J. White AP Gov, Unit 1, Chapter 1

The belief that citizens can influence what government does is called ____.

• political efficacy

• political saliency

• popular sovereignty

• autocracy

• oligarchy

To the ancient Greeks, citizenship meant ____.

• voting

• holding office

• military service

• patriotism

• political engagement

Government can best be defined as the ____.

• institutions and procedures by which a territory and its people are ruled

• a set of political principles and values that guide political life

• legalized theft of citizens' property

• invisible hand that turns private interests into public goods

• shared set of value, beliefs, and attitudes people have about politics.

A ___ is a service that a person needs but is usually unable to provide for himself or herself.

• public good

• cultural commodity

• selective benefit

• cultural benefit

• private good

What is the principle difference between an autocracy and an oligarchy?

• the responsiveness to public opinion

• the number of people in charge

• the level of wealth of the rulers

• international diplomatic recognition

• the strength of the military

A government that is not constrained by legal limits and alose seeks to eliminate those that challenge its authority, is a(n) ____ government.

• oligarclic

• authoritarian

• totalitarian

• democratic

• republican

A(n) ____ occurs when a small group of wealthy landowners and corporate leaders control the goverment.

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• authoritarian regime

• totalitarian state

• autocracy

The willingness to be restrained by the power of social institutions, but not political or legal institutions, is a hallmark of a(n) ____ regime.

• totalitarian

• authoritarian

• democratic

• oligarcic

• monarchic

A government that is limited by laws and rules is called ____.

• democratic

• constitutional

• oligarcic

• authoritarian

• totalitarian

Direct democracy is best defined as ____.

• a state of continual revolution

• a system of goverment run by one person

• a system that allows citizens to vote directly for laws and policies

• the competition between interest groups for govermental power

• a system that allow people to elect representatives to make decisions