on common ethnolinguistic roots
Political Literacy - correct answers✅✅the ability to think and
speak intelligently about politics
