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63 Cards in this Set
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A gerontocracy is :
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a government by elders
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what did Max Weber do?
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he defined government as that institution in society that has a monopoly over the legitimate use of force
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Define Civil Disobedience
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the nonviolent violation of the laws that people believe to be unjust
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The seventeenth century English political philosopher who described life without government as "a condition which is called war; and such a war, as is of every man against every man was....
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Thomas Hobbes
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A governing system in which people or a large segment of the people govern themselves is ....
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Democracy
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The principle developed during the 1600s and 1700s that government power over the individual is limited, that there are some personal liberties that even a majority cannot regulate, and that government itself is restrained by law is a ....
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Liberalism or classical liberalism
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Since the 1600s...
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Constitutions written or unwritten have been the principle means by which governmental powers over the individual are limited
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The closest approximation to direct democracy in the United States is...
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The new England town hall meeting or voting on constitutional amendments in Texas
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A governing system in which every person participates actively in every public decision, rather than delegating decision making to representatives, is a ...
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direct democracy
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The governing system in which public decision making is delegated to representatives of the people chosen by popular vote in free, open, and periodic elections is a
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representative democracy
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the theory that governmental policies are adopted through competition among multiple organized groups is called...
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Pluralism
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Classical liberalism as a political idea is closely related to....
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Capitalism as an economic idea in that both argue for the same limited role for government in society
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The 1960-2004 belief in the value of capitalism, limited government, and individual self-reliance in economic affairs, combined with a belief in the value of tradition, law and morality in social affairs is known as
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Modern conservatism
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In 1960-2004 belief in a strong government to provide economic security and protection for civil rights and the environment with belief in freedom from government intervention in social conduct is known as...
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Modern liberalism
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From what city did Martin Luther King write his famous letter advocating non-violent civil disobedience....
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Burmingham
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The author of "das capital" and "the Communist manifesto" was...
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Karl Marx
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Harold Lasswell defines "politics" as
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The struggle over "who get what, when, and how"
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An initiative is....
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A vote on a proposed law placed on the ballot by a citizen petition
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Define Elitism
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the influence of a single group over the political process and the adoption of government politices
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Define Autocracy
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Government by a single individual
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Oligarchy is government by...
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a small group
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A theocracy is a government by....
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religious elders
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Totalitarian
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governments are free from legal limits and seek to eliminate those organized social groups that might challenge or limit the government's authority
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Authoritarian
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Governments are kept in check by other political and social institutions that the government is unable to control but must come to terms with.
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Before man created government he was believed to have lived in a....
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state of nature, in which there was absolute freedom
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Ayn rand lashes out against communism and the collective in her novel....
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the fountainhead
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John locke argued
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man was created by god with certain inalienable rights
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adam smith
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wrote the Wealth of nations which argued for a limited role for the government in economic matters
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Machiavelli
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is the author of the prince, which is a how to guide for those who govern or lead
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Who was the author of the leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
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Montesquieu
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wrote on the spirit of the laws, which advocated the separation of powers
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Sir WIlliam blackstone wrote
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Commentaries on the laws of england, which established the legal foundation for colonial actions culminating in the declaration of independence
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Alexander Hamilton and James Madison co-authored a series of essays titled...
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The Federalists papers, which supported ratification of the US Constitution
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The____ of the 1780s and 90s believed that powerful and active government was necessary to promote commerce, prevent political strife and protect the country's international interest.
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Federalists
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The ______ of the 1780-90s believed that a strong national government would have the power to oppress its citizens and therefore favored strong state governments.
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Anti-Federalists
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Contemporary ____ advocate the need for a powerful and active national government to protect the poor, the environment, and the elderly.
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Democrats
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Contemporary __ argue that many national programs should be eliminated or power over them returned to the states.
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Republicans
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In the early 1960s....
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75% of Americans expressed trust in government but by 1994 25 % of American expressed trust in government
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The Decline in trust in the American government is a product of all the following except:
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an increase in a sense of political efficacy
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Which of the following is not a potential impact of the declining trust in government?
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may lead to increase voter turnout in the presidential election
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A _ election is an attempt to remove a public official from office before the completion of the term (i.e) the attempt in California to remove gov. davis
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Recall
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Texas political culture stresses which of the following values:
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Individualism and conservatism
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Public land ( and the minerals under that land) in Texas is owned by
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the state of Texas
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The most politically/ideologically conservative region of Texas is the
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German Hill country
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Which region of Texas is most like the old south in terms of political culture
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East Texas
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Hispanics now make up __percent of the population of Texas
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32
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The African American population in Texas is concentrated in _ Texas
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East and southeast Texas
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The population of Texas in 2000 was approximately ___ million, which was an increase from the 1996 population of approximately _____ million
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21,17
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Robert Fimer in --- believed that the first kings were the fathers of their families
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Patriarcha
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The ____established what we now think of as the "constitutional monarchy"
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Magna Carta
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Which of the following authors supported the principle of absolutism
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Thomas Hobbes
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Aristotle is the author of
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Politics
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Which of the following is credited with advocating states rights, nullification, and secession
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John c Calhoun
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George orwell's novel ___ depicts a totalitarian state ruled by big brother and through the police
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1984
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William Golding's novel ___ depicts a group of boys whose plane crashes on a deserted island (state of nature)
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Lord of the Flies
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Hannah Arendt's coverage of the trial of ___gives us the term "banality of evil"
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Adolf Eichmann
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John Rawl's contributed significantly to liberal political philosophy with his
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A theory of Justice
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In which experiment did the government fail to treat sharecroppers diagnosed with "bad blood"
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The tuskegeee experiments
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which of the following is listed as an example of a theocracy?
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Tibet in Exile
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Which of the following is not listed as an example of a Kleptocracy
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Cuba under castro
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A ___ is a law that is proposed by a legislative body that does not go into effect unless a majority of voters approve it.
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Referendum
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____was a contratual system of political and military relationships existing among members of the nobility in western Europe during the high middle ages essentially a pyramid scheme between the king and the lords in which land and military support were exchanged
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Feudalism
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Gandhi utilized ___ in resisting and ultimately overthrowing British colonial power in India
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Civil Disobedience
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