Understanding Culture, Society and Politics: Political Structures Quiz

Refers to activities through which people make, preserve, and amend the general rules under which they live. It involves the dynamics of conflict resolution and cooperation, as well as the exercise of power.

Refers to the ability to do something in order to achieve the desired outcome.

Experience and ability grants leadership and power.

<p>Tribes are usually bigger than bands and are primarily food producers. They are a combination of smaller kin or non-kin groups, linked by a common culture, that usually act as one.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A political unit headed by a chief, who holds power over more than one community group. Power is inherited (by blood or by achievements).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state, which consists of a government that has sovereignty presiding over a group of people and a well-defined territory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Political legitimacy and authority refer to the moral or ethical concept that gives whoever possesses power the right to demand obedience from citizens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The three types of legitimacy authority according to Max Weber are traditional authority, charismatic authority, and legal-rational authority.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Traditional authority is derived from well-established customs, habits, and social structures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charismatic authority is based on the charisma of the individual and is seen as the right for that individual to rule.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legal-rational authority is found in more industrialized, modern societies where power rests upon specific laws and the judiciary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legitimacy, which is a moral or ethical concept, gives authority the ability to demand obedience from citizens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Authority gained through conquest, deception, violence, etc., is considered underserved because the person who gains the power is ill-equipped to handle it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The state is sovereign and maintains order within its boundaries, while a nation is a group of people that share a common history, language, traditions, customs, habits, and ethnicity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Benedict Anderson proposed that a nation exists as a state of mind, allowing individuals to consider themselves part of the nation even when physically apart from the country.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>For authority to be binding and stable, it has to be legitimate because legitimacy ensures the acceptance and obedience of citizens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Power is inherited through family ties</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Leadership based on personal qualities and charm</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

<p>The ability to do something to achieve the desired outcome</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legitimacy and acceptance by the citizens</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is rooted in the individual's personal charisma</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Industrialized and modern societies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is derived from well-established customs and habits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it ensures that citizens obey and accept the authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personal charisma of the individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because the person who gains power may be ill-equipped to handle it</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Derived from well-established customs and habits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As a state of mind, irrespective of physical location</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It gives whoever possesses power the right to demand obedience from citizens</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state encompasses multiple nations, while a nation can only be part of one state</p> Signup and view all the answers