Political Terms Flashcards
What does the suffix “-acy” mean?
State
What is an example of a word that uses “-acy”?
Democracy
What does the suffix “-archy” mean?
Rule
What is an example of a word that uses “-archy”?
Monarchy
What does the suffix “-ism” mean?
Doctrine (principle based on a set of beliefs – religious, political, scientific, etc.)
What is an example of a word that uses “-ism”?
Communism
Where does the word Anarchy come from?
It is from the Greek word = no rule
What does Anarchy mean?
- A society without government and/or law.
- Without institutions such as an organized church, school, courts, police, etc.
- It is a belief that all government is bad because it exploits.
What is Aristocracy?
A government ruled by a privileged (often noble class) group of people determined by wealth or birth; usually called nobles and power is inherited.
What is Autocracy?
A system of government in which unlimited power is formally vested in one person
What is an absolute monarch?
A monarch ruling without restriction
What is an example of an Autocracy or Absolute Monarch?
Czar Nicholas II.
What Communism?
A belief that the private ownership of land, factories, banks, etc. should be replaced by the public ownership of all.
Where does the word Democracy come from?
from the Greek word for = rule by the people
What is a Democracy?
A government with supreme power vested in the people and exercised by them or their elected agents/representatives.
What does Universal Suffrage recognize?
The right of all people to participate in elections.
What is a quote about democracy?
Government “of the people, by the people, for the people”—Abraham Lincoln.
What is Direct Democracy?
Where every citizen has the opportunity to participate in the discussion of public issues and the making of all public decisions.
What is representative democracy?
Where citizens have the opportunity to elect who
they wish to represent them and their wishes.
What is a dictatorship?
- An autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator.
- A dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed.
What is Divine Right of Kings?
A concept in which monarchs were believed to be chosen by God and as such one could not speak out against the authority or right of the King (or Queen) to rule.
Why was the Divine Right of Kings Very successful?
Because defiance would be like speaking out against God – a blasphemous act that would ensure an eternity in purgatory for those who spoke out.
What is a Dynasty?
A long sequence of rulers from the same family,
What is an example of a Dynasty?
Queen Elizabeth II, The House of Windsor.
