PSC 160 All Quizzes with 100%
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Politics is defined in your text as _________________. - correct answer ✔✔who gets what,
when, and how
In the definition of politics, government rules can be thought of as the "______," and power
and resources can be thought of as the "_______." - correct answer ✔✔How, what
______ refers to a particular view of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives. -
correct answer ✔✔Social order
Power is defined in your text as ______. - correct answer ✔✔the ability to get other people to
do what you want
______ can be described as a system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of
people. - correct answer ✔✔Government
Anarchists value ____. - correct answer ✔✔Equality over order
When those in government exercise power recognized by citizens as right and proper, they are
exercising ______. - correct answer ✔✔Authority
The central democratic institution of the elite theory of democracy is ______. - correct answer
✔✔The electoral process
The market controls economic decisions in a ______ economy. - correct answer ✔✔Capitalist
,Which of the following reflects the type of economic system found in the United States? -
correct answer ✔✔Regulated capitalism, in which business has substantial freedom from
government interference, but the government does step in and regulate the economy to
guarantee individual rights
Government assurances that the rules will work smoothly and treat everyone fairly, with no
promises of particular outcomes, are ______. - correct answer ✔✔Procedural guarantees
Government assurances of particular outcomes or results are ______. - correct answer
✔✔Substantive guarantees
A political system in which the state holds all power over the social order is ______. - correct
answer ✔✔Authoritarian government
In an authoritarian system, the people have ______. - correct answer ✔✔obligations but no
rights
The major difference between anarchy and democracy is that in anarchy, ______. - correct
answer ✔✔There is no government
The major difference between the elitist, pluralist, and participatory theories of democracy is
related to the ______. - correct answer ✔✔role of the people in decision making
A theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of
their lives is ______. - correct answer ✔✔participatory democracy
Individuals who are obliged to submit to a government authority against which they have no
rights are ______. - correct answer ✔✔Subjects
,Analysis is important for students of politics because ______. - correct answer ✔✔it helps us
understand how something works
According to the text, why do some observers claim there is a crisis in American citizenship? -
correct answer ✔✔Civic virtue is taking second place to self-interest as a guiding principle of
citizenship.
What are the competing views of citizenship explained in the text that exist today in the United
States? - correct answer ✔✔One view holds that individual participation in government should
be limited because human nature is overly self-interested, whereas the other view places faith
in the citizen's ability to act virtuously.
Government in which citizens choose members of a legislature to make policy, rather than
making it themselves, was favored by Madison and included in the Constitution because
______. - correct answer ✔✔direct government by citizens was impractical and was believed to
be less likely to produce good public policy
The concept of republican virtue is what scholars such as Madison call the ______. - correct
answer ✔✔ability of democratic man to put the community's interests ahead of his own
The doctrine that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed, in
which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others, is called
______. - correct answer ✔✔Social contract theory
The first Western democracy was in ______. - correct answer ✔✔Athens
Individuals born in the United States are American citizens, even if their parents are not,
following the principle of _______. - correct answer ✔✔Jus soli
Citizens or subjects of other countries who come to the United States to live or work are known
as _______. - correct answer ✔✔Immigrants
, Individuals who come to the United States seeking asylum are known as _______. - correct
answer ✔✔Refugees
The legal process of acquiring citizenship for a person who was not born a U.S. citizen is known
as _______. - correct answer ✔✔Naturalization
Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, granting ______. - correct
answer ✔✔amnesty to illegals who had entered before 1982, and it attempted to tighten
controls on those who came after
President Obama and Democrats who supported him tried to pass the Development, Relief and
Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a piece of legislation that would have allowed ______.
- correct answer ✔✔illegal immigrants who had arrived in this country as minors to earn legal
residency through higher education or military service
All of the following are true of charts and graphs that present statistical data EXCEPT this: -
correct answer ✔✔They do not have to be read critically
The importance of political culture is that it ______. - correct answer ✔✔Reduces conflict in
society
Americans tend to believe in ______ guarantees by government. - correct answer
✔✔Procedural
The United States' representative democracy is based on ______. - correct answer ✔✔majority
rule and the consent of the governed
Individualism means or implies all of the following EXCEPT this: - correct answer ✔✔What is
good for the individual follows from what is good for society.
