Chapter 1

Question 1

Description of the formal institutions through which a land and its people are ruled.

Answer 1

Government

Question 2

The belief that ordinary citizens can affect what government does, that they can take action to make government listen to them.

Answer 2

Political Efficacy

Question 3

Informed and active membership in a political community.

Answer 3

Citizenship

Question 4

System of government recognizes no formal limit but may nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions.

Answer 4

Authoritarian

Question 5

System of government in which the degree of control is even greater, where the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it.

Answer 5

Totalitarian

Question 6

Political system that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process, usually through the election of key public officials.

Answer 6

Democracy

Question 7

Under democracy, constitutional government is the norm, in that formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government.

Answer 7

Constitutional Government

Question 8

Used to refer only to conflicts and struggles over the leadership, structure, and policies of government.

Answer 8

Politics

Question 9

Influence over a government’s leadership, organization, or policies.

Answer 9

Power

Question 10

System of government in which the populace selects representatives, who play a significant role in governmental decision making.

Answer 10

Representative Democracy or Republic

Question 11

System that permits citizens to vote directly on laws and policies.

Answer 11

Direct Democracy

Question 12

For Americans it means freedom from government control, and also economic freedom.

Answer 12

Liberty

Question 13

Powers are defined and limited by a constitution.

Answer 13

Limited Government

Question 14

An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit with minimal or no governmental interference.

Answer 14

Laissez-faire Capitalism

Question 15

All people should have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their fullest potential.

Answer 15

Equality of Freedom

Question 16

Refers to the right to participate on politics equally, based on the principle of “one person, one vote”.

Answer 16

Political Equality

Question 17

The principle of democracy in which political authority rests ultimately in the hands of the people.

Answer 17

Popular Sovereignty

Question 18

The democratic principle that a government follows the preferences of the majority of voters but protects the interests of the minority.

Answer 18

Majority Rule / Majority Right