Final Social

Question 1

Four definitions of politics

Answer 1

Exercise of power, allocation of values, resolution of conflict, competition

Question 2

Control of, or influence on, the state, ability to
make, or influence, political decisions

Answer 2

Political power

Question 3

Control of economic assets

Answer 3

Economic power

Question 4

Ability to wage war - or to compel others through intimidation or deterrence

Answer 4

Military power

Question 5

Conveys the idea of one’s ability to realize one’s goals without coercing others; Individually, by exercising one’s freedom; Or collectively, by joining with others in a free and voluntary way; Associated with visions of a good society, based on the ideals of freedom, equality, justice,
solidarity, democracy

Answer 5

Power to

Question 6

The prevalent kind of power
1. AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS

(you have to have someone to have power over)
2. POTENTIAL or ACTIVE
3. A PURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY
4. PROMOTIVE (Do it!) or PREVENTIVE (Don’t do it!)
5. BALANCED or UNBALANCED (“Absolute power corrupts absolutely” – Lord Acton). Democracy associated with balanced power

Answer 6

Power over

Question 7

Use of power (or power exertion) with an
uncertain outcome

Answer 7

Influence

Question 8

Use of power with a more or less certain outcome

Answer 8

Control

Question 9

Structured, stable use of power

Answer 9

Domination

Question 10

Ability to detain and harm people and damage
or confiscate their property to compel them to obey your
orders

Answer 10

Force

Question 11

Ability to convince people to do what they otherwise would not have done by invoking their own
interests and common sense

Answer 11

Persuasion

Question 12

Legitimate (just and lawful) power to control and direct people’s activities

Answer 12

Authority

Question 13

Controlling people by means of threatening
use of force

Answer 13

Coercion

Question 14

Controlling people without threats, by
persuading them about the legitimacy of the existing power relationships, or by offering them benefits

Answer 14

Manipulation

Question 15

Philippine’s legislative department

Answer 15

Congress

Question 16

Upper house of congress

Answer 16

Senate

Question 17

Lower house of congress

Answer 17

House of Representatives

Question 18

Number of senate

Answer 18

24

Question 19

Citizenship of senate, house of representatives, and president

Answer 19

Natural-born citizen

Question 20

Minimum age of senate

Answer 20

At least 35 years old on
election day

Question 21

Minimum years of residence of senate

Answer 21

Philippine resident for 2 years prior to election day

Question 22

Term length of senate

Answer 22

6 years

Question 23

Maximum terms of senate

Answer 23

2

Question 24

Number of house of representatives

Answer 24

200 district reps, 50 party list

Question 25

Minimum age of house of representatives

Answer 25

At least 25 years old on election day

Question 26

Minimum years of residence of house of representatives

Answer 26

District resident for 1 year prior to election day

Question 27

Term length of house of representatives

Answer 27

3 years

Question 28

Maximum terms of house of representatives

Answer 28

3

Question 29

Minimum age of president

Answer 29

At least 40 years old on election day

Question 30

Minimum years of residence of president

Answer 30

Resident of the country for 10 years

Question 31

The obtaining of money or advantage through dishonest use of power and influence; illegal or unfair gain

Answer 31

Graft

Question 32

Illegal, bad, or dishonest behavior, especially by people in power. Corruption can include giving or accepting bribes or inappropriate gifts, double-dealing, under-the-table transactions, manipulating elections, diverting funds, laundering money, and defrauding investors.

Answer 32

Corruption

Question 33

One of the most common types of political corruption; the act of giving money, goods or services to an official in exchange for favorable treatment

Answer 33

Bribery

Question 34

Elected officials divert some of the money for local projects into their personal accounts

Answer 34

Embezzlement (Graft)

Question 35

When an official uses their power and influence to threaten another person into behaving a certain way

Answer 35

Extortion

Question 36

When an elected representative threatens to reveal incriminating information about someone in order to coerce that person into cooperating with them

Answer 36

Blackmail

Question 37

When an official lets their appointments be influenced by inappropriate or illegal factors One type is known as nepotism. This is the practice of giving appointments to family members, rather than basing appointments on the actual qualifications of the appointees. Another type known as patronage, occurs when an official makes appointments in exchange for votes, payoffs or other benefits.

Answer 37

Preferential treatment

Question 38

Effects of Political Dynasty

Answer 38

Abuse of Power, Their priority will be their social class, Checks and Balances will weaken

Question 39

Causes of political dynasty

Answer 39

Uneducated Voter, No education, Patronage Politics

Question 40

Establishment of policies, and continuous monitoring of their implementation, by the members of the governing body of an organization.

Answer 40

Governance

Question 41

4 Elements of State

Answer 41

People, Territory, Government, Sovereignty

Question 42

The state is a human institution. So population is its primary element. There is no hard and fast rule about population.

Answer 42

People

Question 43

A definite and more or less permanent territory is also regarded as an essential element of the state. In modern times, the citizens are bound together by residence on a common territory. Land, water and air space comprise the territory of a state.

Answer 43

Territory

Question 44

A people occupying a definite territory cannot form a state unless they are politically organized i.e., unless they possess a government; the political organization of the state. It is the concrete and visible instrument of state power.

Answer 44

Government

Question 45

By far the most important characteristic of the state. It is the characteristic which distinguishes the state from all other associations. It denotes the supreme power or the final authority from which there is no appeal.

Answer 45

Sovereignty