Vocab

Question 1

absolutism

Answer 1

unlimited, centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, ruler is not subject to any check on power (monarchy)

Question 2

anarchism

Answer 2

skeptical of authority, reject all coercive forms of hierarchy, abolish the state, LIBERTY

Question 3

communism

Answer 3

government only run my communist party, nothing for private ownership and make the state unnecessary, social classes disappear

Question 4

autocracy

Answer 4

one person possesses unlimited power

Question 5

tyranny

Answer 5

absolute power, vested in a single ruler in an unjust and cruel manner

Question 6

kleptocracy

Answer 6

ruled by corrupt politicians, power at the expense of populace, pass laws that enrich them, circumvent rule of law

Question 7

totalitarianism

Answer 7

permit no individual freedom, subordinate all aspects of an individual’s life to the government authority

Question 8

socialism

Answer 8

property is owned by state/community, all citizens share in the commonwealth according to needs

Question 9

aristocracy

Answer 9

government run by a small privileged class, ruled in the interests of the whole population

Question 10

facism

Answer 10

extreme militaristic nationalism, natural social hierarchy, rule of elites, individual interests are subordinated to the good of the nation

Question 11

plutocracy

Answer 11

ruled by wealthy members, rule exclusively in their own interests

Question 12

kakistocracy

Answer 12

system of government run by the worst, unscrupulous citizens

Question 13

liberalism

Answer 13

emphasize value is individual liberty + role of the state to protect

Question 14

collectivism

Answer 14

emphasize need/goal of a group rather than individuals

Question 15

individualism

Answer 15

emphasis on the individual, possibly at the expense of a group

Question 16

oligarchy

Answer 16

most political power in a small segment

Question 17

libertarianism

Answer 17

advocate personal responsibility above all else, minimum state intervention in market or personal lives

Question 18

democracy

Answer 18

supreme power vested in the people, representation

Question 19

meritocracy

Answer 19

certain things (economic goods/power) should be vested in individuals based on talent, evaluation of performance

Question 20

humanitarianism

Answer 20

individuals deserve respect, antithesis of us vs them and ethnic nationalism

Question 21

nationalism

Answer 21

individual loyalty/devotion to nation-state, surpass any group or individual interests

Question 22

Nazism

Answer 22

intense nationalism, totalitarian movement, annihilation of all enemies of the “Aryan race”

Question 23

conservatism

Answer 23

maintain status quo, preserve as much of the present economic, social, political power