intro to Government

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

• opinions

What is an example of a collective good?

• clean air

• medical care

• a college education

• food stamps

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 makes up the government’s policy agenda?

• all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail

• the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors

• the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls

• the issues that concern single-issue interest groups

What are policy impacts?

• issues that attract serious attention of public officials

• government institutions that are charged with taking action on political issues

• the effects that a policy has on people and on society’s problems

• systems of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences

What is democracy?

• a system that ensures freedom, justice, and peace to all citizens

• a system that perpetuates the status quo and upholds the values of the party in power

• a system that selects policymakers and organizes government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences

• a system that grants a status of privilege to the most active and informed voters