Political Science Introduction

What best refers to the type of engagement that ensures the representative democracy will continue to flourish and that people will continue to influence government?

• Civic

• Political

• Social

• Economic

What best refers to the means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits that the society as a whole needs?

• Government

• Politics

• Social Structure

• Human Geography

What best refers to the process of gaining and exercising control within a government for the purpose of setting and achieving particular goals, especially those related to the division of resources within a nation.

• Government

• Politics

• Social Structure

• Human Geography

The market provides many goods and services needed by Americans. What best refers things like food, clothing, and housing, which are provided in ample supply by businesses that earn a profit in return.

• Private Goods

• Public Goods

• Toll Goods

• Common Goods

Since, the market cannot provide everything (in enough quantity or at low enough costs) in order to meet everyone’s needs. Which of the following best refers to goods that are provided by the government and are usually available to all without charge?

• Private Goods

• Public Goods

• Toll Goods

• Common Goods

Since there are goods that all people may use free of charge but that are of limited supply, such as fish in the sea or clean drinking water. Because everyone can use these goods, which of the following best refers to those things that must be protected so a few people do not take everything that is available and leave others with nothing?

• Private Goods

• Public Goods

• Toll Goods

• Common Goods

Which of the following best refers to those goods that are available to many people, and many people can make use of them, but only if they can pay the price?

• Private Goods

• Public Goods

• Toll Goods

• Common Goods

Which of the following best refers to a direct democracy?

• A system in which an elite makes decisions for the society.

• A system in which the masses have certain rights, but decisions are made by a council.

• A system in which citizens are permitted to vote directly on laws and policies.

• A system in which representatives meet to discuss policy and make decisions.

In a democracy, who ultimately holds the power in the principle of popular sovereignty?

• Congress

• The federal government

• The president

• The people

Which of the following is the term generally used to describe the institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people are ruled?

• government

• politics

• economy

• legislature