GOVERNMENT - CHAPTER ONE - MULTIPLE CHOICE

WHAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT

To organize society and accomplish collective goals

WHAT IS POLITICS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH

Deciding how resources and policies will be allocated

WHICH STATEMENT BEST DESCRIBES POLITICAL POWER

The ability to influence government decisions

WHICH ECONOMIC SYSTEM IS BASED PRIMARILY ON PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND COMPETITION

Capitalism

WHICH ECONOMIC SYSTEM INVOLVES GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF MAJOR WEALTH-PRODUCING RESOURCES

Socialism

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PRIVATE GOOD

A privately purchased meal

WHAT DISTINGUISHES PUBLIC GOODS FROM PRIVATE GOODS

Public goods are provided by government and available to everyone

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TOLL GOOD

A toll road

WHAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH COMMON GOODS

They are limited and can be overused

WHY DOES GOVERNMENT REGULATE COMMON GOODS

To prevent overuse and depletion

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMON GOOD

Fish in the ocean

WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT HAS POLITICAL POWER RESTING WITH THE PEOPLE

Democracy

WHAT TYPE OF DEMOCRACY DOES THE UNITED STATES PRIMARILY USE

Representative democracy

WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVE AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Representative democracy uses elected officials; direct democracy allows citizens to decide directly

WHAT DOES MAJORITY RULE MEAN

The majority’s preferences influence government decisions

WHY ARE MINORITY RIGHTS NECESSARY IN A DEMOCRACY

To protect people whose views differ from the majority

WHICH SYSTEM USUALLY LED TO ONE HEREDITARY RULER

Monarchy

WHICH SYSTEM IS CONTROLLED BY A SMALL GROUP OF ELITES

Oligarchy

WHICH SYSTEM ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF CITIZENS’ LIVES

Totalitarianism

WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT

PROVIDING STABILITY AND SECURITY

HOW DOES GOVERNMENT OBTAIN MONEY TO FUND PUBLIC SERVICES

PRIMARILY THROUGH TAXES

WHY DOES GOVERNMENT CREATE BUDGETS

TO DETERMINE HOW PUBLIC RESOURCES WILL BE SPENT

WHY DOES GOVERNMENT REGULATE BUSINESSES

TO PROTECT CONSUMERS, WORKERS, AND THE MARKETPLACE

WHAT IS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITIES

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF INDIVIDUAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

VOTING

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF GROUP CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

JOINING AN INTEREST GROUP

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

VOLUNTEERING AT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

WHAT IS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

DELIBERATELY / PEACEFULLY BREAKING CERTAIN LAWS TO PROTEST INJUSTICE

WHICH FORMS OF PROTEST HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN USED TO CREATE POLITICAL CHANGE

SIT-INS AND BOYCOTTS

WHAT DID THE 26TH AMENDMENT ACCOMPLISH

LOWERED VOTING AGE TO 18

WHEN WAS THE 26TH AMENDMENT RATIFIED

1971

WHY MIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE LESS IN TRADITIONAL POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

THEY MAY SEE POLITICS AS IRRELEVANT / FACE BARRIERS TO VOTING

WHAT IS SOCIAL CAPITAL

THE VALUE CREATED BY SOCIAL NETWORKS, TRUST, AND COOPERATION

WHAT DID ROBERT PUTNAM ARGUE ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

IT WAS DECLINING BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE PARTICIPATING LESS IN TRADITIONAL GROUPS / ACTIVITIES

WHY IS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IMPORTANT IN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

CITIZENS NEED TO BE INFORMED / PARTICIPATE TO INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT

WHAT IS PARTISANSHIP

STRONG SUPPORT FOR A POLITICAL PARTY

WHAT IS IDEOLOGY

A SET OF BELIEFS THAT SHAPES POLITICAL OPINIONS AND POLICIES

WHICH DESCRIBES LATENT PREFERENCES

WEAK / CHANGEABLE POLITICAL BELIEFS

WHICH DESCRIBES INTENSE PREFERENCES

STRONG / PERSISTENT POLITICAL BELIEFS

WHICH PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE POLITICALLY

PEOPLE WITH GREATER WEALTH AND EDUCATION

WHAT DOES ELITE THEORY ARGUE

A SMALL GROUP OF ELITES HOLDS MOST POLITICAL POWER

WHO SUPPORTED ELITE THEORY AND WROTE THE POWER ELITE

C. WRIGHT MILLS

ACCORDING TO C. WRIGHT MILLS, WHICH GROUPS WERE ESPECIALLY INFLUENTIAL AMONG THE POWER ELITE

BUSINESS, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL LEADERS

ACCORDING TO ELITE THEORY, WEALTHY ELITES MAY USE POLITICAL POWER TO

BENEFIT THEIR OWN INTERESTS

WHAT DOES PLURALIST THEORY ARGUE

POLITICAL POWER IS DISTRIBUTED AMONG COMPETING INTEREST GROUPS

WHO ADVANCED PLURALIST THEORY

ROBERT DAHL

WHY MIGHT POLITICIANS RESPOND TO INTEREST GROUPS AND ACTIVE CITIZENS

THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN ELECTORAL SUPPORT

WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELITE THEORY AND PLURALIST THEORY

ELITE THEORY EMPHASIZES A SMALL GROUP OF POWERFUL ELITES; PLURALISM EMPHASIZES COMPETING GROUPS

WHAT DOES THE TRADEOFFS PERSPECTIVE EMPHASIZE

GOVERNMENT DECISIONS USUALLY INVOLVE COMPROMISES AMONG COMPETING INTERESTS

WHICH SITUATION BEST REPRESENTS A POLITICAL TRADEOFF

BALANCING ECONOMIC JOBS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TRADEOFF INVOLVING GOVERNMENT POWER

BALANCING NATIONAL AUTHORITY WITH STATE AUTHORITY

WHY DO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FACE COMPETING INTERESTS

THEY MUST BALANCE CONSTITUENTS, INTEREST GROUPS, AND PARTY LEADERS

WHICH STATEMENT BEST DESCRIBES THE TRADEOFFS PERSPECTIVE

GOVERNMENT POLICY IS OFTEN THE RESULT OF COMPROMISE

WHICH STATEMENT BEST COMPARES ELITE THEORY AND PLURALIST THEORY

ELITE THEORY SEES POWER CONCENTRATED AMONG ELITES, WHILE PLURALISM SEES POWER SPREAD AMONG GROUPS

WHICH EXAMPLE BEST DEMONSTRATES PLURALISM

SEVERAL INTEREST GROUPS COMPETING TO INFLUENCE A POLICY

WHICH EXAMPLE BEST DEMONSTRATES ELITE THEORY

A SMALL GROUP OF WEALTHY & POWERFUL LEADERS INFLUENCING MAJOR GOVERNMENT DECISIONS

WHICH EXAMPLE BEST DEMONSTRATES A TRADEOFF

LAWMAKERS BALANCING FIREARM REGULATION WITH INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

WHY CAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONS RARELY SATISFY EVERYONE

DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS HAVE COMPETING INTERESTS

WHICH THEORY EMPHASIZES THE INFLUENCE OR ORGANIZED INTEREST GROUPS

PLURALIST THEORY

WHICH THEORY EMPHASIZES THE POWER OF A SMALL GROUP OF ELITES

ELITE THEORY