Chapter 1 Foundations of Democracy

Question 1

Citizen activists share what common attribute?

Answer 1

the government listens to people like them.

People who do not believe they can make an influence do not try to be involved

Question 2

Definition of Politics

Answer 2

The process of deciding who gets benefits in society and who does not.

Question 3

Why is politics so much different now?

Answer 3

Technology and world events

Question 4

How has specifically technology affected politics?

Answer 4

• Leaders have another form to communicate with constituents
• New form for voters to get info from.
  Helps conduct elections/provide services for residents.

Question 5

Definition of Efficacy

Answer 5

Citizen’s belief that they have the ability to achieve something desirable and that the government listens to people like them.

Question 6

Has efficacy increased or decreased over the years?

Answer 6

DECREASED (only 20% say they trust the gov. most/all the time.

Question 7

How is efficacy expressed?

Answer 7

Voter turnout

Question 8

How has technology influenced younger voters?

Answer 8

Younger voters are becoming more politically active through forms in the internet.

Question 9

Engaged Citizens are…

Answer 9

• knowledgeable about public issues
• actively communicate with policy-makers and others
• press gov. officials to carry out people’s will
• advocate for own self-interest/interest of others
• hold public officials accountable for their decisions and actions.
• increased efficacy
• social and phycological benefits gained
• Communities and the nation also benefit.

Question 10

Definition of Civic Engagement

Answer 10

Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern.
Ex: individual voluntarism, organizational involvement, efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem, etc.
-EXTREMELY BROAD TERM

Question 11

Definition of Political engagement

Answer 11

Citizen actions that are intended to solve public problems through political means.
Ex: boycotting/buycotting

Question 12

Definition of Gevernment

Answer 12

An institution that creates and implements policy and laws that guide the conduct of the nation and its citizens.

Question 13

Naturalization

Answer 13

The process of becoming a citizen (immigration)

Question 14

Key functions of U.S. gov

Answer 14

• protect sovereign territory and citizenry and to provide national defense
• Preserve order and stability
• Establish and maintain a legal system
• provide services
• raise and spend money
• socialize new generations.

Question 15

Definition of legitimacy

Answer 15

a quality conferred on government by citizens who believe that its exercise of power is right and proper.

Question 16

Definition of public goods

Answer 16

Goods whose benefits cannot be limited and that are available to all.

Question 17

Monarchy

Answer 17

• a member of a royal family has absolute authority over a territory and its government.
• Usually inherited
• Most modern monarchies are constitutional monarchies where the monarch plays a ceremonial role.

Question 18

Oligarchy

Answer 18

• An elite few hold power

- Some are dictatorships (small group supports a dictator)

Question 19

Democracy

Answer 19

• Supreme power of governance lies in hands of citizens.

- U.S. and other democracies are usually REPUBLICS where citizens elect leader to represent their views.

Question 20

What type of gov. does U.S. have?

Answer 20

REPUBLIC

Question 21

Tolitarianism

Answer 21

• Control every aspect of citizens’ lives.
• Citizens enjoy little to no freedoms
• State is tool of the dictator
• Center on particular ideology, religion, or personality.

Question 22

Authroitarianism

Answer 22

• Strong gov. power checked by other forces within society.

- Citizens enjoy some rights but those rights are often not protected by the gov.

Question 23

Constitutionalism

Answer 23

-Structured by law, and provides for a limited gov.
-Can be democracies or monarchies
WE HAVE THIS

Question 24

Limited gov. Definition

Answer 24

A government that is restricted in what it can do so that the rights of the people are protected.