Unit 1, Lesson 1 Vocab Flashcards
TCI- The ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do
Power
M.E.- An action, Your ability to get something done, taking action, get others to do what you want
Power
M.E- Power from your ability to persuade others to identify with them, a cult of personality
Referent
M.E.- Power from ability to give something of value. EX: money, praise, responsibility
Rewards
TCI- The legal right or ability to give orders and enforce rules
Authority
M.E.- ability/power to give orders & enforce rules in an official or legal way, legal right to use power
Authority
TCI- The quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power
Legitimacy
M.E.- Your power & authority is accepted by the people/laws or those in power
Legitimacy
M.E- The use of force or threats to make people do things against their will
Coercion
M.E.- Power comes from your skills
Expertise
TCI- An ancient Chinese doctrine that the ruler was “the son of Heaven” and thus enjoyed supreme authority
Mandate of Heaven
M.E.- Ruler has authority to rule for all those under heaven, as long as you rule in a moral manner.
Mandate of Heaven
TCI- The idea that kings derive their authority from God, not from their subjects, and thus have absolute power to govern
Divine right of kings
M.E.- Monarchs get their authority from God, not their subjects, to rule.
Divine right of kings
TCI- Government income raised through taxes and other means, to be used for public expenses
Revenue
M.E.- Government income raised through taxes, used for public expenses, like goods
Revenue
TCI- An ancient Greek concept of representative government in which the well-intentioned many rule for the benefit of all
Polity
M.E.- Representative government, many rule for the benefit of all
Polity
TCI- Payments in money or goods to ancient empires by smaller states that were under their control
Tribute
M.E.- Payments in $ or exchange of goods by smaller states to empires.
Tribute
TCI- An independent state, especially one in which the people share a common culture. In a nation-state, people have a state of belonging to one country, even if they have a different ethnic background
Nation- state
M.E.- Independent nations, people share a common culture, sense of belonging even if from different ethnic backgrounds.
Nation- state
TCI- The right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people, or oneself
Sovereignty
M.E.- right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people, or oneself
Sovereignty
TCI- The process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to governments, politics is observed in all human interactions
politics
M.E.- Process & method of making decisions for groups: has a purpose, needs collective action,
politics
TCI- An established organization, especially one providing a public service, and the rules that guide it
institution
Established organization with rules used for the purpose of providing a public service
institution
M.E.- Hard bargaining, try to create a win-win situation, giving up something your opponent wants in exchange for something of equal or greater value
horse-trading
M.E.- Walk away from a negotiation and refuse to return to the table until the opposition gives you something you want, risky strategy
walkout
M.E.- Overpower your opponent, usually used with opponents with different goals
power struggle
M.E.- Completely destroy your opponent, last one standing wins, scorched earth strategy
demolition derby
TCI- a form of protest in which people obey a law they consider unjust
civil disobedience
M.E.- Form of protest by disobeying an unjust law to bring the law to the attention of the public with goal to change it.
civil disobedience
M.E.- agreement between ruler and people that must be kept by both parties
social contract
