POLS 207 HANEY EXAM 1 WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Five Principles of Politics - ANSWER-Rationality Principle
Institution Principle
Collective Action Principle
Policy Principle
History Principle
Autocracy - ANSWER-A single individual rules
Oligarchy - ANSWER-A small group of landowners, military officers, religious leaders or
wealthy merchants rules
Democracy - ANSWER-A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in
the governmental process
Constitutional - ANSWER-Formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of
government
Authoritarian - ANSWER-No formal limits are placed on government but government
may be effectively limited by other social institutions
Totalitarian - ANSWER-No formal or effective limits on government's power of any kind
Politics - ANSWER-The Struggle over the leadership, structure, and policies of
government
Government - ANSWER-The institutions and procedures through which a land and its
people are ruled
Political Behavior - ANSWER-It all has a purpose, it's instrumental, not random
All politics - ANSWER-Collective action
Political outcomes - ANSWER-The product of individual preferences, institutional
preferences, and collective action
Political actors - ANSWER-Pursue policy preferences, reelection, power, and to
maximize their agency budget
Institutions - ANSWER-The rules and procedures that provide incentives for political
behavior and structure politics
, Jurisdiction - ANSWER-The domain over which decisions may be made
Agenda & Veto Power - ANSWER-Gatekeeping power and the power to say "no"
Decisiveness - ANSWER-Rules for decision making
Delegation - ANSWER-Transmission of authority
Collective Action - ANSWER-Is difficult and the difficulty mounts as the number of
people and interests involved grows
The Policy Principle - ANSWER-A logical combination of the first three principles
History Principle - ANSWER-How we got here matters
V.O. Key - ANSWER-Geographic size prevents formation of groups and benevolent
forces in the state
"Attention-getting antics substituted for organized politics"
Texas Geography - ANSWER-Varied terrain - from swamps in the Piney Woods, to sub-
tropical Galveston, plains of the panhandle, to deserts of West TX
Unity - ANSWER-"Unity lies in the mind"
Caddo Tribe - ANSWER-200,000 people by 1550 AD
"teches" (friend) > Tejas > Texas
Number of Spanish-speaking people by 1790s - ANSWER-3,200
Legacy of Spanish - ANSWER-Found in the names of the major rivers
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - ANSWER-Launched the Mexican War of
Independence against Spain
Revolutionary call- "Call of Hidalgo"
Mexican Independence Day - ANSWER-September 16, 1810
Anglo Settlements - ANSWER-Spanish as Official Language
Conversion to Catholicism
Give up slaves
(Texans did not follow rules)
Legal Traditions - ANSWER-Unlike U.S., legal traditions have roots in Spanish/Mexican
tradition
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Five Principles of Politics - ANSWER-Rationality Principle
Institution Principle
Collective Action Principle
Policy Principle
History Principle
Autocracy - ANSWER-A single individual rules
Oligarchy - ANSWER-A small group of landowners, military officers, religious leaders or
wealthy merchants rules
Democracy - ANSWER-A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in
the governmental process
Constitutional - ANSWER-Formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of
government
Authoritarian - ANSWER-No formal limits are placed on government but government
may be effectively limited by other social institutions
Totalitarian - ANSWER-No formal or effective limits on government's power of any kind
Politics - ANSWER-The Struggle over the leadership, structure, and policies of
government
Government - ANSWER-The institutions and procedures through which a land and its
people are ruled
Political Behavior - ANSWER-It all has a purpose, it's instrumental, not random
All politics - ANSWER-Collective action
Political outcomes - ANSWER-The product of individual preferences, institutional
preferences, and collective action
Political actors - ANSWER-Pursue policy preferences, reelection, power, and to
maximize their agency budget
Institutions - ANSWER-The rules and procedures that provide incentives for political
behavior and structure politics
, Jurisdiction - ANSWER-The domain over which decisions may be made
Agenda & Veto Power - ANSWER-Gatekeeping power and the power to say "no"
Decisiveness - ANSWER-Rules for decision making
Delegation - ANSWER-Transmission of authority
Collective Action - ANSWER-Is difficult and the difficulty mounts as the number of
people and interests involved grows
The Policy Principle - ANSWER-A logical combination of the first three principles
History Principle - ANSWER-How we got here matters
V.O. Key - ANSWER-Geographic size prevents formation of groups and benevolent
forces in the state
"Attention-getting antics substituted for organized politics"
Texas Geography - ANSWER-Varied terrain - from swamps in the Piney Woods, to sub-
tropical Galveston, plains of the panhandle, to deserts of West TX
Unity - ANSWER-"Unity lies in the mind"
Caddo Tribe - ANSWER-200,000 people by 1550 AD
"teches" (friend) > Tejas > Texas
Number of Spanish-speaking people by 1790s - ANSWER-3,200
Legacy of Spanish - ANSWER-Found in the names of the major rivers
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - ANSWER-Launched the Mexican War of
Independence against Spain
Revolutionary call- "Call of Hidalgo"
Mexican Independence Day - ANSWER-September 16, 1810
Anglo Settlements - ANSWER-Spanish as Official Language
Conversion to Catholicism
Give up slaves
(Texans did not follow rules)
Legal Traditions - ANSWER-Unlike U.S., legal traditions have roots in Spanish/Mexican
tradition
