APGOV - Chapter 1

What are the institutions that make public policy decisions for a society collectively known as?

• political culture

• the courts

• government

• Congress

How does government usually protect its national sovereignty?

• by maintaining armed forces

• by maintaining schools, libraries, hospitals, and highways

• by collecting taxes

• by politically socializing the young

What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue?

• the media

• public opinion

• politics

• public policy

The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________.

• ideals

• participation

• party

• opinion

How does our government respond to the priorities of its people?

• through public opinion polls

• through political science

• through political tolerance

• through a policymaking system

What best describes a linkage institution?

• a channel through which people’s concerns become part of the political agenda

• a location to express a political opinion

• the formation of a special interest group

• an environment where one learns about the political process

What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?

• adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences

• freedom of speech and of the press

• one person, one vote

• universal citizenship

The __________ principle is that, in a democracy, policies should reflect the will of more than half of the voters.

• enlightened rule

• pluralism

• representation

• majority rule

What is the theory that argues that group competition results in a rough approximation of the public interest in public policy?

• pluralism

• hyperpluralism

• balance-of-power theory

• elite-and-class theory

Which theory contends that American society is divided along class lines?

• pluralism

• hyperpluralism

• balance-of-power theory

• elitism