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AP Govt Ch1 One Republic - Two Americas Vocab

Quiz by Mark Stegall

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  • Q1
    The process of resolving conflicts and deciding "who gets what, when, and how." More specifically, the struggle over power or informal groups that can grant or withhold benefits or privileges.
    Politics
    30s
  • Q2
    The preeminent institution in which decisions are made that resolve conflicts or allocate benefits and privileges. It is unique because it has the ultimate authority within society.
    Government
    30s
  • Q3
    An ongoing organization that performs certain functions for society.
    Institution
    30s
  • Q4
    A political and religious doctrine that asserts a monarch's legitimacy is conferred directly by God and as such a king is not subject to any earthly authority, including his people or the church.
    Divine Right of Kings
    30s
  • Q5
    A theory of politics that asserts that individuals form political communities by a process of mutual consent, giving up a measure of their individual liberty in order to gain the protection of the government.
    Social Contract
    30s
  • Q6
    The set of ideas, values, and ways of thinking about government and politics that is shared by all citizens.
    Political Culture
    30s
  • Q7
    The process through which individuals learn a set of political attitudes and form opinions about social issues. Families and the educational system are two of the most important forces in the process.
    Political Socialization
    30s
  • Q8
    The greatest freedom of individuals that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in the society.
    Liberty
    30s
  • Q9
    A state of peace and security. Maintaining order by protecting members of society from violence and criminal activity is the oldest purpose of government.
    Order
    30s
  • Q10
    As a political value, the idea that all people are of equal worth.
    Equality
    30s
  • Q11
    Anything that is or may be subject to ownership. As conceived by the political philosopher John Locke, the right to property is a natural right superior to human law (laws must be made by government)
    Property
    30s
  • Q12
    An economic system characterized by the private ownership of wealth-creating assets, free markets and freedom of contracts.
    Capitalism
    30s
  • Q13
    A power set forth in the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution that allows government to take private property for public use under the condition that just compensation is offered to the landowner.
    Eminent Domain
    30s
  • Q14
    A form of government that controls all aspects of the political and social life of a nation.
    Totalitarian Regime
    30s
  • Q15
    A type of regime in which only the government is fully controlled by the ruler. Social and economic institutions exist that are not under the government's control.
    Authoritarianism
    30s

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