Federal Government - Chapter 1 Quiz

_________________ is an economic system where business and industry are privately owned and there is little governmental interference.

Capitalism

Public policy is the process by which choices are made regarding how resources will be allocated and which economic and social policies government will pursue.

FALSE

_________________ is a political system in which all citizens have a chance to play a role in shaping government action and are afforded basic rights and liberties.

Democracy

A ______________ is a sole ruler, but often this person arrives at the position of power through a violent overthrow of the previous government and has unlimited control of the government.

Dictator

The term _______________ describes the means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits that the society as a whole needs.

Government

_____________ is a system of rule in which one person, such as king or queen, possesses absolute authority over the government by virtue of being born into a royal family and inheriting the position.

Monarchy

________________ occurs when a small group holds the reins of power (military leaders, the economic elite).

Oligarchy

According to _________ theory, people with shared interests will form groups in order to make their desires known to politicians. These groups include such entities as environmental advocates, unions, and organizations that represent the interests of various businesses.

Pluralist

_________________ refers to what government decides to do or not do; government laws, rules, or expenditures.

Public Policy

________________ is a system of government in which members of the general public select agents to represent them in political decision-making (a representative democracy).

Republic

__________________ is an economic system in which the government owns and controls most factories, and much or all of the nation's land.

Socialism

Committed partisanship, which is the tendency to identify with and to support (often blindly) a particular political party, alienates some Americans who feel that elected representatives should vote in support of the nation's best interests instead of voting in the way their party wishes them to.

TRUE

In representative governments like the United States, minority rights are protected: people cannot be deprived of certain rights even if an overwhelming number of people think that they should be.

TRUE

Many Americans fear that a set of elite citizens is really in charge of government in the United States and that others have no influence. This belief is called the elite theory of government.

TRUE

The Soviet Union under Stalin and Nazi Germany under Hitler were the clearest examples of a

Totalitarian Regime