POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLITICS, GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT) EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLITICS,
GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Political science - ANSWER-academic discipline in the social sciences that deals with
the study of politics

Politics - ANSWER-refers to human behavior in regards to government activities

Governance - ANSWER-exercise of authoritative direction or control over a political unit
or organization

Power - ANSWER-capacity/ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or course
of events

Body Politics - ANSWER-the people of nation, state or society considered collectively
as an organized group of citizens

Government - ANSWER-body or organization of people authorized to control and
administer parts or the entirety of a state

State - ANSWER-political entity commonly attributed to a society or population who
share a common geography or territorial domain

Population government territory sovereignty - ANSWER-elements of state

Aristotle - ANSWER-Father of political science

Aristotle - ANSWER-studies the work/function of a politician

Aristotle - ANSWER-politicians plan the appropriate constitution which determines the
structure of an organization

Jean Bodin - ANSWER-named the discipline "Science politique"

Jean Bodin - ANSWER-theory of absolute and undivided sovereignty

Baron de Montesquieu - ANSWER-expanded the discipline to government functions of
legislation, execution and adjucation

Paul Janet - ANSWER-defined Pol Sci as a social science dealing with foundations of
the state and the principles of government