PSCI 1024 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Sovereingty - Answers -refers to the state's monopoly of control over a single territory
and independence from external authority.
Normative Statements - Answers -Usually use the word SHOULD - make an evaluation
Why does a correlation not always provide the explanation in a cause-and-effect
argument? - Answers -Correlation does not necessarily imply causation.
Civil Society - Answers -nongovernmental organization, band of citizens, environmental
activists, a church
Democracy in South Korea - Answers -Has included both democratization and
democratic consolidation
Democratic Consolidation - Answers -A process through which democratic institutions
become so accepted that everyone (leaders, different opposition parties, government
agencies, mass of people) accepts democracy as the only legitimate form of
government
The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index - Answers -Takes an approach to
democracy that is fairly substantive
Substantive Democracy - Answers -countries can always undergo further
democratization and that the question of democracy is not restricted to whether
countries meet a minimum threshold.
Direct Democracy - Answers -The people voting directly on an issue Referendums,
citizen assemblies, and community councils can all be considered part of
Key Component of a Nation - Answers -Claiming a territorial homeland
National Identity - Answers -Feeling that you belong to a nation
nationalism - Answers -a set of ideas that includes political goals for actions.
Definitive characteristic of a modern state? - Answers -Holding a monopoly over the
legitimate use of force.
Which of the following is NOT a part of good hypothesis testing? - Answers -Choosing
evidence that will best help the case of the hypothesis
Theory - Answers -Be on the lookout for some sort of causal relationship
Sovereingty - Answers -refers to the state's monopoly of control over a single territory
and independence from external authority.
Normative Statements - Answers -Usually use the word SHOULD - make an evaluation
Why does a correlation not always provide the explanation in a cause-and-effect
argument? - Answers -Correlation does not necessarily imply causation.
Civil Society - Answers -nongovernmental organization, band of citizens, environmental
activists, a church
Democracy in South Korea - Answers -Has included both democratization and
democratic consolidation
Democratic Consolidation - Answers -A process through which democratic institutions
become so accepted that everyone (leaders, different opposition parties, government
agencies, mass of people) accepts democracy as the only legitimate form of
government
The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index - Answers -Takes an approach to
democracy that is fairly substantive
Substantive Democracy - Answers -countries can always undergo further
democratization and that the question of democracy is not restricted to whether
countries meet a minimum threshold.
Direct Democracy - Answers -The people voting directly on an issue Referendums,
citizen assemblies, and community councils can all be considered part of
Key Component of a Nation - Answers -Claiming a territorial homeland
National Identity - Answers -Feeling that you belong to a nation
nationalism - Answers -a set of ideas that includes political goals for actions.
Definitive characteristic of a modern state? - Answers -Holding a monopoly over the
legitimate use of force.
Which of the following is NOT a part of good hypothesis testing? - Answers -Choosing
evidence that will best help the case of the hypothesis
Theory - Answers -Be on the lookout for some sort of causal relationship
