Intro To Politics Questions And Answers Latest
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Politics - correct answers Process by which a community selects rulers and empowers them to make decisions,
takes action to attain common goals, and reconciles conflict within the community
Power - correct answers Capacity to influence or control the behavior of persons and institutions, whether by
persuasion or coercion
Authority - correct answers Command of the obedience of society's members by a government
Legitimacy - correct answers The exercise of political power in a community in a way that is voluntarily
accepted by the members of that community
Legitimate Authority - correct answers The legal and moral right of a government to rule over a specific
population and control a specific territory
Order - correct answers Refers to an existing or desired arrangement of institutions based on certain principles
such as liberty, equality, prosperity, and security. Also often associated with the rule of law and with
conservative values such as stability, obedience, and respect for legitimate authority
Society - correct answers Aggregation of individuals who share a common identity, usually people who live in
close proximity often know each other, enjoy shared experiences, speak the same language, and have similar
values and interests
Social Contract - correct answers Concept in political theory most often associated with Thomas Hobbes, Jean-
Jacques Rousseau, and John Locke, the social contract is an implicit agreement among individuals to forma
civil society and accept certain moral obligations essential to its preservation
, Government - correct answers Persons and institutions that make and enforce rules or laws for the larger
community
Republic - correct answers Form of government in which sovereignty resides in the people of that country,
rather than with the rulers
State - correct answers An independent political-administrative unit that successfully claims the allegiance of a
given population, exercises a monopoly on the legitimate use of coercive force, and controls the territory
inhabited by its citizens or subjects; a major political-administrative subdivision of a federal system
Sovereignty - correct answers A government's capacity to assert supreme power successfully in a political
state
Country - correct answers a sovereign state, nation or nation-state
Nation - correct answers denotes a specific people with a distinct language and culture or a major ethnic
group
Nation-state - correct answers geographically defined community administered by a government
Stateless Nation - correct answers People or nations who are scattered over the territory of several states or
dispersed widely and who have no autonomous independent, or sovereign governing body of their own
Justice - correct answers Fairness; the distribution of rewards and burdens in society in accordance with what
is deserved
Nation-building - correct answers The process of forming a common identity based on the notion of belonging
to a political community separate and distinct from all others
Political Literacy - correct answers The ability to think and speak intelligently about politics
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