Quiz 1

Question 1

How does government impact your life?

Answer 1

Education, Transportation, Taxes, Drugs and Alcohol, etc.

Question 2

Which group of people has a notable majority representation in politics and why?

Answer 2

Many policies are geared towards senior citizens because 3/4 of senior citizens vote and only 1/4 of young people do.

Question 3

What is Government?

Answer 3

The institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society

Question 4

What are the common functions of all governments?

Answer 4

Maintain national defense, Maintain Public Services, Preserve Order, Socialize the Youth, Collect Taxes

Question 5

What are the fundamental questions that define government?

Answer 5

How should we govern? What should the government do?

Question 6

What is politics?

Answer 6

The process by which we select our government leaders and what policies they pursue.

Question 7

What is political participation?

Answer 7

All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue.

Question 8

What are some forms of political participation

Answer 8

Voting is the most common. Interest groups, protesting, campaigning, etc.

Question 9

What is democracy?

Answer 9

A system of selecting policymakers and organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences.

Question 10

What is direct democracy?

Answer 10

A system of democracy in which each citizen participated directly on the decisions that are made.

Question 11

Why was Direct Democracy ineffective?

Answer 11

It caused Tyranny of the Majority

Question 12

How does our political system differ from Direct Democracy?

Answer 12

Our democracy involves selecting people to represent our political agenda. This is technically a republic.

Question 13

What are the principles of Traditional Democratic Theory?

Answer 13

Equality in Voting, Effective Participation, Enlightened understanding, Citizens control the agenda, Inclusion

Question 14

Equality in Voting

Answer 14

One person, one vote

Question 15

Enlightened Understanding

Answer 15

Free press, free speech, marketplace of ideas

Question 16

Effective Participation

Answer 16

Adequate opportunity to express preferences.

Question 17

Inclusion

Answer 17

Include and extend rights to all subject to its laws

Question 18

What is Participatory Democratic Theory?

Answer 18

All or most of a society votes directly on laws and policies, and not through elected representatives.

Question 19

What is Pluralist Theory?

Answer 19

Politics is a competition between multiple groups vying for control and pushing its own preferred policies. There are multiple institutions and offices, so these groups can compete for power.

Question 20

What is Elite and Class Theory?

Answer 20

Our society is divided along class lines, and the upper class 1% will always control government because they can afford to lobby for policies that benefit them.

Question 21

What is Hyperpluralism?

Answer 21

Exaggeration of pluralism where the individual groups are so powerful that the government diminishes in effective power. For example, certain groups will use lawsuits to prevent the enforcement of decisions that don’t benefit them.

Question 22

What are the challenges to our democracy?

Answer 22

Increased complexity of issues, limited participation in government, escalating campaign cost, diverse political interests

Question 23

What are the hallmarks of American Political Culture?

Answer 23

Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Laissez Faire, Populism

Question 24

What is Political Culture?

Answer 24

Overall set of values widely shared in a society.