Unit 1 Review

The legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules describes

• Power

• Authority

• Legitimacy

• Government

Institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy describes

• Power

• Authority

• Legitimacy

• Government

The ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do describes

• Power

• Authority

• Legitimacy

• Government

Leaders whose power and authority are accepted as valid by the people they govern are said to have...

• The divine right of kings

• Legitimacy

• Formal authority

• Sovereignty

Which is NOT a characteristic of a modern nation-state?

• Code of Laws

• Territorial Integrity

• Stable Population

• Revenue

Of the choices below, which one is NOT an example of a political action?

• Going to school

• Talking about community issues with friends

• Voting

• Reading current events in the news

The right to exercise supreme power and authority over a region a group or oneself is called…

• tyranny

• legitimacy

• sovereignty

• territoriality

An independent country in which people share a common culture is called…

• a. a polity

• b. a nation-state

• c. an aristocracy

• d. an ethnic group

Which of these is the best example of a public good?

• a gas station

• a town library

• a movie theater

• a clothing store

Which of these is an essential feature of political activity?

• It is difficult

• It is idealist

• It is individualistic

• It is purposeful