POLS 1301 Online Unit 1

Which of the following statements is true of a democratic regime?

The power and right to govern is derived from and granted by the people.

How many countries in the world are governed by a direct democracy?

Zero

A Free Rider tries to _____.

benefit from the best solution without contributing to it

Democracies are a preferred form of government not only because the rights that are extended to citizens to express their views, but also because they score high in which of the following indicators?

Happiness

When thinking of the United States in terms of democracy, the right to vote was far from universal before what event?

1920, when women were given the right to vote

In democracies such as the United States competition works as the result of which of the following?

Forming political movements

By refusing to complete your slide and hoping the rest of the group will still complete theirs, you are acting as a _____.

Free Rider

Which scholars explained the roles of the public and private sectors by comparing it to maneuvering a boat?

Osborne and Gaebler

_____ is the process by which individuals and groups compete over how to redistribute power, resources, and values within or across a human community, without turning to the use of violence.

Politics

The concepts that took hold in early America and drove the formation of American democracy were those of _____.

popular sovereignty and representative democracy

Which of the following was NOT given as an example of the Collective Action/Free Rider Problem?

public grazing land

Democracies are also thought of in terms of who gets to vote. Which of the following describes the term universal suffrage?

Few limitations on the right to vote

Government acts as the _____ to ensure that there are no Free Riders.

external authority

In Russia, the media is basically owned and controlled by whom?

the state

If enough students decide to Free Ride, then _____.

the whole group will fail