go

When those in government exercise power recognized by citizens as right and proper

what are they exercising?

What refers to a particular view of how we ought to organized and live our collective lives?

The extent of government control over individuals' lives and the social order

According to your book

what differentiates political systems?

The central concept of the pluralist theory of democracy is that the following is the key to political power:

Authoritarian capitalist

In what system

government allows people complete economic freedom but maintains stringent social regulations to limit noneconomic behavior?

What did James Madison think about average citizens?

Athens

What was the first Western democracy?

self-interest versus common good

The two competing views of citizenship that exist today in the United States see humans acting out of what?

One view holds that individual participation in the government should be limited because human nature is overly self-interested

According to the text

what are the competing views of citizenship that exist today is the United States?

Which of the following is not given in your book as a reason why it is important to learn critical thinking?

It makes us better democratic citizens.

What are reasons given in your book as to why it is important to learn critical thinking?

representative democracy

In the United States

the rules call for the institutions of what?

Because of technology

control of what

In an authoritarian system

the people have what?

Which country is an advanced industrial democracy?

citizen consent

According to the social contract

what is the source of government's legitimacy?

The social contract was the Enlightenment's answer to what fundamental question?

deliberation

The authors of the text argue that the two competing theories of citizenship can re reconciled through what?

ability of democratic citizens to put the community's interests ahead of their own

The concept of republican virtue is what Madison called the what?

By applying the framework of "who gets what and how they get it."

What is the principle way we engage in analysis in our textbook?

Social order

What refers to a particular view of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives?

institutions

The arenas in which government power is exercised and where political struggle takes place are called what?

the government

In socialist economies

control over economic decisions is exercised by who?

What is the key difference between a citizen and a subject?

It emphasized the role of God in the world

Which statement is false in regards to the Enlightenment?

It emphasized human reason

Which statements are true in regards to the Enlightenment?

the Protestant Reformation

The break with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500s that helped pave the way for new ideas about the world was what?

it was the next best thing to a monarchy

Madison thought a republic would better than a democracy for all of the following reasons except which?

A republic would work better in a large country by distilling many voices

Madison thought a republic would be better than a democracy for what reasons?

get students to think critically about American politics

The major goal of the text is to what?

politics is the process or activity through which power is gained and lost

What is the relationship between politics and government?

Rules can be though of as the "how"

How do rules fit into the concept of "who gets what

and how"?

Individuals who are obliged to submit to a government authority against which they have no rights are known as what?

role of the people in decision making

The major difference between the elitist

pluralist

Dan Savage's key to getting people to take social action is to do what?

It is the basis for anarchy as a form of government

What statement is false about popular sovereignty?

It is based on the belief that people are not truly free unless they govern themselves

Which statements are true concerning popular sovereignty?

They became more active in an issue after reading about it online

According to the Snapshot of America on online engagement

which response did more people say being involved politically online had on them?

According to your text

when people resort to violence to impose their views about the social order

The central democratic institution of the elite theory of democracy is what?

citizens have rights as well as obligations

What is the key difference between a citizen and a subject?

in times of national crisis

We are more likely to see examples of collectivist citizenship in the United States when what happened?

a form of political engagement that occurs by organizing individuals online around a particular issue

Hashtag activism is described in the text as what?

the social order

Political systems can be organized on a continuum of more to less government control over what?

the social contract

The doctrine that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed

in which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others

Athenian democracy was like American democracy in its early years in that ....

engaging online

The text suggests that one way for ordinary people to regain a sense of political power is by what?

evaluate the author's conclusions

The fourth step of critical thinking requires a reader to do what?

hashtag activism

Black Lives Matter

Occupy Wall Street and the It Gets Better Project are all examples of what?

What would happen in a world without politics?

divine right of kings

In the Middle Ages

some monarchs claimed to take their authority from God

Authority is power that citizens view as what?

procedural guarantees

Government assurances that the rules will work smoothly and treat everyone fairly

with no promises of particular outcomes

A populist would support which of the following viewpoints?

the narrative of the divine right of kings

The narrative of the social contract was intended to negate what?

mediated citizens

People whose personal and professional relationships typically involve third-party channels can be called what?

CLUES

The acronym for the steps of critical thinking that we lay out in Chapter 1 of your text is what?

the media

Your book says that power is the ability to get others to do your bidding

which frequently includes control of what?

Norms are what?

Regulated capitalism

Which of the following reflects the type of economic system found in the United States?

there is no government

The major difference between anarchy and democracy is that in anarchy

\____

James Madison thought that average citizens should have what?

we find ourselves in an information bubble

Which of the following occurs when we customize our personal social media in such a way that it only reinforces what we already think?

analyze the source of the argument

The first step of critical thinking requires a read to do what?

authority

If people reject a ruler as illegitimate

he or she does not have what?

Which of the following is NOT advice given by your book about how not to be fooled by our own information bubble?

Don't trust your browser

Which of the following is advice given by your book about how to be fooled by your own information bubble?

politicians feel free to ignore them

What happens when young people do not vote?

We have the opportunity to seize control over the political narrative in unprecedented ways

What is true about living in the digital media age?

political leaders

In a socialist economy

economic decisions are determined by what?

Which of the following reflects the type of economic system found in the United States?

liberty over order and security

Anarchists value what?

the social order

According to your book

what refers to ideas of how we ought to organize and live our collective lives

Stories that justify competing visions of who has or should have power are called what

who gets what

Politics is defined in your text as what?

pay attention and hold government officials accountable

At a minimum

citizens' obligations to their government are to do what?

Our evaluative task in this book is to ask what?

jus soli

Individuals born in the United States are American citizens

even if their parents are not

President Obama and Democrats who supported him to pass the \_____

a piece of legislation that would have allowed illegal immigrants who had arrived in this country as minors to earn legal residency through higher education or military service

According to Chapter 2

throughout American history

Nativism was a political force in whose election?

political culture

The broad pattern of ideas

beliefs

Americans' belief in freedom is defined as freedom from what?

protection of private property

Libertarians would oppose all of the following uses of government power except what?

reducing immoral behavior

Libertarians would oppose which uses of government power?

increasing the protection of private property

According to the text

economic conservatives are people who believe in the widespread use of government power for what?

A set of beliefs about politics and society that helps people make sense of their world within their shared political culture is called what?

how much power we have

The question of how democratic the United States is really a question of what?

blood

Jus sanguinis is the legal principle that defines citizenship by the right of what?

Citizenship and Immigration Services

The federal agency that now oversees the naturalization process in the US \______

12 million

There are currently around \____ illegal immigrants in the United States

security issues have come to play a more central role in determining who may enter the country

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services was moved from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security because of what?

procedural

According to the text

the Bill of Rights clearly shows Americans' commitment to what kind of freedom?

The American concept of equality tends to consist of ensuring what?

increasing the protection of private property

According to the text

economic conservatives are people who believe in the widespread use of government power for what?

Conservatives would favor more control by government than liberals in all the following ways except regulation of what?

travel in the name of national security

Conservatives would favor more control by government than liberals in what ways?

Donald Trump

Social conservative anger peaked in an anti-establishment that favored which candidate?

The United States has fewer foreign-born citizens now than in 1965

US demographic trends indicate all of the following EXCEPT one thing. What is that one thing?

The number of minority citizens is increasing

US demographic trends indicate what?

how the world ought to be