U.S. Government & Politics Unit 1: Principles of Government

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maintaining order

A government that is preventing physical violence among members of society is fulfilling which purpose of government?

power elite

According to C. Wright Mills, what is composed of leaders from the economic, the military, and the government sectors of society?

bureaucrats

According to Max Weber, what term is applied to the people that have power in modern societies?

government

An institution created by a society to create and enforce public policies

force theory

Imagine that a group of people attack and defeat another group. Then the first group's leader becomes the ruler of the defeated group. This example best illustrates which theory?

national

Most power in the world today is held by what type of governments?

laws

The Code of Hammurabi is a collection of what type of items?

social contract theory of the origin of government

The Second Treatise of Government supports which theory?

elitist

The belief that only a small number of people hold power is derived from what kind of theories?

equality

The phrase "all men are created equal" expresses the basic idea of what tenet of democracy?

authority

What best describes power recognized as legitimate?

sovereignty

What describes the power of a state to determine its form of government and its economic and social systems?

government by no one

What does anarchy mean?

representative democracy

What is another term for indirect democracy?

certain ideas or tenets of democracy

What is the government of the United States based on?

Constitution

What is the written plan of government for the United States?

representative democracy

What term best relates to the government in the United States?

elites

What term is applied to people with a disproportionate share of power?

pluralist

What theories hold that many ordinary people have access to power?

federal

What type of government does the United States have?

in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution

Where can you find the phrase "to insure domestic tranquility"?

power

Which best describes control over the action of others?

protect the country

Which purpose of government do armed forces fulfill?

popular sovereignty

Which term means "consent of the governed"?

evolution theory

Which term relates to the theory that states that governments developed from family ties?

divine right theory

Which theory of government claims that the king connects the heavens and the earth?

Karl Marx

Who does the statement "the rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs" belong to?

Aristotle

Who said, "We must know the varieties, and the number of varieties, of each form of government, if only with a view to making laws"?

Saddam Hussein

Who would most likely be called an autocrat? Aristotle Saddam Hussein a president of the United States Winston Churchill

federal governmetn

a central government with certain powers over the states

unitary government

a centralized system of government in which smaller, subordinate governing units can exercise only those powers granted them by the larger, central government

represetnative democracy

a form of government in which citizens vote for officials to represent them

limited governmetn

a form of government in which the people grant the government the right to rule; the government's powers are clearly limited, usually in a written document

democracy

a government controlled by the people, either directly or through elected representatives

republic

a government in which ultimate sovereignty belongs to the people, and the people elect officials to represent them in government decisions

nation-state

a group of people with territory, government, and sovereignty

pluralist theory

a hypothesis that a large number of people in a society hold power

elitist theory

a hypothesis that onl ya small number of people hold power

branch

a major component of a governmetn

parliament

a national representative body having supreme legislative powers within the state

elite

a person with a disproportionate share of power

autocrat

a ruler with absolute power

despot

a ruler with absolute power; also dictator, autocrat

dictator

a ruler with absolute power; an autocrat

ideaology

a set of beliefs on economic, social, and government issues

communism

a system in which the government owns the means of production and property is supposed to be shared by all

bureaucracy

a system of government administration based on bureaus or departments staffed with non-elected officials

direct democracy

a system of government in which the people, rather than elected representatives, directly make political decisions

totalitarian government

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

presidential government

a type of government in which the legislative branch and the executive branch are separate and provide checks and balances on each other's powers

confederate governmetn

a type of government in which the power of government is divided evenly among an association of states

bureaucrat

a worker within a bureaucracy

anarchy

absence of any form of political authority

enlightened despot

an eighteenth-century autocratic ruler who used his power to benefit the people

power

control over the actions of others

indirect democracy

democracy in which people do not directly govern or directly vote for their representatives; for example, citizens vote for the electoral college, which elects the president

dictatorship

government led by a single leader with complete authority

proletariat

in Marxist thought, a worker who owns nothing but his or her own laber

bourgeoisie

in Marxist thought, rich property owners who exploit the working proletariat

division of powers

power split between a central government and smaller local or regional governmetns

authority

power that is recognized as legitimate

oligarchy

rule by a privileged few over the majority

autocracy

rule by one person with absolute authority

national government

the government of a nation-state

legitimacy

the idea that someone who holds power is recognized as having the right to rule

sovereignty

the power of a nation-state to determine its form of government and its economic and social systems

power elite

the upper echelon in American society

international relations

the way that national governments interact with each other

authoritarian government

when a government has substantial but not absolute power


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