ch 1 (vb)

Question 1

agreement reality

Answer 1

things that we believe are real even though we have never directly experienced them through our five senses

Question 2

classic conservatism

Answer 2

a political ideology that maintains that unrestrained individual human reason cannot take the place of long-standing traditional institutions

Question 3

classic liberalism

Answer 3

a political ideology that emphasizes the belief that people should be generally free from governmental constraints or interference

Question 4

communism

Answer 4

a political ideology that advocates, via revolution, a classless, socialist society in which justice and fairness for the whole prevail over the interests of individuals

Question 5

conceptual frameworks

Answer 5

the personal experiences, preferences, and expectations that we all use the make sense of the world

Question 6

democratic socialism

Answer 6

a political ideology that advocates for a socialist state through democratic means

Question 7

experiential reality

Answer 7

things that we directly experience through our five senses

Question 8

fascism

Answer 8

a political ideology that argues for the supremacy and purity of one group of people or nationality in a society

Question 9

idealism

Answer 9

a way of looking at the world in which the focus is on what we would like to do or what we would like the world to be; also refers to a theoretical process in international relations that stresses the quest for peace

Question 10

idealist period

Answer 10

the two decades between the world wars that were marked by the effort to envision and attain a perfectly peaceful world

Question 11

imperialism

Answer 11

the extension of an empire’s or nation’s rule or authority over foreign countries or the acquisition and holding of colonies and dependencies for the purpose of economic gain

Question 12

league of nations

Answer 12

an international institution created after WWI that attempted to bring nations together of peaceably resolve conflict in a form of collective security

Question 13

karl marx

Answer 13

a German economist, theorist, sociologist, and philosopher most notable for his works criticizing capitalism and advocating communism– a classless collective socialist society

Question 14

political ideology

Answer 14

you know, that thing where you take an ideal and turn it into a bunch of cheesy slogans for action in pursuit of the utopia that supposedly results from the ideal

Question 15

political science

Answer 15

field of study characterized by a search for critical understanding of the good political life, significant empirical understanding, and wise political and policy judgements

Question 16

political theory

Answer 16

a body of work aimed at developing knowledge about politics and political systems

Question 17

politics

Answer 17

individual of combined actions of individuals, governments, and/or groups aimed at getting what they want accomplished; when those actions have public consequences

Question 18

realism

Answer 18

a way of looking at the world in which the focus is on what we are able to do, what is possible for the world to be; also refers to a theoretical perspective in international relations what views international politics as a strategy game

Question 19

reform liberalism

Answer 19

a political ideology that argues that within a capitalist system, government should play a role in regulating the economy and removing major inequalities

Question 20

scientific method

Answer 20

a specific set of rules and processes for pursuing knowledge with observation, hypothesis-building, experimentation, and replication

Question 21

adam smith

Answer 21

an English economist whose Wealth of Nations argued that individual, rational choices in a free market are the ideal way to foster efficient economic activity

Question 22

socially responsible investing (sri)

Answer 22

the purchasing of stock in corporations or the acquiring of proxy votes from willing corporate stockholders by groups seeking to change or influence the direction of corporate politics

Question 23

sophist

Answer 23

one who in Ancient Greece taught promising young men practical skills, such as rhetoric, so that they could be successful in public life–they did not focus on metaphysics or ethics

Question 24

utopia

Answer 24

an ideal world