POLS 1001- MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
History is more _________________, Political Science is more
_____________________. - Answer -Descriptive, Analytical
What are the three subfields of Political Science? - Answer -Political Theory,
Comparative Politics, International Relations
What is International Relations? - Answer -Looking at interstate relationships
What is Comparative Politics? - Answer -Domestic politics within states
What is Political Theory? - Answer -Political Philosophy
What defines a developing world country? - Answer -A state that has typically
undergone colonization
"Who gets what, when and how" - Answer -Harold Lasswell
What is politics? - Answer -The exercise of power
Formal Politics is ______________, where informal politics is _________________ -
Answer -The government, how people get along
Two forms of power.... - Answer -Power to, Power over
What used to determine power? - Answer -How much steel a state could produce
Centralized vs Linear government... which is better? - Answer -Centralized is stronger
(France is Centralized, USA is Linear)
What are subtle uses of power? - Answer -Controlling ideas of citizens
(Fake News)
What is disciplinary power? - Answer -controlling ones common sense
"Legitimate Power" - Answer -Max Weber
What is legitimate power? - Answer -Power supported by the people
What are the three types of legitimate power? - Answer -Traditional, Charismatic,
Legal- Rational
, What is Traditional Power? - Answer -Kinship networks
(large extended families with strong authority and arranged marriages)
What is Charismatic Power? - Answer -Something that makes the individual stand out
and make you wan to follow them (usually leads revolutions)
What is Legal- Rational Power? - Answer -The institutions and government roles
themselves.
What are Political Ideologies? - Answer -Beliefs about how the world should work, right
and wrong, who we are, where we fit
What is Antonio Gramsci known for? - Answer -Cultural Hegemony
What is cultural hegemony? - Answer -intimidating people in society and controlling
their ideas
What is the primary focus of Liberalism? - Answer -Relation between the individual and
the government
What are the key aspects of Liberalism? - Answer -Liberty, Rights, and Equality
What are natural rights? - Answer -The automatic rights we have as human beings
What is a Hobbesian world? - Answer -A world of war against all
"Life is nasty, brutish and short" - Answer -Thomas Hobbes
Who is known for the social contract and the general will? - Answer -Jean Jacques
Rousseau
What is the social contract? - Answer -Sovereignty should lie at the hands of the people
What is the general will? - Answer -Societies will that should be expressed through the
law
Who became known for negative liberty? - Answer -John Locke
According to John Locke, liberty is based on _______________ - Answer -natural,
inalienable rights
What is negative liberty? - Answer -Laws or other people do not interfere with one's life
What is positive liberty? - Answer -Freedom to do whatever you want
History is more _________________, Political Science is more
_____________________. - Answer -Descriptive, Analytical
What are the three subfields of Political Science? - Answer -Political Theory,
Comparative Politics, International Relations
What is International Relations? - Answer -Looking at interstate relationships
What is Comparative Politics? - Answer -Domestic politics within states
What is Political Theory? - Answer -Political Philosophy
What defines a developing world country? - Answer -A state that has typically
undergone colonization
"Who gets what, when and how" - Answer -Harold Lasswell
What is politics? - Answer -The exercise of power
Formal Politics is ______________, where informal politics is _________________ -
Answer -The government, how people get along
Two forms of power.... - Answer -Power to, Power over
What used to determine power? - Answer -How much steel a state could produce
Centralized vs Linear government... which is better? - Answer -Centralized is stronger
(France is Centralized, USA is Linear)
What are subtle uses of power? - Answer -Controlling ideas of citizens
(Fake News)
What is disciplinary power? - Answer -controlling ones common sense
"Legitimate Power" - Answer -Max Weber
What is legitimate power? - Answer -Power supported by the people
What are the three types of legitimate power? - Answer -Traditional, Charismatic,
Legal- Rational
, What is Traditional Power? - Answer -Kinship networks
(large extended families with strong authority and arranged marriages)
What is Charismatic Power? - Answer -Something that makes the individual stand out
and make you wan to follow them (usually leads revolutions)
What is Legal- Rational Power? - Answer -The institutions and government roles
themselves.
What are Political Ideologies? - Answer -Beliefs about how the world should work, right
and wrong, who we are, where we fit
What is Antonio Gramsci known for? - Answer -Cultural Hegemony
What is cultural hegemony? - Answer -intimidating people in society and controlling
their ideas
What is the primary focus of Liberalism? - Answer -Relation between the individual and
the government
What are the key aspects of Liberalism? - Answer -Liberty, Rights, and Equality
What are natural rights? - Answer -The automatic rights we have as human beings
What is a Hobbesian world? - Answer -A world of war against all
"Life is nasty, brutish and short" - Answer -Thomas Hobbes
Who is known for the social contract and the general will? - Answer -Jean Jacques
Rousseau
What is the social contract? - Answer -Sovereignty should lie at the hands of the people
What is the general will? - Answer -Societies will that should be expressed through the
law
Who became known for negative liberty? - Answer -John Locke
According to John Locke, liberty is based on _______________ - Answer -natural,
inalienable rights
What is negative liberty? - Answer -Laws or other people do not interfere with one's life
What is positive liberty? - Answer -Freedom to do whatever you want
