WHAT IS POLITICAL SCIENCE- EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Ancient Greece - ANSWER-The word politics has its origins in Ancient Greece
polis - ANSWER-Greet word for a city-state
of the state - ANSWER-Politicus means:
political science - ANSWER-systematic study of the state and the government
politics, systems, behavior - ANSWER-Political science is the practice and theory of
____, the analysis of political ______, and the study of political ______.
effective in achieving their goals - ANSWER-Political scientists study why government
(political parties...) are or are not _____
public policy
national politics
political theory
international relations
comparative politics - ANSWER-Areas political scientists study
politics - ANSWER-activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a
government or getting and keeping power in a government
1. Political Theory
2. Public Law
3. Public Administration - ANSWER-What's included in political science
history, economics, geography, sociology... etc - ANSWER-interrelationship with other
branches of learning
Education for citizenship - ANSWER-goal in study of political science
Knowledge and understanding of government - ANSWER-essential parts of classic
education
how government operates, rights and obligations, elected represetatives and what they
stand for - ANSWER-good citizen knows
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Ancient Greece - ANSWER-The word politics has its origins in Ancient Greece
polis - ANSWER-Greet word for a city-state
of the state - ANSWER-Politicus means:
political science - ANSWER-systematic study of the state and the government
politics, systems, behavior - ANSWER-Political science is the practice and theory of
____, the analysis of political ______, and the study of political ______.
effective in achieving their goals - ANSWER-Political scientists study why government
(political parties...) are or are not _____
public policy
national politics
political theory
international relations
comparative politics - ANSWER-Areas political scientists study
politics - ANSWER-activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a
government or getting and keeping power in a government
1. Political Theory
2. Public Law
3. Public Administration - ANSWER-What's included in political science
history, economics, geography, sociology... etc - ANSWER-interrelationship with other
branches of learning
Education for citizenship - ANSWER-goal in study of political science
Knowledge and understanding of government - ANSWER-essential parts of classic
education
how government operates, rights and obligations, elected represetatives and what they
stand for - ANSWER-good citizen knows
