Political Science Terms Quiz
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Which term refers to the administrative machinery of the state?

  • Civil society
  • Bureaucracy (correct)
  • Citizen
  • Authority
  • What is the term for a member of society who possesses rights and responsibilities?

  • Authority
  • Globalization
  • Citizen (correct)
  • Legitimacy
  • Which term refers to the transfer of authority, responsibility, and resources from the center to the lower levels of administration?

  • Decentralization (correct)
  • Legislature
  • Democracy
  • Socialism
  • What is the branch of government empowered to decide legal disputes and interpret law?

    <p>Judiciary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term refers to a system of beliefs about how society should function, behave, and operate?

    <p>Ideology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the popular idea that the government’s rule is rightful; legal and psychological right to govern?

    <p>Legitimacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term emphasizes individual rights and liberties?

    <p>Liberalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do we call a society governed by law under the authority of a state and distinguished from the state?

    <p>Civil society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term refers to the exercise of legitimate power?

    <p>Authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

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