Test 01

Question 1

Politics

Answer 1

The ‘‘authoritative allocation of values’’

Question 2

Government

Answer 2

The structure through which decisions are made to resolve conflicts and allocated values

Question 3

Relationship between government and politics

Answer 3

Both are used for resolving conflicts, and allocating values.

Question 4

Totalitarian

Answer 4

government holds all power and can control the political and social life of people

Question 5

Oligarchy

Answer 5

rule by a few members of the elite

Question 6

Artisocracy

Answer 6

rule by the best suited, most talented or most virtuous

Question 7

Anarchy

Answer 7

the condition of no government. Each person makes their own rules

Question 8

Democracy

Answer 8

A system of government which ultimate political authority is vested in the people

Question 9

Direct Democracy

Answer 9

citizens help make direct decisions on the rules in their government

Question 10

Initiative

Answer 10

A procedure by which voters can propose a law or a constitutional amendment

Question 11

Referendum

Answer 11

an act of referring legislative or constitutional matters to the voters for approval

Question 12

Recall

Answer 12

citizens voting to remove a representative from office

Question 13

Republic

Answer 13

a form of government where power of governing rests with the people and their representatives

Question 14

Representative Democracy

Answer 14

A republican form of government where elected persons represent a group of people

Question 15

Universal Suffrage

Answer 15

all adult citizens have the right to vote

Question 16

Constitutional Democracy

Answer 16

Limits the power of the government

Question 17

Liberty

Answer 17

your right to choose / your right to expression

Question 18

Equality

Answer 18

Equal justice under the law. No one is above or beyond the reach of the law.

Question 19

Ideology

Answer 19

a closely linked set of beliefs about the goal of politics

Question 20

Liberalism

Answer 20

ideology where it is the government’s job to enhance opportunities and provide equality

Question 21

Conservatism

Answer 21

ideology where it is the government’s job to stay out of people’s lives and be submissive to individual freedom

Question 22

Magna Carta

Answer 22

document that states the king and his government was not above the law

Question 23

Jamestown, Virginia (Virginia Company Charter)

Answer 23

Organized under a charter

Question 24

Massachusetts Bay Company

Answer 24

written charter from King Charles I

Question 25

Representative Assembly

Answer 25

Elected governing council

Question 26

Mayflower Compact

Answer 26

set of rules for self-government established by English settlers who traveled on the Mayflower.

Question 27

Common Sense (Thomas Payne)

Answer 27

Argument that the colonies should be independent states

Question 28

Declaration of Independence

Answer 28

The philosophical foundation of American government

Question 29

Natural Rights

Answer 29

Inherent rights not dependent upon government

Question 30

Articles of Confederation

Answer 30

The first formal government set up by the new independent states after the American Revolution