Political Science Chapters 1-6 Questions
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authoritarian government - correct answers✅✅a political
system in which one person or group has absolute control over
the apparatus of government, and in which popular input in
government is minimal or nonexistent
public goods - correct answers✅✅goods and services that are
enjoyed by all citizens and unlikely to be provided by any
organization other than government
politics - correct answers✅✅individual and collective efforts to
influence the workings of government
democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of gov't in which the
people rule; can take place directly, through participation by the
people in actual lawmaking, or indirectly through free elections in
which the people choose representatives to make laws on their
behalf
autocracy - correct answers✅✅a form of gov't in which a
single person rules with effectively unlimited power
direct democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of democracy in
which the people themselves make the laws and set the policies
adopted by the gov't
representative democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of
democracy in which the people, through free elections, select
,Political Science Chapters 1-6 Questions
and Answers A+ Rated
representatives to make laws on their behalf and set policies
adopted by the gov't
constitutional democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of
democracy in which there is a foundational document (U.S.
Const.) that describes the structure, powers, and limits of gov't
presidential system - correct answers✅✅a political system in
which the head of the executive branch is selected by some form
of popular vote and serves a fixed term of office
parliamentary system - correct answers✅✅a political system
in which the head of the executive branch is selected by members
of the legislature rather than by popular vote
political culture - correct answers✅✅the values and beliefs of
citizens toward the political system and toward themselves as
actors in it
casual question - correct answers✅✅a question regarding the
factors responsible for a particular outcome
correlation - correct answers✅✅a relationship between the
factors such that change in one is accompanied by change in the
other
, Political Science Chapters 1-6 Questions
and Answers A+ Rated
causation - correct answers✅✅a relationship between
variables such that change in the value of one is directly
responsible for change in the value of other
spurious relationship - correct answers✅✅a relationship
between variables that reflects correlation but not causation
American creed - correct answers✅✅the dominant political
culture in the U.S., marked by a set of beliefs in individualism,
democracy, liberty, property, and religion, tied together by the
value of equality
liberty - correct answers✅✅the belief that gov't should leave
people free to do as they please and exercise their natural rights
to the maximum extent possible
property rights - correct answers✅✅the belief that people
should be able to acquire, own, and use goods and assets free
from gov't constraints, as long as their acquisition and use does
not interfere with the rights of other individuals
religious freedom - correct answers✅✅a belief that individuals
should be free to choose and practice their religious faith and that
government should not establish any particular religion as the
official or preferred religion
and Answers A+ Rated
authoritarian government - correct answers✅✅a political
system in which one person or group has absolute control over
the apparatus of government, and in which popular input in
government is minimal or nonexistent
public goods - correct answers✅✅goods and services that are
enjoyed by all citizens and unlikely to be provided by any
organization other than government
politics - correct answers✅✅individual and collective efforts to
influence the workings of government
democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of gov't in which the
people rule; can take place directly, through participation by the
people in actual lawmaking, or indirectly through free elections in
which the people choose representatives to make laws on their
behalf
autocracy - correct answers✅✅a form of gov't in which a
single person rules with effectively unlimited power
direct democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of democracy in
which the people themselves make the laws and set the policies
adopted by the gov't
representative democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of
democracy in which the people, through free elections, select
,Political Science Chapters 1-6 Questions
and Answers A+ Rated
representatives to make laws on their behalf and set policies
adopted by the gov't
constitutional democracy - correct answers✅✅a form of
democracy in which there is a foundational document (U.S.
Const.) that describes the structure, powers, and limits of gov't
presidential system - correct answers✅✅a political system in
which the head of the executive branch is selected by some form
of popular vote and serves a fixed term of office
parliamentary system - correct answers✅✅a political system
in which the head of the executive branch is selected by members
of the legislature rather than by popular vote
political culture - correct answers✅✅the values and beliefs of
citizens toward the political system and toward themselves as
actors in it
casual question - correct answers✅✅a question regarding the
factors responsible for a particular outcome
correlation - correct answers✅✅a relationship between the
factors such that change in one is accompanied by change in the
other
, Political Science Chapters 1-6 Questions
and Answers A+ Rated
causation - correct answers✅✅a relationship between
variables such that change in the value of one is directly
responsible for change in the value of other
spurious relationship - correct answers✅✅a relationship
between variables that reflects correlation but not causation
American creed - correct answers✅✅the dominant political
culture in the U.S., marked by a set of beliefs in individualism,
democracy, liberty, property, and religion, tied together by the
value of equality
liberty - correct answers✅✅the belief that gov't should leave
people free to do as they please and exercise their natural rights
to the maximum extent possible
property rights - correct answers✅✅the belief that people
should be able to acquire, own, and use goods and assets free
from gov't constraints, as long as their acquisition and use does
not interfere with the rights of other individuals
religious freedom - correct answers✅✅a belief that individuals
should be free to choose and practice their religious faith and that
government should not establish any particular religion as the
official or preferred religion
