Quiz 1

Question 1

Inductive Reasoning

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Studying a case and creating a hypothesis

Question 2

Deductive Reasoning

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Testing the hypothesis that is created

Question 3

Modernization Theory

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As a society develops it will become a capitalist democracy

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Behavioral Theory

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Political behavioral analysis-> Generalization and Grand Theory

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Qualitative

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Inductive: trying to connect dots using logic and evidence, not spending time on collecting data

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Quantitative

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Deductive: collecting a lot of data to see what matches

Question 7

Political Institutions

Answer 7

Things that are kind of integral to culture: ex, baseball and democracy
Commands legitimacy
Formal vs Informal

Question 8

Formal

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Democracy

Question 9

Informal

Answer 9

More of a norm, woo pig sooie

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Freedom

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Ability to act independently without fear of restriction or punishment by state or other individuals or groups in society

Question 11

Equality

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A material standard of living shared by individuals within a community, society, or country.

Question 12

Politics requires…

Answer 12

Finding the balance between freedom and equality

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State

Answer 13

the organization that maintains a monopoly of force over a territory

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Sovereignty

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The ability to carry out actions and policies in a territory independently of external actors and internal rivals

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Regime

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The fundamental rules and norms of politics

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Government

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The leadership that runs the state

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Country

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The political system that combines state, regime, and government (along with the people)

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Two Paths of Political Organization

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Consensus and Coercion

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Consensus

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Individuals band together, leadership chosen among people

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Coercion

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Individuals are brought together by a ruler who imposes authority

Question 21

3 advantages of the Modern State

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Economic development, technological innovation, domestic stability

Question 22

The Thirty Year’s War and the Treaty of Wesphalia (1648)

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Claimed birth of the modern state and sovereignty. Caused the loss of political power of the Pope

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Legitimacy

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A value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper : authority and power

Question 24

What are the 3 types of legitimacy

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Traditional, Charismatic, Rational-legal

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Traditional Legitimacy

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Valid because it has always been that way

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Charismatic Legitimacy

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Built on ideas embodied by an individual

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Rational-legal legitimacy

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Based on laws and procedures

Question 28

Distribution of Power

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Federalism, Asymmetric Federalism, Unitary States, Devolution

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Federalism

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A system in which significant state powers are devolved to regional or local bodies

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Asymmetric Federalism

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Power is divided unevenly among regional bodies

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Unitary States

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A state in which most power exists at the national level, limited at local

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Devolution

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Process where political power is “sent down” to lower levels of state and government

Question 33

What do you use to measure strong or weak states?

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Capacity and Autonomy

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Capacity

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The ability to wield power in order to carry out basic tasks (security, freedom, and equality)

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Autonomy

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The ability of the state to wield its power independently of the international relations (acting on sovereignty)

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Hydraulic Society

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Needed to manage large-scale water management. IRRIGATION If there is a farm, there is a village, and eventually a city. GROWTH AND SOCIETY Formation of new social groups

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Which hy. society did we learn about specifically?

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Mekong basin. Central to Vietnam's economy and society

Question 38

Society

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a collection of people bound by shared institutions that define how human relations are conducted

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Ethnicity

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a set of institutions that bind people together through common culture; Including; language, religion, location, customs, appearance, and history

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Nation

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a group that desires self-governance, often through an independent state

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National Identity

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Institutions that binds people together through common political aspirations

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Nationalism

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pride in ones people and the belief that their own sovereign political destiny that is separate from those of others.

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Citizenship

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an individual’s or groups relation to the state - swear allegience, obligations, duty, and taxation

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Patriotism

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Pride in one's state

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Nation-state

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A sovereign state encompassing one dominant nation that it claims to embody and represent (A state with homogenous peoples; India, France, Japan)

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Ethnic Conflict

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conflict between ethnic groups that struggle to achieve certain political or economic goals at each other’s expense

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National Conflict

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seek to gain (or prevent the other from gaining) sovereignty, clashing with one another over issues of autonomy, such as eh quest to form an independent state

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Political Attitude

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views regarding the necessary pace and scope of change in the balance between freedom and equality. Includes Radicals, Liberals, Conservatives, and Reactionaries

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Radicals

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dramatic, often revolutionary change of the existing political, social, or economic order

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Liberal

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Favor evolutionary change

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Conservative

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question whether any significiant or profound change in existing institutions is necessary

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Reactionaries

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seek to restore political, social, and economic institutions

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Political Ideologies

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sets of political values held by individuals regarding the fundamental goals of politics. Includes Liberalism, Liberal Democracy, Communism, Social Democracy, Fascism, Anarchism

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Liberalism

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places a high priority on individual political and economic freedom

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Liberal Democracy

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a system of political, social, and economic liberties, supported by competition, participation, and contestation

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Communism

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a political ideology that advocates for a political economic system in which all wealth and property are shared so as to eliminate exploitation, oppression, and ultimately the need for political institutions such as the state

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Social Democracy

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A political-economic system in which freedom and equality are balanced through the state’s management of the economy and the provision of social expenditures

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Fascism

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Asserts the superiority and inferiority of different groups of people and stresses a low degree of both freedom and equality in order to achieve a powerful state

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Anarchism

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stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a way to achieve both freedom and equality for all

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Fundamentalism

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An ideology that seeks to unite religion with the state or, rather, to make faith the sovereign authority (theocracy) Fundamentalism =/= Religiosity, Puritanism, or Religious Conservatism Seeks to restructure religion as central political identity, can be reactionary and radical

Question 61

Religious Community, The Dynastic Realm, and Print Capitalism

Answer 61

REVIEW THESE

Question 62

Ability to influence others

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Power