POSC 225 Test 1 JMU
Anarchist - correct answer ✔One who believes that people are natural
cooperators capable of creating free and decent societies without the need for
gov't
Democracy - correct answer ✔A system of gov't in which the people rule
Oligarchy - correct answer ✔Rule by the few (as in aristocracy of clerics)
Monarchy - correct answer ✔Rule by one
Direct Democracy - correct answer ✔A form of political decision making in
which policies are decided by the people themselves rather than by their
representatives (Town Halls or Referenda)
Representative Democracy - correct answer ✔Indirect democracy in which
the people rule through elected representatives
Fundamental Principles of Representative Democracy - correct answer
✔Popular Sovereignty, Political Equality, and Political Liberty
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer ✔The people are the ultimate source
of gov't authority and of the policies that gov't leaders make
Autocracy - correct answer ✔Describes all forms of gov't ruled by a single
person or by a group with total power
, Majority Rule - correct answer ✔Form of political decision making in which
policies are decided based on what a majority of the people want
Political Equality - correct answer ✔The principle that each person carries
equal weight in the conduct of the public business
1965 Voting Rights Act - correct answer ✔Law that banned racial
discrimination in voting across the US
Civil Rights - correct answer ✔Guarantees of equal treatment by gov't official
regarding political rights, the judicial system, and public programs
Political Liberty - correct answer ✔Citizens in a democracy are protected
from gov't interference in the exercise of a range of basic freedoms such as
speech, association, and conscience
Social Contract - correct answer ✔Idea that gov't is the result of an
agreement among people to form one, and that people have the right to
create an entirely new gov't if the contract had been violated
Liberal Democracy - correct answer ✔representative democracy
characterized by popular sovereignty, liberty, and political equality
Majority Tyranny - correct answer ✔Suppression of the rights and liberties of
a minority by the majority
Confederation - correct answer ✔A loose association of states in which very
little or no power is lodged in a central gov't
Anarchist - correct answer ✔One who believes that people are natural
cooperators capable of creating free and decent societies without the need for
gov't
Democracy - correct answer ✔A system of gov't in which the people rule
Oligarchy - correct answer ✔Rule by the few (as in aristocracy of clerics)
Monarchy - correct answer ✔Rule by one
Direct Democracy - correct answer ✔A form of political decision making in
which policies are decided by the people themselves rather than by their
representatives (Town Halls or Referenda)
Representative Democracy - correct answer ✔Indirect democracy in which
the people rule through elected representatives
Fundamental Principles of Representative Democracy - correct answer
✔Popular Sovereignty, Political Equality, and Political Liberty
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer ✔The people are the ultimate source
of gov't authority and of the policies that gov't leaders make
Autocracy - correct answer ✔Describes all forms of gov't ruled by a single
person or by a group with total power
, Majority Rule - correct answer ✔Form of political decision making in which
policies are decided based on what a majority of the people want
Political Equality - correct answer ✔The principle that each person carries
equal weight in the conduct of the public business
1965 Voting Rights Act - correct answer ✔Law that banned racial
discrimination in voting across the US
Civil Rights - correct answer ✔Guarantees of equal treatment by gov't official
regarding political rights, the judicial system, and public programs
Political Liberty - correct answer ✔Citizens in a democracy are protected
from gov't interference in the exercise of a range of basic freedoms such as
speech, association, and conscience
Social Contract - correct answer ✔Idea that gov't is the result of an
agreement among people to form one, and that people have the right to
create an entirely new gov't if the contract had been violated
Liberal Democracy - correct answer ✔representative democracy
characterized by popular sovereignty, liberty, and political equality
Majority Tyranny - correct answer ✔Suppression of the rights and liberties of
a minority by the majority
Confederation - correct answer ✔A loose association of states in which very
little or no power is lodged in a central gov't