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Politics is defined in your text as _________________. - correct answer ✔✔who gets what,
when, and how
In the definition of politics, government rules can be thought of as the "______," and power
and resources can be thought of as the "_______." - correct answer ✔✔How, what
______ refers to a particular view of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives. -
correct answer ✔✔Social order
Power is defined in your text as ______. - correct answer ✔✔the ability to get other people to
do what you want
______ can be described as a system or an organization for exercising authority over a body of
people. - correct answer ✔✔Government
Anarchists value ____. - correct answer ✔✔Equality over order
When those in government exercise power recognized by citizens as right and proper, they are
exercising ______. - correct answer ✔✔Authority
The central democratic institution of the elite theory of democracy is ______. - correct answer
✔✔The electoral process
The market controls economic decisions in a ______ economy. - correct answer ✔✔Capitalist
,Which of the following reflects the type of economic system found in the United States? -
correct answer ✔✔Regulated capitalism, in which business has substantial freedom from
government interference, but the government does step in and regulate the economy to
guarantee individual rights
Government assurances that the rules will work smoothly and treat everyone fairly, with no
promises of particular outcomes, are ______. - correct answer ✔✔Procedural guarantees
Government assurances of particular outcomes or results are ______. - correct answer
✔✔Substantive guarantees
A political system in which the state holds all power over the social order is ______. - correct
answer ✔✔Authoritarian government
In an authoritarian system, the people have ______. - correct answer ✔✔obligations but no
rights
The major difference between anarchy and democracy is that in anarchy, ______. - correct
answer ✔✔There is no government
The major difference between the elitist, pluralist, and participatory theories of democracy is
related to the ______. - correct answer ✔✔role of the people in decision making
A theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of
their lives is ______. - correct answer ✔✔participatory democracy
Individuals who are obliged to submit to a government authority against which they have no
rights are ______. - correct answer ✔✔Subjects
,Analysis is important for students of politics because ______. - correct answer ✔✔it helps us
understand how something works
According to the text, why do some observers claim there is a crisis in American citizenship? -
correct answer ✔✔Civic virtue is taking second place to self-interest as a guiding principle of
citizenship.
What are the competing views of citizenship explained in the text that exist today in the United
States? - correct answer ✔✔One view holds that individual participation in government should
be limited because human nature is overly self-interested, whereas the other view places faith
in the citizen's ability to act virtuously.
Government in which citizens choose members of a legislature to make policy, rather than
making it themselves, was favored by Madison and included in the Constitution because
______. - correct answer ✔✔direct government by citizens was impractical and was believed to
be less likely to produce good public policy
The concept of republican virtue is what scholars such as Madison call the ______. - correct
answer ✔✔ability of democratic man to put the community's interests ahead of his own
The doctrine that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed, in
which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others, is called
______. - correct answer ✔✔Social contract theory
The first Western democracy was in ______. - correct answer ✔✔Athens
Individuals born in the United States are American citizens, even if their parents are not,
following the principle of _______. - correct answer ✔✔Jus soli
Citizens or subjects of other countries who come to the United States to live or work are known
as _______. - correct answer ✔✔Immigrants
, Individuals who come to the United States seeking asylum are known as _______. - correct
answer ✔✔Refugees
The legal process of acquiring citizenship for a person who was not born a U.S. citizen is known
as _______. - correct answer ✔✔Naturalization
Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, granting ______. - correct
answer ✔✔amnesty to illegals who had entered before 1982, and it attempted to tighten
controls on those who came after
President Obama and Democrats who supported him tried to pass the Development, Relief and
Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a piece of legislation that would have allowed ______.
- correct answer ✔✔illegal immigrants who had arrived in this country as minors to earn legal
residency through higher education or military service
All of the following are true of charts and graphs that present statistical data EXCEPT this: -
correct answer ✔✔They do not have to be read critically
The importance of political culture is that it ______. - correct answer ✔✔Reduces conflict in
society
Americans tend to believe in ______ guarantees by government. - correct answer
✔✔Procedural
The United States' representative democracy is based on ______. - correct answer ✔✔majority
rule and the consent of the governed
Individualism means or implies all of the following EXCEPT this: - correct answer ✔✔What is
good for the individual follows from what is good for society.
