POLI 2051 EXAM 1 KENNY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
government - ✔✔a formally established way of making and carrying out
political decisions
politics - ✔✔the competition to shape government's impact on society's
problems and goals
purposes of government - ✔✔protecting life, rights and liberties, providing
public goods, and promoting equality
political ideology - ✔✔a coherent set of beliefs about how policies affect
society and which policies are desirable
four political ideologies - ✔✔liberal, conservative, populist, libertarian
requirements for democracy - ✔✔popular sovereignty, political equality,
political liberty
popular sovereignty - ✔✔people are the ultimate source of all public
authority
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, political equality - ✔✔each person carries the same weight in voting and
other political decision making
political liberty - ✔✔freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, etc. are
essential for democracy to work
normative theory - ✔✔the way things ought to be
empirical theory - ✔✔the way things actually are
six conditions important for popular sovereignty - ✔✔government policies
reflect the wishes of the people, government leaders are elected, elections
are free and fair, people participate in the Political Process, High-Quality
information is available, the majority rules, government policies are
effective
delegates - ✔✔do what the people want (democratic ideal)
trustees - ✔✔do what they think is best (republicanism)
constitution - ✔✔a document that specifies the basic structure of
government
republicanism - ✔✔a form of government in which power resides in the
people and is exercised by their elected representatives
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AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
government - ✔✔a formally established way of making and carrying out
political decisions
politics - ✔✔the competition to shape government's impact on society's
problems and goals
purposes of government - ✔✔protecting life, rights and liberties, providing
public goods, and promoting equality
political ideology - ✔✔a coherent set of beliefs about how policies affect
society and which policies are desirable
four political ideologies - ✔✔liberal, conservative, populist, libertarian
requirements for democracy - ✔✔popular sovereignty, political equality,
political liberty
popular sovereignty - ✔✔people are the ultimate source of all public
authority
1
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, political equality - ✔✔each person carries the same weight in voting and
other political decision making
political liberty - ✔✔freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, etc. are
essential for democracy to work
normative theory - ✔✔the way things ought to be
empirical theory - ✔✔the way things actually are
six conditions important for popular sovereignty - ✔✔government policies
reflect the wishes of the people, government leaders are elected, elections
are free and fair, people participate in the Political Process, High-Quality
information is available, the majority rules, government policies are
effective
delegates - ✔✔do what the people want (democratic ideal)
trustees - ✔✔do what they think is best (republicanism)
constitution - ✔✔a document that specifies the basic structure of
government
republicanism - ✔✔a form of government in which power resides in the
people and is exercised by their elected representatives
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