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Pol Gov Group 2 Quiz Flashcards

1
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It refers to the ability to influence or control people and decisions. In politics, it allows leaders or institutions to shape laws and policies.

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Power

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Responsible for making laws

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Legislative

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Power is equally divided among three branches:

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Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

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Responsible for executing laws

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Executive

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Responsible for setting legal controversies

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Judicial

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5
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The Philippines is a republic with a ______ form of government.

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Presidential

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The _______ branch is authorized to make, alter, and repeal laws

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egislative

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Lower house, initiates laws

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House Representatives

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Upper house, plays a critical role in law-making

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Senate

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The executive branch is led by the _______ and ___________.

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President, Vice President

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The President has the authority to appoint the cabinet, which oversees various departments.

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The ________ branch settles controversies involving legal demandable rights. It also reviews actions of the executive and legislative branches.

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Judicial

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The power of __________ allows the Supreme Court to declare laws or government acts unconstitutional. This serves as a check on the legislative and executive branches to uphold the Constitution.

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Judicial Review

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The formal system that governs people.

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Government

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The processes and interactions through which people are governed, encompassing a broader set of influences.

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Governance

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Governance includes influences from _______ and ________ beyond government entities.

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markets, social networks

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16
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Responsibility of government to its citizens.

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Accountability

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17
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Laws are applied equally to all

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Rule of Law

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17
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Openness in government operations.

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Transparency

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A _____ is a political organization of society, often referred to as the body politic. It also includes institutions of government focused on establishing order and security.

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State

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In countries like the United States and Australia, “_____” refers to smaller political units with their own local governments.

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State

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________ are the organizations in a government that create, enforce, and apply laws. They often mediate conflict, make (governmental) policy on the economy and social systems, and otherwise provide representation for the population.

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Political institutions

21
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A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

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Democracy

22
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A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives and that has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

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Republic

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A form of government in which one person reigns, typically a king or a queen. The authority, also known as a crown, is typically inherited.

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Monarchy

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A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy. Often, an authoritarian party holds power and state controls are imposed.

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Communism

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A form of government where one person makes the main rules and decisions with absolute power, disregarding input from others.

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Dictatorship

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Is a political concept that refers to a dominant power or supreme authority.

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Sovereignty

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A key component is the demarcation of the territorial boundaries within which the state’s sovereignty applies. This often includes land, air, and maritime domains.

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Territory

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The Constitution typically specifies who are considered citizens of the state, another crucial element in the notion of state sovereignty.

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People

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How the government is structured, including the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances, is often elaborated upon to indicate the self-governing mechanisms of the state.

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Government Structure

30
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The rights and freedoms guaranteed to the citizens, often stated in a Bill of Rights, form part of the country’s sovereign promise to protect its citizens.

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Fundamental Rights

31
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Some constitutions include clauses that specify how sovereignty can be shared or limited through international treaties and agreements.

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International Relations

32
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The process through which the constitution can be amended or revised is often stringent,
reinforcing the state’s sovereignty by making it difficult to alter its foundational law.

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Amending Process

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is about more than the relationship between states and their members. It is also about citizen-citizen relations and involves certain obligations of citizens to each other and to the society.

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Citizenship

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Is a set of related beliefs about political theory and policy held by an individual, group of individuals or a particular social class.

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Political Ideologies

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A political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law.

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Liberalism

36
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A cultural, social and political philosophy that promotes and seeks to preserve traditional social institutions.

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Conservatism

37
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Socialists believe that individuals should be equal before the law, just like liberals. However, socialists don’t believe that all people can develop independently of each other. In other words, individual development is a collective, or social, effort.

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Socialism

38
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The word _________ comes from the Greek words “demos”, meaning people, and “kratos” meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as “power of the people”: a way of governing which depends on the will of the people.

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Democracy

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Often considered the ‘purest form’ of democracy. People directly decide on government policies.

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Direct Democracy:

40
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People elect representatives to make decisions.

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Representative Democracy

41
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The constitution is the supreme law.

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Constitutional Democracy

42
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The government is formed by the majority party in parliament.

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Parliamentary Democracy

43
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The president is elected to lead the executive branch.

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Presidential Democracy

44
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People participate in decision-making beyond voting.

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Monitory Democracy

45
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Also known as an illiberal democracy or a hybrid regime. A hybrid of democracy and authoritarianism, with power concentrated in the ruling elite.

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Autocratic Democracy

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