Exam 1

Question 1

What is collective action?

Answer 1

A group working towards a project, reaping benefits previously unachievible by themselves.

Question 2

Free rider?

Answer 2

When everyone thinks that their contribution is so small, that they don’t even bother.

Question 3

Tragedy of the commons?

Answer 3

Using too much of a common product, and depleting it.

Question 4

Overhead costs?

Answer 4

Enforcing the agreements.

Question 5

Problems with collective action?

Answer 5

Coordination, and the prisoners dilemma.

Question 6

What is a coordination problem?

Answer 6

Obvious. It’s just like conducting a symphony, it must be coordinated, and that source of coordination I’d the conductor.

Question 7

What is the prisoner’s dilemma?

Answer 7

This is when individuals, despite being able to benefit from each other, have the natural tendency to break the agreement and exploit the other side.

Question 8

What are transaction costs?

Answer 8

The time, effort, and resources required to make collective decisions.

Question 9

What are conformity costs?

Answer 9

The extent of which a certain party does something that it would prefer not to. Basically, the price of conforming.

Question 10

Delegate

Answer 10

Someone who has been authorized to make a decision for them.

Question 11

Representative government?

Answer 11

Blend delegation with majority rule.

Question 12

Direct democracy?

Answer 12

Like representative democracy, only the citizens are actually making the decisions. Not appointed delegates.

Question 13

Home rule

Answer 13

Part of the British empire, but able to elect its own officials.

Question 14

Why did Britain impose taxes? Primarily, the Stamp Act of 1765?

Answer 14

The British were broke after the French and Indian War. They already taxed the hell out of the British citizens, so the next viable subjects were the early Americans.

Question 15

Deceleration of American rights?

Answer 15

Reasserted home rule, and said no more taxes and trade with with Britain.

Question 16

Declaration of Independence?

Answer 16

Actually split from England.

Question 17

Articles of Confederation?

Answer 17

De facto first constitution , written by 2nd Continental congress.

Question 18

Shays rebellion?

Answer 18

Farmers pissed off at loss of land from war. And debt. They were pissed at that too.

Question 19

Virginia plan

Answer 19

Bicameral national legislature, set forth by James Madison.

Question 20

New Jersey plan?

Answer 20

Unicameral, equal representation per state, regardless of pop.

Question 21

Connecticut plan/great compromise.

Answer 21

Bicameral, upper half equal representation, lower half based on population.

Question 22

Black folk counted as what?

Answer 22

3/5ths of a person.

Question 23

Federalism?

Answer 23

Giant government, nationalism

Question 24

Anti federalism?

Answer 24

State governments more important.

Question 25

Enumerated powers?

Answer 25

Specific abilities

Question 26

Implied powers

Answer 26

Not specifically named, but understood that they exist.

Question 27

Commerce clause

Answer 27

Regulates commerce with foreign nations, states, and Indians.

Question 28

10th amendment?

Answer 28

If not mentioned in the constitution, it’s the power of the civilians.

Question 29

Supremacy clause?

Answer 29

The constitution is the supreme law

Question 30

Why has the constitution lasted so long?

Answer 30

It’s real creaking hard to change.

Question 31

What is the bill of rights?

Answer 31

The first ten amendments of the constitution.

Authored by the congress

Were not part of the original constitution.

Question 32

Federalism?

Answer 32

A system of government in which power is divided between entrap government and several regional governments.