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government - correct answer ✔✔institutions and procedures that govern a territory of people
democracy - correct answer ✔✔system of government where the control of the group or organization is
by a majority of its members; rule of law; prevents oligarchy
pluralism - correct answer ✔✔theory of how the system works. Two or more groups, principle or sources
of authority coexist and create equilibrium
marketplace of ideas - correct answer ✔✔the competition between varying opinions and ideas that are
aired in public forums
politics - correct answer ✔✔activities associated with the governance of the country
power - correct answer ✔✔having some say in the composition of a governments leadership, how it is
organized or what its policies are doing
efficacy - correct answer ✔✔the belief you can influence government
apathy - correct answer ✔✔opposite of efficacy
civil liberties - correct answer ✔✔areas of personal freedom with which governments are constrained
from interfering
equal protection clause of the 14th amendment - correct answer ✔✔no state shall deny to any person
within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws" without due process of law
, is a decline in political efficacy likely to matter for the health of the American democracy? - correct
answer ✔✔yes
citizen participation, elected officials, free and open elections, parliament or congress, individual rights &
freedoms, diverse interests represented by state, state serves as impartial servant to society as a whole,
free and open media, and ruling majority with minority rights - correct answer ✔✔...necessary for
democratic governments
absent of characteristics of democracies, these countries have little developed industrialism, capitalism
or democratic traditions, power is concentrated in central agency that directs the affairs of the state,
individual liberties do not exist and free elections are not held, opposition to government no permitted,
and ruling minority or oligarchy - correct answer ✔✔... necessary for totalitarian governments
why study government? (3 reasons) - correct answer ✔✔1. the allocation and transfer of power in
decision making
2. systems and rules of governance
3. political behavior
4. essentially "who governs"
examples of government output - correct answer ✔✔taxes, subsides, regulation of behavior, education
small group of people having control of a country - correct answer ✔✔oligarchy
country ruled by absolute ruler (unrestricted power) - correct answer ✔✔tyranny
sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔possessing supreme or ultimate power
apportionment - correct answer ✔✔the process of distributing seats in the House of Representatives
what is a constitution? (3 reasons) - correct answer ✔✔1.government document
2. framework for organizing government
3. represents a society's political, economic and social choices
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