Vocab 1.1-1.3

Question 1

Checks and Balances

Answer 1

separation of power in the government, to ensure that each branch holds the other accountable and ensures that no single branch has more power than the others

Question 2

Inalienable rights

Answer 2

undeniable rights, tied to the belief that each person has the God given right to enjoy and defend their liberties

Question 3

Limited government

Question 4

Natural rights

Answer 4

Again, a person’s God-given rights to seek out health, happiness, safety. Universal, fundamental rights

Question 5

popular sovereignty

Question 6

Repblicanism

Question 7

Separation of powers

Question 8

Social contract

Question 9

State of nature

Question 10

Elite democracy

Question 11

hyper-pluralism

Question 12

participatory democracy

Answer 12

where citizens participate individually and directly with political decisions

Question 13

pluralist democracy

Answer 13

view that politics and decision-making are located mostly in the framework of government but that many non-governmental groups use their resources to expert influence

Question 14

pluralist theory

Answer 14

view that politics and decision-making are located mostly in the framework of government but that many non-governmental groups use their resources to expert influence

Question 15

delegations of authority

Question 16

federalism as distributions of power

Question 17

mischiefs of factions

Answer 17

The harmful effects of a faction by saying that it may stop or obstruct the working of the government, may also harm society