Forms of Governments

Question 1

The belief that the government should have all the power and be able to do whatever it wants.

Answer 1

absolutism

Question 2

The belief that freedom trumps all other political considerations; the government should play a small role in people’s lives.

Answer 2

American Conservatism

Question 3

The view that the U.S. is different form other countries.

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American Exceptionalsim

Question 4

The belief that the government should promote equality in politics and economics.

Answer 4

American Liberalism

Question 5

The belief that all governments are repressive and should be destroyed.

Answer 5

Anarchism

Question 6

A government that can do whatever it wants.

Answer 6

Authoritarian Regime

Question 7

A regime in which the government holds all power

Answer 7

Autocracy

Question 8

The belief that the powers of the church and state should be united in one person.

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caesaropapism

Question 9

The process by which laws and policy making becomes centrally located.

Answer 9

Cenralization

Question 10

An economy where all decisions are made by the government

Answer 10

Centrally planned economy

Question 11

A view that arose in the early modern era in Europe; it argues for the value of the individual, the necessity for freedom, the importance of rationalism and the value of a free market.

Answer 11

Classical liberalism

Question 12

A view that arose in opposition to classical liberalism; it claimed that tradition was very valuable, human reason limited, and stability essential.

Answer 12

Classical conservatism

Question 13

An economy where all decisions are made by the government.

Answer 13

Command economy

Question 14

An extreme form of socialism that advocates violent revolution to create a socialist state.

Answer 14

Communism

Question 15

An academic discipline that compares states in order to understand how they work.

Answer 15

Comparative politics

Question 16

A loose relation among states.

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Confederation

Question 17

A system of government with a very weak central government and strong states.

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Confederate system

Question 18

A type of government characterized by limitations on government power spell out in the constitution.

Answer 18

Constitutional Government

Question 19

A term to describe federalism for most of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, where the federal government and the states work closely together and are intertwined; also known as marble-cake federalism.

Answer 19

Cooperative Federalsim

Question 20

Rule by the people.

Answer 20

Democracy

Question 21

An approach to economic policies that stress stimulation of demand by putting more money in the hands of consumers.

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Demand-Side Economics

Question 22

A peaceful form of socialism that works within democratic governments to attain socialism gradually.

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Democratic Socialism

Question 23

An absolute government in which one person holds all power and uses it for his-her own interest.

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Dictatorship

Question 24

The process of the national government giving responsibilities and powers to state, local, or regional governments.

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Devolution

Question 25

A government in which people come together to vote on important matters.

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Direct Democracy

Question 26

The view that the monarch is chosen by God to rule with absolute power over a country.

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Divine Right Theory of Kingship

Question 27

A term to describe federalism through most of the nineteenth century, where the federal and state governments each had their own issue areas,which rarely overlapped; also known as layer-cake federalsim

Answer 27

Dual Federlaism