Government Lesson 1 Study Guide Flashcards
The central concern of all governments is…
power
Authority is…
the legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules
The institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy are called…
government
The possibility of imposing one’s will upon the behavior of other persons is also known as…
power
In general, we say that a person who has authority…
has the right to use power
What can cause a leader to lose legitimacy?
The people become unwilling to follow that leader.
Which doctrine of legitimacy stated that a Chinese ruler had authority over all his subjects, as long as he ruled in a in a moral manner?
mandate of heaven
The divine right of king’s power came from…
God, and the king did not have to answer to the people.
In the social contract theory of government, what should happen when a ruler abuses his power?
He should be removed from power
One characteristic of public goods is that…
more than one person can consume them without reducing the amount available to others
The two building blocks of government are a means of coercion and a means of…
collecting revenue
The governmental power to draft citizens into the army of to force citizens to serve on juries is a means of…
coercion
What kind of government did Aristotle believe was suited to most societies?
rule by the well-intentioned many
Every nation-state has a territorial integrity, a stable population a code of laws, and…
national sovereignty
Political activity has a purpose and…
involved collective action
The political “game” in which politicians give up something their opponents want in exchange for something they value is called…
horse trading
Who successfully used walkout tactics in his struggle to improve the lives of California farm workers?
Cesar Chavez
Politicians who use cunning tricks and amoral tactics in the power struggle game are often referred to as…
Machiavellian
Which of the following is an example of the use of the demolition derby tactic?
- Gandhi’s massive nonviolent campaign against British colonial rule
- the passage of the Missouri Compromise.which determined which new states could allow slavery
- Rome’s destruction of Carthage during the Third Punic War
Rome’s destruction of Carthage during the Third Punic War
People who use tactics of disobedience want to win by…
shaming the opposition
