Gov312L:Issues And Policies In American
Government Exam 1 Study Guide all
answers completed 100% pass
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@QUESTION 1
✓ Actors-act/have interests, identities, and resources (wealth and power)
- can be individuals or groups of people that share some common purpose or
collective identity
- behave purposefully (awareness of how actions will be evaluated)
@QUESTION 2
✓ Structure-set of properties or arrangements that connect and order the actors in the
system (power, freedom, laws, etc)
@QUESTION 3
✓ Material Structure-includes military strength and economic distribution
@QUESTION 4
✓ Ideational Structure-Includes societal constructs and norms
@QUESTION 5
✓ Structures Constrain-set the costs and benefits of a whole range of actions, leaving
fundamental characteristics of actors unchanged
@QUESTION 6
✓ Structures Constitute-alters/transforms the identity and interest of actors when
attributes of actors are enabled or dependent upon larger structure
@QUESTION 7
, ✓ Thinking Systemically-examine how political, economic, and social developments
outside U.S. shape life inside U.S. and its foreign policy choices
@QUESTION 8
✓ Relevance of Thinking Systemically to US FP-environmental pressures within the
international system affect domestic and foreign policies; foreign policy and actions
do not take place in a vacuum, states must consider consequences, as well as other
actors' actions
@QUESTION 9
✓ Why is anarchy significant in international relations? threatens cooperation;
absence of an international source of authority capable of punishing states when
they negotiate in bad faith and revoke their promises, other states might just choose
not to make agreements in the first place
@QUESTION 10
✓ International System-global aggregation of people, organizations, ideas, and rules.
@QUESTION 11
✓ Main components of international system-Actors and structure
@QUESTION 12
✓ How can structure influence international outcomes?-Interaction of actor
characteristics, behavioral choices, and components of larger international structure
combine to produce important outcomes
@QUESTION 13
✓ Systemic Thinking-Examining how political, economic, and social developments
outside the U.S. shape life inside the U.S. and its foreign policy choices
@QUESTION 14
, ✓ State-Collections of political officials responsible for regulating the political, social,
and economic interactions of its citizenry; hold political authority over their citizens,
directing their behavior by writing and enforcing laws
@QUESTION 15
✓ Great Powers-Unique subgroup of states; possess disproportionately more
economic and military resources than other states in the international system Enable
them to project military and political influence beyond their territorial boundaries
@QUESTION 16
✓ Political Party-Domestic groups that help organize individuals similar political
interests into a with relatively coherent organizations
@QUESTION 17
✓ International Organizations-Regulate international trade, coordinate military
activities, deter aggression, promote important foundational principles, and help
settle disputes; born out of cooperational agreements between states
@QUESTION 18
✓ Multinational Corporation-A large economic enterprise that employs many people
and operates across state lines Shape political and economic outcomes throughout
the world; transfer capital and technology from wealthy economies to poor ones
@QUESTION 19
✓ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)-nonstate groups that seek to influence
important international events
@QUESTION 20
✓ Influence of domestic groups-Depends on its capacity to mobilize large groups of
citizens around a common purpose and the economic resources a group might
possess in support of its goals
@QUESTION 21
Government Exam 1 Study Guide all
answers completed 100% pass
_________________________________________________
@QUESTION 1
✓ Actors-act/have interests, identities, and resources (wealth and power)
- can be individuals or groups of people that share some common purpose or
collective identity
- behave purposefully (awareness of how actions will be evaluated)
@QUESTION 2
✓ Structure-set of properties or arrangements that connect and order the actors in the
system (power, freedom, laws, etc)
@QUESTION 3
✓ Material Structure-includes military strength and economic distribution
@QUESTION 4
✓ Ideational Structure-Includes societal constructs and norms
@QUESTION 5
✓ Structures Constrain-set the costs and benefits of a whole range of actions, leaving
fundamental characteristics of actors unchanged
@QUESTION 6
✓ Structures Constitute-alters/transforms the identity and interest of actors when
attributes of actors are enabled or dependent upon larger structure
@QUESTION 7
, ✓ Thinking Systemically-examine how political, economic, and social developments
outside U.S. shape life inside U.S. and its foreign policy choices
@QUESTION 8
✓ Relevance of Thinking Systemically to US FP-environmental pressures within the
international system affect domestic and foreign policies; foreign policy and actions
do not take place in a vacuum, states must consider consequences, as well as other
actors' actions
@QUESTION 9
✓ Why is anarchy significant in international relations? threatens cooperation;
absence of an international source of authority capable of punishing states when
they negotiate in bad faith and revoke their promises, other states might just choose
not to make agreements in the first place
@QUESTION 10
✓ International System-global aggregation of people, organizations, ideas, and rules.
@QUESTION 11
✓ Main components of international system-Actors and structure
@QUESTION 12
✓ How can structure influence international outcomes?-Interaction of actor
characteristics, behavioral choices, and components of larger international structure
combine to produce important outcomes
@QUESTION 13
✓ Systemic Thinking-Examining how political, economic, and social developments
outside the U.S. shape life inside the U.S. and its foreign policy choices
@QUESTION 14
, ✓ State-Collections of political officials responsible for regulating the political, social,
and economic interactions of its citizenry; hold political authority over their citizens,
directing their behavior by writing and enforcing laws
@QUESTION 15
✓ Great Powers-Unique subgroup of states; possess disproportionately more
economic and military resources than other states in the international system Enable
them to project military and political influence beyond their territorial boundaries
@QUESTION 16
✓ Political Party-Domestic groups that help organize individuals similar political
interests into a with relatively coherent organizations
@QUESTION 17
✓ International Organizations-Regulate international trade, coordinate military
activities, deter aggression, promote important foundational principles, and help
settle disputes; born out of cooperational agreements between states
@QUESTION 18
✓ Multinational Corporation-A large economic enterprise that employs many people
and operates across state lines Shape political and economic outcomes throughout
the world; transfer capital and technology from wealthy economies to poor ones
@QUESTION 19
✓ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)-nonstate groups that seek to influence
important international events
@QUESTION 20
✓ Influence of domestic groups-Depends on its capacity to mobilize large groups of
citizens around a common purpose and the economic resources a group might
possess in support of its goals
@QUESTION 21
