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PS 103 Final SEMOGovernment - correct answer ✔Institutions and procedures through ehich a
territory and its people are ruled
Politics - correct answer ✔Conflict over the leadership, structure, and
policies of government "who gets what, when, how" -Harold Laswell
Political Efficacy - correct answer ✔The ability to influence government and
politics
Citizenship - correct answer ✔Informed and active membership in a political
community
Autocracy - correct answer ✔A form of government in which a single
individual-a king queen or dictator-rules
Oligarchy - correct answer ✔A form of government I which a small group--
landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants—controls most of the
governing decisions
Democracy - correct answer ✔A system of rule that permits citizens to play a
significant part in the governmental process, usually through the election of
key public officials
Constitutional government - correct answer ✔A system of rule in which
formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government
,Authoritarian government - correct answer ✔A system of rule in which the
government recognizes no formal limits but may nevertheless be restrained by
the power of other social institutions
Totalitarian government - correct answer ✔A system of rule in which the
government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or
eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it
Power - correct answer ✔Influence over a government's leadership,
organization, or policies.
Representative democracy (Republic) - correct answer ✔A system of
government in which the populace selects representatives, who play a
significant role in governmental decision making
Direct democracy - correct answer ✔A system of rule that permits citizens to
vote directly on laws and policies
Pluralism - correct answer ✔The theory that all interests are and should be
free to compete for influence in the government; the outcome of this
competition is compromise and moderation
Political culture - correct answer ✔Broadly shared values, beliefs, and
attitudes about how the government should function; American political culture
emphasizes the values of liberty, equality, and democracy
Liberty - correct answer ✔Freedom from government control
, Limited government - correct answer ✔A principle of constitutional
government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a
constitution
laissez-faire capitalism - correct answer ✔An economic system in which the
means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for
profit with minimal or no government interference
equality of opportunity - correct answer ✔A widely shared American ideal
that all people should have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth
they have to reach their fullest potential
Political equality - correct answer ✔The right to participate in politics equally,
based on the principle of "one person, one vote"
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer ✔A belief in democracy in which
political authority rests ultimately in the hands of the people
majority rule, minority rights - correct answer ✔The democratic principle that
a government follows the preferences of the majority of boaters but protects
the interests of the minority
Articles of Confederation - correct answer ✔America's first written
Constitution; served as the basis for America's national government until 1789
- created a weak central government
Confederation - correct answer ✔A system of government in which states
retain sovereign authority except for the powers expressly delegated to the
national constitution
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