AP Gov Vocab Quiz

Match the following

• The rate that GDP changes from one year

• GDP Growth Rate

• A composite index of indicators, such a

• Gini Index

• The total value of g/s produced in a co

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• A country's GDP divided by its populatio

• GDP per Capita

• A measure of income inequality in a cou

• Human Development Index (HDI)

Match the following

• A government with independent legal aut

• State

• A measure of the extent to which citize

• Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

• The set of institutions or individuals

• Regime

• A system, such as authoritarian or demo

• Fragile States Index

• A measure of the degree to which a stat

• Government

Match the following

• The ability of citizens to see what the

• Freedom House Index

• A measure of political rights and civil

• Transparency

• When the judicial system makes decisions

• Rule OF* Law

• The principle that a state should not be

• Rule BY* Law

• A citizen's belief that his/her politic

• Political Efficacy

Match the following

• The process by which a democratic regim

• Regime Change

• A change in leaders without a fundament

• Change in Government

• The transition from an authoritarian reg

• Democratization

• A change in the fundamental rules and sy

• Liberal Democracy

• A system with free and fair elections a

• Democratic Consolidation

Match the following

• A state that allows only one party to c

• Authoritarian State

• A state with complete political, social,

• Totalitarian Government

• A regime that lacks free and fair elect

• Illiberal Democracy

• A system that holds contested elections

• One Party State

• A state based on religious rule

• Theocracy

Match the following

• When the government's constituents belie

• Military Regime

• The right to rule based on long-standing

• Charismatic Legitimacy

• A state's right and power to govern its

• Legitimacy

• A form of Government where political po

• Traditional Legitimacy

• The right to rule based on the leader's

• Sovereignty

Match the following

• A system where power is concentrated

• Revolution

• The seizure of power from a government,

• Rational/Legal Legitimacy

• The right to rule based on an institutio

• Unitary System

• An overthrow of the political system w

• Corruption

• he use of an official position for perso

• Coup

Match the following

• A system where power is divided among di

• Devolution

• When the National government gives powe

• Federal System

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