Ch 1 Govt Test Review
Services that benefit all citizens and are not likely to be produced by the voluntary acts of individuals are known as
Public Goods
National sovereignty is defined as
A political entity's externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs
When one person has the same chance to succeed in life as another, this is called
Equality of Opportunity
The notion that American public schools are open to all is an example of
Equality of Outcome
According to the text, the concept of order encompasses
Established ways of social behavior. Maintaining order is the oldest purpose of government
Which political philosopher inspired the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
A government pursuing laissez-faire policies would
Keep out of all interventions in businesses or economic systems
Protection of private property is not a valid objective of government according to
Liberalism
Globalization can be seen as a threat to
National Sovereignty
A consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government is a(n)
Political Ideology
The government's role in redistributing income to promote economic equality has been a major source of debate in the United States ever since
The Great Depression
The broad, basic definition of "government" given by the text is
The legitimate use of force to control human behavior; also, the organization or agency authorized to exercise that force
Capitalism is best described as a(n)
The system of government that favors free enterprise-economic system- economic system in which production and property are privately owned, with a min. of gov. interference
Which political philosopher expressed the sentiment that life in a state of nature would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?"
Thomas Hobbes
Critics charged that Lyndon Johnson's "war on poverty" had failed because
about 15 percent of families were still living in poverty
During the 1990s, Congress prohibited private businesses from discriminating in employment, public services, and public accommodations on the basis of physical or mental disabilities. This act creates a clash between
freedom and equality
When the authors say that we live in an era of "globalization," they mean that citizens and nations are increasingly
interdependent
Desire to avoid potential foreign prosecution of its soldiers and desire to continue practicing the death penalty led the United States in 2002 to
withdraw from 1998 treaty creating an International Criminal Court
