UNIT 1 EXAM

Question 1

Anarchy

Answer 1

No form of government, no laws (class or money), each human governs themself

Question 2

Aristocracy

Answer 2

Ruled by a group (elite) that is considered to be best suited for governing. Bloodline; rule by an upper class (British)

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

A system of government in which the people rule; rule by the many as opposed to rule by one, or rule by the few

Question 4

Oligarchy

Answer 4

Rule by the few, where a minority holds power over a majority, as in an aristocracy or a clerical establishment

Question 5

Liberal democracy

Answer 5

Representative democracy characterized by popular sovereignty, liberty, and political equality

Question 6

Tyranny

Answer 6

Dictatorship, concentration of powers- no checks and balances, lack of freedom (opposition is repressed), no political liberty or equality

Question 7

Direct Democracy

Answer 7

A form of political decision in which policies are decided by the people themselves, rather than by their representatives, acting either in the small face-to-face assembly process, as in initiatives and referenda in the American states

Question 8

Representative Democracy

Answer 8

Indirect democracy in which the people rule through elected representatives

Question 9

Illiberal Democracy

Answer 9

Carries aspects of democracy but ideas are different; rigged system not free and fair; democracy and mix with dictatorship (facade)

Question 10

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 10

The basic principle of democracy that the people are the ultimate source of government authority and of the policies that government leaders make

Question 11

Political Equality

Answer 11

The principle that each person carries equal weight in the conduct of the public business

Question 12

Political Liberty

Answer 12

The principle is that citizens in a democracy are protected from government interference in the exercise of a range of basic freedoms, such as the freedom of speech, association, and conscience

Question 13

Majority Rule

Answer 13

The form of political decision making in which policies are decided on the basis of what a majority of the people want

Question 14

Majority Tyranny

Answer 14

Suppression of the rights and liberties of a minority by a majority

Question 15

Voting Rights Act

Answer 15

This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.