An Introduction to Political Science Exam 1 Chapters 1 - 6
1. Politics is:: who gets what, when, and how
2. Politics is a competition of the allocation of what?: Scarce Resourses
3. You can normally tell a lot about politics based on a what?: Election Map
4. Political culture is the:: wide held beliefs on the political process
5. Political literacy is: how much people know about the political system to
achieve power, and if they have the ability to
6. Power is the: ability to coerce someone to do something through their authority
7. In order to have order in a society you have to give up some to the
government: rights
8. When you give up rights in order to have protection by the government this
is called the: Social Contract
9. Government exists to help the: governed
10. Locke believed in what?: Natural rights, that the government should work for
the people, social contract, the gov. is a system of facilitating power, and that
politics involves whoever is in power.
11. What type of question is answered with data?: Empirical Questions
12. What type of question answers what ought to be?: Normative Questions
13. In government you have to distinguish between: Order and Injustice
14. Nations are defined as: a group of people who share a common characteristic
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15. States are defined as: a group within a border
16. Countries are defined as: a word to express endearment or pride
17. Who was the father of political science?: Aristotle
18. In Aristotle's sixfold classification system what was the one ruling called
that was interested in all, and what was its counterpart of interested in
them- selves?: Monarchy/Tyranny
19. In Aristotle's sixfold classification system what was the few ruling called
that was interested in all, and what was its counterpart of interested in
them- selves?: Aristocracy/ Oligarchy
20. In Aristotle's sixfold classification system what was the many ruling called
that was interested in all, and what was its counterpart of interested in
them- selves?: Polity/Democracy
21. What are the sub-fields of political science?: US. Gov & Politics, Comparative
Politics, International Relations, Public Administration, Political Theory, and
Political Behavior.
22. Contractualists search for what?`: Stable political systems
23. What three guys wanted a social contract?: Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau
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1. Politics is:: who gets what, when, and how
2. Politics is a competition of the allocation of what?: Scarce Resourses
3. You can normally tell a lot about politics based on a what?: Election Map
4. Political culture is the:: wide held beliefs on the political process
5. Political literacy is: how much people know about the political system to
achieve power, and if they have the ability to
6. Power is the: ability to coerce someone to do something through their authority
7. In order to have order in a society you have to give up some to the
government: rights
8. When you give up rights in order to have protection by the government this
is called the: Social Contract
9. Government exists to help the: governed
10. Locke believed in what?: Natural rights, that the government should work for
the people, social contract, the gov. is a system of facilitating power, and that
politics involves whoever is in power.
11. What type of question is answered with data?: Empirical Questions
12. What type of question answers what ought to be?: Normative Questions
13. In government you have to distinguish between: Order and Injustice
14. Nations are defined as: a group of people who share a common characteristic
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, An Introduction to Political Science Exam 1 Chapters 1 - 6
15. States are defined as: a group within a border
16. Countries are defined as: a word to express endearment or pride
17. Who was the father of political science?: Aristotle
18. In Aristotle's sixfold classification system what was the one ruling called
that was interested in all, and what was its counterpart of interested in
them- selves?: Monarchy/Tyranny
19. In Aristotle's sixfold classification system what was the few ruling called
that was interested in all, and what was its counterpart of interested in
them- selves?: Aristocracy/ Oligarchy
20. In Aristotle's sixfold classification system what was the many ruling called
that was interested in all, and what was its counterpart of interested in
them- selves?: Polity/Democracy
21. What are the sub-fields of political science?: US. Gov & Politics, Comparative
Politics, International Relations, Public Administration, Political Theory, and
Political Behavior.
22. Contractualists search for what?`: Stable political systems
23. What three guys wanted a social contract?: Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau
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