unit 1 american gov

Question 1

what activities are required of citizens?

Question 2

is there a difference between the responsibilities of a citizen and the requirements of a citizen?

Question 3

how do you define your role in our society and polity?

Question 4

where do we (and you) get your ideas about citizenship from (political socialization)?

Question 5

how does one become a citizen (both natural-born and naturalized)?

Question 6

consider alexis de tocqueville’s prescription for, “the proper civic knowledge, skills, and
dispositions.”

Question 7

jus soli

Answer 7

the law of soil, which determines citizenship based on where a person is born

Question 8

jus sanguinis

Answer 8

the law of blood, which determines citizenship based on the citizenship of one’s parents

Question 9

naturalization

Answer 9

the legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another

Question 10

expatriation

Answer 10

the legal process of which a loss of citizenship occurs

Question 11

denaturalization

Answer 11

the process through which naturalized citizens may involuntarily lose their citizenship

Question 12

14th amendment

Question 13

resident alien

Question 14

undocumented/illegal alien

Question 15

treason

Answer 15

betrayal of one’s country

Question 16

government

Answer 16

the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

Question 17

polity

Question 18

nation

Question 19

state

Question 20

australian ballot

Question 21

what is a government?

Question 22

what type of government do we have?

Question 23

what are the benefits and drawbacks of the various forms government?

Question 24

how are unitary, confederate and federal systems all different and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

Question 25

how are presidential and parliamentary systems different and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

Question 26

is policy making in america best described as pluralistic, hyper-pluralistic, or classist / elitist?

Question 27

unitary government

Answer 27

a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency

Question 28

federalism

Answer 28

a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments like states

Question 29

confederacy

Question 30

presidential system

Question 31

parliamentary system

Answer 31

a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet

Question 32

absolute monarchy

Question 33

constitutional monarchy

Question 34

oligarchy

Answer 34

a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

Question 35

authoritarianism

Question 36

totalitarianism

Question 37

aristocracy

Question 38

theocracy

Answer 38

a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders

Question 39

junta

Question 40

republic

Question 41

democracy

Answer 41

form of government where supreme authority rests with the people

Question 42

plutocracy

Question 43

anarchy

Question 44

traditional democratic theory

Question 45

what are the fundamental differences between liberalism and conservatism?

Question 46

what is the size and scope of american government and how has this changed over history?

Question 47

what are the principles of democratic theory as identified by robert dahl and how does the united states rate on such principles?

Question 48

how do we communicate with policy makers and how do they communicate with us?

Question 49

what is public policy and how is it created in our polity?

Question 50

Public Policy

Answer 50

all of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved

Question 51

Political Ideology

Question 52

Political Socialization

Question 53

Political Culture

Question 54

Political Efficacy

Question 55

Political Institutions

Question 56

Policy Institutions

Question 57

Linkage Institutions

Question 58

Political Party

Question 59

Demakratia

Question 60

Republic

Question 61

Written Law

Question 62

Bill of Rights

Question 63

Common Law

Question 64

Code of Law

Question 65

Bicameralism

Question 66

Rule of Law

Question 67

Limited Government

Question 68

State of Nature

Question 69

Natural Rights

Question 70

Social Contract

Question 71

Separation of Powers

Question 72

Checks and Balances

Question 73

Iron Law of Oligarchy

Question 74

Judicial Review

Question 75

Popular Sovereignty

Question 76

Constitutional Mechanism

Question 77

Federalism