POLS 1100 FINAL EXAM CSCC FINAL EXAM
(LATEST UPDATE 2026- 2027) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
Politics - correct answer The process through which a society settles its complications
the struggle for power
Power - correct answer The ability of persons groups or institutions to influence
political developments
Public policies - correct answer Decisions by government to pursue particular courses
of action.
Theocracy - correct answer Government power concentrated among religious leaders
Totalitarianism - correct answer Government has absolute power
Socialism - correct answer An economic system based on the idea that government
should own and operate key Industries in the economy such as energy transport
Healthcare Etc
Sovereignty - correct answer Government control over a nation-state's territory,
supreme and final source of power
Liberty - correct answer Freedom to act and think freely as long as they do not
infringe unreasonably on this right for others
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,POLS 1100 FINAL EXAM CSCC FINAL EXAM
(LATEST UPDATE 2026- 2027) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
Equity - correct answer The idea that all people are equal in worth and treated as
equal under law
Individualism - correct answer The belief that people are free to do as they wish and
should be self sufficient
self-government - correct answer The people are the ultimate sorce of power and
should have a say in there government
Social Contract Theory - correct answer the voluntary agreement among individuals
by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau,
organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual
protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
John Locke - correct answer 17th century English philosopher who opposed the
Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life,
liberty, and property.
Thomas Hobbes - correct answer English materialist and political philosopher who
advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve
problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
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, POLS 1100 FINAL EXAM CSCC FINAL EXAM
(LATEST UPDATE 2026- 2027) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
Tyranny of the majority - correct answer The potential of a majority to monopolize
power for its own gain to the detriment of minority rights and interests.
Declaration of Independence - correct answer the document recording the
proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the
independence of the colonies from Great Britain
Great Compromise - correct answer agreement providing a dual system of
congressional representation
3/5 Compromise - correct answer -each slave would count for 3/5 of a person for
taxation and representation purposes
Federal Papers - correct answer A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander
Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to defend the
Constitution in detail.
Supremacy Clause - correct answer Federal law is supreme over state law
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(LATEST UPDATE 2026- 2027) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
Politics - correct answer The process through which a society settles its complications
the struggle for power
Power - correct answer The ability of persons groups or institutions to influence
political developments
Public policies - correct answer Decisions by government to pursue particular courses
of action.
Theocracy - correct answer Government power concentrated among religious leaders
Totalitarianism - correct answer Government has absolute power
Socialism - correct answer An economic system based on the idea that government
should own and operate key Industries in the economy such as energy transport
Healthcare Etc
Sovereignty - correct answer Government control over a nation-state's territory,
supreme and final source of power
Liberty - correct answer Freedom to act and think freely as long as they do not
infringe unreasonably on this right for others
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,POLS 1100 FINAL EXAM CSCC FINAL EXAM
(LATEST UPDATE 2026- 2027) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
Equity - correct answer The idea that all people are equal in worth and treated as
equal under law
Individualism - correct answer The belief that people are free to do as they wish and
should be self sufficient
self-government - correct answer The people are the ultimate sorce of power and
should have a say in there government
Social Contract Theory - correct answer the voluntary agreement among individuals
by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau,
organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual
protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
John Locke - correct answer 17th century English philosopher who opposed the
Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life,
liberty, and property.
Thomas Hobbes - correct answer English materialist and political philosopher who
advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve
problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
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, POLS 1100 FINAL EXAM CSCC FINAL EXAM
(LATEST UPDATE 2026- 2027) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
Tyranny of the majority - correct answer The potential of a majority to monopolize
power for its own gain to the detriment of minority rights and interests.
Declaration of Independence - correct answer the document recording the
proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the
independence of the colonies from Great Britain
Great Compromise - correct answer agreement providing a dual system of
congressional representation
3/5 Compromise - correct answer -each slave would count for 3/5 of a person for
taxation and representation purposes
Federal Papers - correct answer A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander
Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to defend the
Constitution in detail.
Supremacy Clause - correct answer Federal law is supreme over state law
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