Ch 1 Politics, Government, and Popular Sovereignty

Question 1

Institution that has authority to make binding decisions for all society

Answer 1

Government

Question 2

authority in government to wield coercive power to authoritative allocate values

Answer 2

soveriengty

Question 3

form of government to make authoritative decisions invested on one person

Answer 3

autocracy

Question 4

government which power to make decisions invested in small group of people

Answer 4

oligarchy

Question 5

government which all citizens participate in process of decisions

Answer 5

democracy

Question 6

highest political authority in democracy is in will of the people

Answer 6

popular sovereignty

Question 7

government follows course of action preferred by most people

Answer 7

majority rule

Question 8

fifty percent plus 1 of all members or all eligible voters

Answer 8

absolute majority

Question 9

fifty percent plus one of those participating or those of vote

Answer 9

simple majority

Question 10

largest percent of vote no one has majority

Answer 10

plurality

Question 11

full rights of democratic citizens held by any group of numerically inferior to majority.

Answer 11

minority rights

Question 12

individual preferences should be given equal weight

Answer 12

political equality

Question 13

law should be applied impartially, without regard for the identity or status of the individual involved

Answer 13

equality under the law

Question 14

idea that people should be free of class or social barriers and discrimination

Answer 14

social equality

Question 15

idea that each individual should receive the same amount of goods regardless of contribution to society

Answer 15

economic equality

Question 16

idea that every individual has right to develope to fullest extent

Answer 16

equality of oppurtunity

Question 17

democracy which ordinary citizens collectively make government decisions

Answer 17

direct democracy

Question 18

election which ordinary people petition to propose law in ballot

Answer 18

initiative

Question 19

electijon which legislature refers a proposed law to voters for approval

Answer 19

referendum

Question 20

system of government where ordinary citizens do not make gov decisions but choose public officials representative of people to make decisions

Answer 20

representative democracy

Question 21

representative democracy England or America that has concern for individual liberty.

Answer 21

liberal democracy

Question 22

psychological attachment to a political party

Answer 22

partisanship