APUS Govt' Ch' 1 Cards for Review

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APUS Govt. Ch. 1 Cards for Review
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• Who said that politics is a failure of government
  to respond to citizens needs?

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Harold Haswell
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• A long-standing structure that performs certain
  functions for society is called a(n)
  ____________.

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• an institution.

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• What is wrong with a test for voters?

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• It violates democratic theory.

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• How much knowledge does the average American have
  about their representatives and what they can do
  for them?

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• They have very little knowledge of both.

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• When and how was the test for voters banned?

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• By the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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• What would it take to make a test for voting to
  be legal again?

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• An act of Congress.

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• ______ as a concept means the condition of having
  no government and no laws.

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• Anarchy

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• _________ as a concept means government controls
  all aspects of the political and social lives of
  a nation.

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• Totalitarian

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• The concept of _________ means the ability to
  cause others to modify their behavior.

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• Power.

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• The concept of ________ means accepting and
  carrying out authoritative decisions.

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• Compliance.

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• Decisions which are authoritative are those which
  can be backed up by __________ power.

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• Legitimate

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• To say that authority is _________ is to suggest
  an obligation to comply with decisions.

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• legitimate

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• _______ is a process that regulates conflict
  within a society.

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• politics

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• _____ is the institutions that have the power to
  enforce rules.

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• Government

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• When does it become necessary to establish a
  government?

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• When a society reaches a certain level of
  complexity.

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• Compelling obedience because of ascribed
  legitimacy is a characteristic of _________.

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• Authority.

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• An act of referring legislative or constitutional
  measures to the voters for approval or
  disapproval is called __________.

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• A referendum election.

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• A _________ is a form of government in which
  officials are elected to make and enforce laws
  and politicies.

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• A representative democracy

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• A ________ is an indirect democracy.

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• republic

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• Rule by the best suited, through virtue, talent
  or education is _______.

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• An aristocracy.

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• The concept of _________ is procedure whereby
  voters can propose a law or amendment within a
  state.

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• initiative

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• The Greek term for rule by the people was
  _________.

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• democracy

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• A procedure allowing the people to vote to
  dismiss an elected official from office before
  his or her term has expired is called _________.

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• recall

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• Teledemocracy somewhat resembles ___________
  democracy.

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• Athenian (or direct)

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• The most important feature of Athenian democracy
  was its ________.

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• legislature

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• ______ is based on rule by an elite.

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• Oligarchy

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• When was universal suffrage achieved in the
  United States?

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• In the 1960s with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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• An upper socioeconomic class that rules is called
  a(n) _________.

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• elite

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• In an elite system, the primary goal of
  government is ________.

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• Stability.

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• Political scientists Dye and Ziegler propose that
  American elites are _____ devoted to democratic
  principles and rights than are most members of
  the mass public.

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• more

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• A _______ government is based on the principle of
  a limitation on the power of the government.

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• limited

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• To ensure that majority rule does not become
  oppressive, modern democracies guarantee
  __________.

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• The rights of the minorities.

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• The concept of ______ _______ means the right of
  all people to vote for a representative in
  government.

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• Universal suffrage

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• Some versions of elite theory do not suggest
  elites rely on the input form __________ within
  society.

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• Interest groups

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• The concept of _________ _________ refers to the
  process by which beliefs and values are
  transmitted to individuals.

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• Political socialization

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• The primary source of political socialization is
  _________.

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• The family.

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• What are the three most important values in the
  dominant culture of the U.S.?

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• 1) Judeo-Christian ethics
• 2) Individualism
• 3) Private property rights.

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• ________ see public policy as a resulting from
  competing group interactions.

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• Pluralists

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• _________ is interest groups controlling
  government decisions, rather than the government
  acting.

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• Hyperpluralism

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• A ________ ________ is a patterned set of
  political beliefs, ideas and values.

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• Political Culture

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• The process by which political culture is
  transmitted is called _______ ________.

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• Political socialization

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• In early American culture, the pursuit of
  happiness was closely related to the idea of
  _______.

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• Property

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• John Locke states that mans rights were to
  _______, ________, and ________.

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• Life, liberty, and property.

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• _______ means considering the needs of others.

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• Fraternity

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• A complete set of beliefs about the nature of
  people and the role of government is called
  ________.

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• ideology

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• Advocacy of positive government action to improve
  the welfare of individuals is called __________.

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• liberalism