AP Government - Unit 1 Test Flashcards

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.

The effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government.

<p>The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The system of government in a nation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A set of issues thought by the public or those in power to merit action by the government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Author of 'Who Governs?' and created the idea of a 'criteria of democracy'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Supreme or ultimate political power; a sovereign government is one that is legally and politically independent of any other government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A term used to describe a political system in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of democracy in which power is vested in representatives selected by means of popular competitive elections.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A government is said to be democratic if its decisions will serve the 'true interests' of the people regardless of direct involvement in decision-making.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The right to use power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Political authority conferred by law, public opinion, or constitution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The politics of policy-making in which almost everybody benefits from a policy and almost everybody pays for it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An identifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource such as money or political power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A theory that competition among affected interests shapes public policy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is weakened.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Democracy and responsibilities of citizenship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rule of law, republic, and representation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Limited government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxation without representation, violation of natural rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One house.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two houses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A legal document written by English lords in 1215 that stated certain rights and limited the power of the King.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The belief that people are free and equal by natural right, and that this requires that all people give their consent to be governed (John Locke).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government where human beings live in 'complete' freedom and general equality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rights inherent in human beings, not dependent on governments, which include life, liberty, and property.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that government derives its authority from the consent of those it governs.</p> Signup and view all the answers