politics and economics

What is an economic institution?

• institutions that determines how power is obtained and exercised

• institutions that determines goods and services are produced and distributed

• the wealth and resources of a region as a whole

• governments money

What is a political institution?

• the politics that hold a region together

• legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• institution that determines how power is obtained and exercised

• democracies, totalitarian regimes, and authoritarian regimes

What is charismatic authority?

• control through force

• the ability to control others and the money that is used for the government

• authority that arises from the personality of an individual

• POWER

The United States a direct democracy?

• true

• false

What is an authoritarian government?

• total control over citizens and government

• voting on each choice made by governments

• monarch as the head

• system controlled by rulers who permit only some individual freedoms

What are the power elite?

• elites that have power

• unified group of military, corporate, and government leaders

• no power or money

• total control over everyone

What sociological perspective includes the power elite?

• functionalist

• conflict

• symbolic interactionism

What is NOT an example of capitalism?

• railroads

• public garden

• factories

• mines

Socialism is... economic system that means of production should be controlled by the people as a whole

• true

• false

What is NOT the governments power?

• establish laws and courts

• incriminate individuals and take liberties

• levy taxes and maintain military

• regulate commerce and declare war