American Government quize

Conservatives strongly favo

All of them

Members of which of the following groups would be most likely to support immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship?

Democrats

If universities increase funding for women's sports so that they receive comparable funding to men's, that is an example of

Equality of outcome

The procedural view of democracy is most concerned with

However government decisions are made

Liberals are more likely to favor generous government support for

All of them

The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is what?

Authoritative allocation of values for a society

The Greek word demos, which is the root of the term democracy, means

Common people

A politician who appeals to and often deceives the masses by manipulating their emotions and prejudices is a(n)

Demagogue

Capitalism is best described as a(n)

Economic system in which production and property are privately owned, with a minimum of government interference

The idea that the most important government decisions are made by an identifiable and stable minority that shares certain characteristics -- particularly wealth and business connections -- is called

Elite theory

A sign that pluralist democracy might not be working well in the United States is the

Fact that the best represented sectors in Washington are business and professional groups

The principle of responsiveness requires that legislators

Follow the general contours of public opinion

Franklin Roosevelt's four freedoms included all of the following except Provide for a broader view than looking at specific events

Freedom and inequality

Communist regimes that gave their police great powers to arrest and imprison suspicious people raised a conflict between

Freedom and order

All but which one of the following are collectively called "civil liberties

Freedom off education

Americans tend to define democracy in terms of

Freedom, rights, or liberties

The concept of democracy was initially defined centuries ago in ancient

Greece

An organized group that seeks to influence government policy is called a(n)

Interest group

Although they are instruments of majoritarian democracy, initiatives are often sponsored by

Interest groups

For some years our two congressional parties have been increasingly polarized, working less together to fashion compromise legislation. This is consistent with the _________ of democracy.

Majoritarian model

Globalization can be seen as a threat to whom?

National sovereignty

A form of government that puts power in the hands of an elite is a(n)

Oligarchy

An autocracy is a political system ruled by

One person with complete power

New England town meetings are an example of

Participatory democracy

Whereas majority rule is defined as decision making by 50 percent plus one person, _________ is defined as decision making by most participants.

Plurality rule

National sovereignty is defined as what?

Political entity's externally recognized right to excercise final authority over its affairs

A country abiding by the principle "one man, one vote" is practicing

Political equality

Each citizen having one vote demonstrates

Political equality

A consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government is a(n)

Political ideology

The value of using political concepts in understanding government is that they

Provide for a broader view than looking at specific events

Services that benefit all citizens and are not likely to be produced by the voluntary acts of individuals are known as

Public goods

An election on a public policy issue is called a(n)

Referendum

Two nations with deep ties to the principle of communism that have moved in the direction of more private property are

Russia and China

The basic standard of substantive democracy is that government must guarantee

Social rights and economics rights

In 2005, voters in Texas voted by over a 60% margin to ban gay marriage. Arguing that gay marriage should be allowed in Texas anyway implies a reliance on the _____________ view of democracy.

Substantive

A government pursuing laissez-faire policies would

Take a hands off attitude toward the economy

Compared with majoritarian thought, the pluralist model of democracy shifts the focus of democratic decision making from __________ to _________.

The mass electorate, organized groups

The ancient Greeks classified governments as autocracies, oligarchies, or democracies based on

The number of citizens involved government

Since 1964, government policies intended to help families have most clearly benefited whom?

The wealthy

Which political philosopher expressed the sentiment that life in a state of nature would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?"

Thomas Hobbes

Anarchism is the political opposite of

Totalitarianism

Compared to citizens in other nations, Americans are more likely to

Value freedom of speech more than order

An example of a government policy that promotes social equality without redistributing income is Public goods

Vermont's civil unions

According to procedural theory, the government should do

What ever the majority wants