Political Science: American Government
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Politics - correct answers✅✅The process of resolving conflicts
and deciding "who gets what, when, and how."
Institution - correct answers✅✅An ongoing organization that
performs certain functions for society.
Government - correct answers✅✅Institutions through which a
society makes and enforces its public policies.
Security - correct answers✅✅The state of being free from
danger or injury.
Liberty - correct answers✅✅Freedom in society that is
consistent with the freedom of others.
Authority - correct answers✅✅The right an power of a
government or other intity to enforceits decisions and compel
obedience.
Legitimacy - correct answers✅✅Popular acceptance of the
right and power of a government or other entity to exercise
authority.
Republic - correct answers✅✅A form of government in which
sovereign power rests with the people, raher than with a king or
monarch.
, Political Science: American Government
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Popular Sovereignty - correct answers✅✅The concept that
ultimate political authority is based on the will of the people.
Representative Democracy - correct answers✅✅A form of
government in which representatives elected by the people make
and enforce laws and policies; may retain the monarchy in a
ceremonial role.
Suffrage - correct answers✅✅The right to vote; the franchise.
Majoritarianism - correct answers✅✅A political theory holding
that in a democracy, the government ought to do what the
majority of the people want.
Elite Theory - correct answers✅✅A perspective holding that
society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power
to further their self-interest.
Pluralism - correct answers✅✅A theory that views politics as a
conflict among interest groups. Political decision making is
characterized by compromise and accommodation.
The Bill of Rights - correct answers✅✅The first ten
amendments to the Constitution, dealing mostly with civil rights.
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Politics - correct answers✅✅The process of resolving conflicts
and deciding "who gets what, when, and how."
Institution - correct answers✅✅An ongoing organization that
performs certain functions for society.
Government - correct answers✅✅Institutions through which a
society makes and enforces its public policies.
Security - correct answers✅✅The state of being free from
danger or injury.
Liberty - correct answers✅✅Freedom in society that is
consistent with the freedom of others.
Authority - correct answers✅✅The right an power of a
government or other intity to enforceits decisions and compel
obedience.
Legitimacy - correct answers✅✅Popular acceptance of the
right and power of a government or other entity to exercise
authority.
Republic - correct answers✅✅A form of government in which
sovereign power rests with the people, raher than with a king or
monarch.
, Political Science: American Government
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Popular Sovereignty - correct answers✅✅The concept that
ultimate political authority is based on the will of the people.
Representative Democracy - correct answers✅✅A form of
government in which representatives elected by the people make
and enforce laws and policies; may retain the monarchy in a
ceremonial role.
Suffrage - correct answers✅✅The right to vote; the franchise.
Majoritarianism - correct answers✅✅A political theory holding
that in a democracy, the government ought to do what the
majority of the people want.
Elite Theory - correct answers✅✅A perspective holding that
society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power
to further their self-interest.
Pluralism - correct answers✅✅A theory that views politics as a
conflict among interest groups. Political decision making is
characterized by compromise and accommodation.
The Bill of Rights - correct answers✅✅The first ten
amendments to the Constitution, dealing mostly with civil rights.
