Unit 1
This government has more civil liberties for its citizens, fewer restrictions on media, and is centered around free and fair elections.
What is a democratic government?
2 answers: This type of legislature has 1 chamber. The second type of legislature has 2 chambers, typically one upper house and one lower house.
What is unicameral and bicameral legislature?
The overall term for groups formed by citizen interests, and that are often closely controlled by the government in authoritarian states, are called this.
What is civil society?
2 answers: This first type of voting areas elects one representative. The second voting area elects more than one representative.
What are single-member and multi-member districts?
This process involves a country becoming more connected with other countries through trade and diplomatic relations.
What is globalization?
This type of government is marked by rule by law, strong executive leaders, and fewer civil liberties for its citizens.
What is an authoritarian government?
This type of governing means that no person is above the law, including government leaders.
What is rule of law?
This term describes the process in which people acquire their beliefs about government & politics.
What is political socialization?
This voting system popularized by the United Kingdom, states that the winner of the election is the candidate that wins the most votes.
What is First-Past-the-Post?
Becoming more of this term means that a country's economic system becomes more free market.
What is economically liberal?
This term refers to the idea that a country's citizens believes that the government of a country has the right to rule.
What is legitimacy?
This type of executive system combines all responsibilities into one head executive.
What is presidential system?
What is political participation?
In elections, this type of representation allows for more political parties to have a say in the legislative branch.
What is proportional representation?
This country implemented gender quotas into their election systems in order to increase the number of women in legislature.
What is Mexico?
2 answers: This first government concentrates all of its power at the national level, whereas the second system of government splits the power between the national and localized governments.
What is unitary system & federal system?
Russia's government is often called this type of democracy, especially under its current leader.
What is an illiberal democracy?
Elections and the media are two types of these systems that connect citizens to their government.
What are linkage institutions?
Countries that have multiple political parties with a singular party having the most power is called this.
What is one party dominant?
2 answers: Migration to specific zones in these two countries is caused by better economic opportunities in the Eastern region of one country and the Northern region of the other.
What are China and Mexico?
This type of data is gathered by observation and experimentation. It is also known as quantitative data.
What is empirical data?
This act of government restructuring involves moving power and authority from a national government to state & local governments.
What is devolution?
The United Kingdom provides many social programs to its citizens, prompting it to be called what?
What is a (social) welfare state?
What is a pluralist system?
This type of organization allows for a country to be part of the organization, but requires the state to give up some sovereignty, such as ECOWAS, EU, or WTO.
What is a supranational organization?