Political Systems

Question 1

What is individualism

Answer 1

belief that individual rights and responsibilities should be placed above the group’s welfare

Question 2

What is collectivism

Answer 2

importance of a group welfare over that of the individual

Question 3

What is totalitarianism

Answer 3

people’s live are controlled to preserve order (imposed authority, lack of constitutional guarantees, restricted participation)

Question 4

Political system in which a country’s religious leader are also its political leader

Answer 4

theocracy

Question 5

What is theocratic totalitarianism

Answer 5

political system under the control of totalitarian religious leaders

Question 6

What is secular totalitarianism

Answer 6

political system in which totalitarian leaders maintain control through military and bureaucratic power

Question 7

What is democracy

Answer 7

political system in which government leaders are elected directly by the wide participation of the people or by their representatives

Question 8

What is representative democracy

Answer 8

democracy in which citizens elect individuals from their groups to represent their political views

Question 9

What are the 5 things that representative democracy strive to provide

Answer 9

1. freedom of expression
2. periodic elections
3. full civil and property rights
4. minority rights
5. nonpolitical bureaucracies

Question 10

What does doing business in democracy look like

Answer 10

it encourages entrepreneurial activity and protect business with strong property-rights laws + private ownership of the means of production leads to the greatest economic progress for everyone