Chapter 1

Question 0

Public goods

Answer 0

Services shared by everyone and cant be denied to anyone

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

Institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society

Question 2

Politics

Answer 2

Determines who we select as governmental leaders and the policies they pursue

Question 3

Political participation

Answer 3

Activities used by citizens to influence selection of political leaders or policies

Question 4

Single-issue groups

Answer 4

Groups that have narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise

Question 5

Policymaking system

Answer 5

Reveals the way our government responds to the priorities of its people

Question 6

Linkage institutions

Answer 6

Transmit Americans’ preference to the policymaking system

Question 7

Policy agenda

Answer 7

Issues that attack serious attention of public officials

Question 8

Political issue

Answer 8

People disagreeing about a problem and how to fix it

Question 9

Policymaking institutions

Answer 9

(Congress, presidency, the courts)

branches of government in-charge of political issues

Question 10

Public policy

Answer 10

Choice government makes in response to a political issue

Question 11

Democracy

Answer 11

Selecting policymakers and of organizing government

Question 12

Majority rule

Answer 12

Choosing alternatives requires that majority’s desire be respected

Question 13

Minority rights

Answer 13

Give rights to the ones who do not belong to majorities, and allow them to join

Question 14

Representation

Answer 14

Describes relationship between the few leaders and many followers

Question 15

Pluralist theory

Answer 15

(Contemporary theories of Am democracy)

Theory emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups

Question 16

Elite and class theory

Answer 16

(Contemporary theories of Am democracy)
Societies are divided along class lines and that upper class elite will rule

Question 17

Hyperpluralism

Answer 17

(Contemporary theories of Am democracy)

Groups are so strong that government is weakened

Question 18

Policy gridlock

Answer 18

When no alliance is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy. Nothing may get done as a result

Question 19

Gross domestic product

Answer 19

Sum total of the value of all goods and services produced in a nation

Question 20

Individualism

Answer 20

Belief that individuals should be left alone by the government