Civics Chapter 1 Vocab

What is conservatism?

• a set of beliefs that includes advocacy of a limited role for the national government, in helping individuals, support for traditional values and lifestyles, and a cautious response to change

• a set of beliefs that includes advocacy of positive government action to mprove the welfare of individuals, support for civil rights, and tolerance for political and social change

• a political ideology based on strong support for economic and social equality.

• a political ideology based on skepticism or opposition toward most government activities

What are politics?

• an ongoing institution that performs certain functions for society

• the preeminent institution within a society

• the struggle over power or influence within organizations or informal groups that can grant or withhold benefits or privileges

• the greatest freedom of the individual that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in the society

What is order?

• a state of peace and security

• the greatest freedom of the individual that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in society

• the right and power of a government to enforce its decisions and compel obedience

• popular acceptance of the right and power of a government or other entity to exercise authority

What is authority?

• a state of peace and security

• the greatest freedom of the individual that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in society

• the right and power of a government to enforce its decisions and compel obedience

• popular acceptance of the right and power of a government or other entity to exercise authority

What is government?

• an ongoing organization that performs certain functions in society

• has the ultimate authority to decide how conflicts will be resolved and how benefits and privileges will be allocated

• a state of security

• the greatest freedom

What is legitimacy?

• a state of peace and security

• the greatest freedom of the individual that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in society

• the right and power of a government to enforce its decisions and compel obedience

• popular acceptance of the right and power of a government or other entity to exercise authority

What is a direct democracy?

• a system of government in which political decisions are made by the people directly, rather than by their elected representatives

• a republic in which representatives elected by the people make and enforce laws and policies

• a form of government that controls all aspects of the political, social, and economic life of a nation

• A type of regime in which only the government itself is fully controlled by the ruler.

What is a democratic republic?

• a system of government in which political decisions are made by the people directly, rather than by their elected representatives

• a republic in which representatives elected by the people make and enforce laws and policies

• a form of government that controls all aspects of the political, social, and economic life of a nation

• A type of regime in which only the government itself is fully controlled by the ruler.

What is majoritarianism?

• in a democracy the government ought to do what the majority of the people want

• society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power to further their self-interest

• politics are a conflict among interest groups

• the patterned set of ideas, values, and ways of thinking about government and politics that characterizes a people

What is elite theory?

• in a democracy the government ought to do what the majority of the people want

• society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power to further their self-interest

• politics are a conflict among interest groups

• the patterned set of ideas, values, and ways of thinking about government and politics that characterizes a people