Lesson 2: Political & Leadership structures

Question 1

systematic study of the state and the government

Answer 1

Political Science

Question 2

Greek word that means city/sovereign state

Answer 2

Polis

Question 3

Latin word that means “to know”

Answer 3

Scire

Question 4

Aristotle defined it as study of the state

Answer 4

Political Science

Question 5

It deals extensively with theory and practice of politics, analysis of political systems, behavior, and culture

Answer 5

Political Science

Question 6

Any entity that’s involved in the political process. It’s purpose is the control the behavior of people and to maintain social order or distribution of power within a group

Answer 6

Political Organization

Question 7

enumerate the 4 main types of political organizations

Answer 7

1. Band
2. Tribe
3. Chiefdom
4. State

Question 8

enumerate the 4 elements of a state

Answer 8

people, territory, government, sovereignty

Question 9

basic social unit found in many foraging societies; has a nomadic lifestyle

Answer 9

Band

Question 10

its number is usually 20-50 people;

Answer 10

Band

Question 11

integrated by kindship and marriages and not by politics

Answer 11

Band

Question 12

Occupies a distinct territory; usually has 100 to thousands of people; more formal than a band

Answer 12

Tribe

Question 13

Comprised of several bands or lineage groups and shares a similar language and lifestyle

Answer 13

Tribe

Question 14

Associated with horticulture and pastoralism

Answer 14

Tribe

Question 15

Headed by a chief who holds power over more than one community group

Answer 15

Chiefdom

Question 16

Permanently occupies a definite portion of territory

Answer 16

State

Question 17

Most formal and complex form of Political Organization

Answer 17

State

Question 18

Enumerate the 3 types of Political Authority

Answer 18

1. legal authority
2. traditional authority
3. charismatic authority

Question 19

Based on a system of rules that is applied administratively and judicially in accordance with known principles

Answer 19

Legal Authority

Question 20

Based on a system in which authority is legitimate because “it has always been there.”

Answer 20

Traditional Authority

Question 21

Based on the charisma of the leader, who shows that they posses the right to lead by the virtue of unique qualities (charisma)

Answer 21

Charismatic Authority