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American Political Culture - Unit 3 Flashcards

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What are the 5 core political values in American Political Culture?

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  1. Individualism
  2. Equality of Opportunity
  3. Free Enterprise (Free markets, Laissez-faire)
  4. Rule of Law (Law rules and applies equally to everyone)
  5. Limited Government (government should do as little as possible to govern
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Define political culture.

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Political culture- the dominant set of beliefs, customs, traditions and values, that define the relationship between citizens and government.

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Define individualism.

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Individualism- the belief that individuals should be responsible for themselves and for the decisions they make.

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What is Equality of Oppourtuny?

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The belief that people have the chance to succeed based on their own effort.

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Define Free Enterprise/ Laissez-faire

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Free Enterprise/ Laissez-faire is an economic system in which government barely interferes with economic transitions among citizens and businesses.

Government doesn’t set prices, wages, and production

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What is the ideology of Limited Government?

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Human beings have inherent rights that cannot be taken by the government.

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What are things that limit the governments power?

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Checks and balances; written constitution; federalism; Bill of rights.

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Define Globalization.

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Globalization- the increasing interconnectedness of people, businesses, and countries throughout the world.

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What are Multinational Corporations?

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Companies that make, transport, and market goods and services in two or more countries.

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What are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (members are not countries)

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Independent groups outside of government that work toward a public cause (Example: red cross)

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What are Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) (members are countries)

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An organization which members are countries. Challenges the sovereignty of countries. (Example: European World Organization and World Trade Organization)

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What does free trade do?

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Free trade imposes few restraints on the flow of goods and services across national boarders. (Example: North American Free Trade Agreement)

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What countries are involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement?

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The United States, Mexico, and Canada.

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What is the Trans- Pacific Partnership? (TPP)

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A regional trade agreement between 12 nations.

Service jobs increased; lower prices for consumers.

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What is outsourcing?

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Outsourcing occurs when a company moves its business to a place where labor costs are cheaper or production is more more efficient because workers work longer hours.

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What 3 things does outsourcing result in?

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Outsourcing results in:
Loss of jobs
Lower environmental standards in foreign countries
weaker traditional cultures
Leads to connections of people with bad intentions

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What 9 things affect socialization?

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  1. Parents / family
  2. Political Parties / campaigns
  3. Community / neighborhood / press
  4. religious organizations
  5. Schools
  6. Race
  7. Gender
  8. Income
  9. interest groups
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Define public opinion.

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Public Opinion is the sum of individual attitudes about government, policies, and issues.

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What are the two basic requirements for an effective representative democracy?

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  1. Voters must have opinions and preferences that can be communicated to representatives
  2. Elections measure preferences
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What is a Focus Group?

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A focus group is a small group of individuals assembled for a conservations about specific issues.

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How does a Scientific Poll work?

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A randomly selected sample is taken. Sample is is statistically significant size and neutral language.

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What is a Sample?

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A sample is a group of individuals from a larger population used to measure public opinion.

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What is an Entrance survey?

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A poll conducted of people who are coming into an event.

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What is an Exit Survey?

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A survey conducted following an event or at a polling place after individuals have voted, asking who or what individuals voted for.

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What is a Benchmark poll?

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A survey taken at the beginning of a political campaign.

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What is the “Gender Gap”?

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The gender gap is the difference how men and women vote.

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What is political ideology?

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Political ideology is a set of beliefs about the desired goals and outcomes of a process of governance

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What is Conservatism?

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Conservatism is an ideology favoring more control of social behavior, fewer regulations on businesses, and less government interference in the economy.

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What is Liberalism?

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Liberalism is an ideology favoring less government control over social behavior and more regulation of businesses and of the economy.

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What is Libertarianism?

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Libertarianism is an ideology favoring very little government regulation and intervention beyond protecting private property and enforcement of contracts.

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What is a command and control economy?

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A command and control economy is an economic policy in which the government dictates much of the nations economy activity, including the amount of production and prices for goods.

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What is a Mixed-Economy?

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economic policy in which many economic conditions are left to individuals and businesses, with the government regulating economic activity.

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What is Gross Domestic Product?

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GDP is the total value of goods and services produced by the economy

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What is economic rescission?

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Economic rescission is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth.

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What is unemployment rate?

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Unemployment rate is the percentage of people actively looking for work who can’t find jobs.

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What is inflation?

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Inflation is the rise in the prices of goods and services consumer price index (CPI) the cost of a fixed basket of goods and services over time.

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What is the Fiscal policy?

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Fiscal policy is government use of taxes and spending to attempt to lower unemployment, support economic growth, and stablize the economy.

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What is the Monetary Theory?

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A theory to match the growth of the money supply to the growth in economic productivity

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What is Keyeialism?

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A theory that stimulates the economy during times of economic rescission by spending money to encourage economic growth.

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What is the Supply-Side Theory?

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The Supply-Side Theory stimulates the economy by cutting taxes to encourage businesses to grow and taxpayers to spend more money.

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What is Monetary Policy?

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An economic policy that regulates the amount of money in an economy.

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What is the Federal Reserve System?

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A board of governors, Federal Reserve Banks, and member banks responsible for monetary policy

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The board members for the Federal Reserve Banks are appointed by who? Who are they confirmed by?

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They are appointed by The President. They are confirmed by the Senate.

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The board members for the Federal Reserve Banks serve a ____ term.

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The board members for the Federal Reserve Banks serve a 4 year term.

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What is Medicare?

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Medicare is a federal program that provides health care for the poor

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What is Entitlement?

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Entitlement is a law that congress passed that you must meet some requirements, you are entitled for the benefits.

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What is Mandatory spending?

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Mandatory Spending is the money the government HAS to spend.

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What is Discretionary spending?

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Discretionary spending means that congress gets to decide what to spend money on.

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