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Whats the difference between an empirical and normative statement?
What is empirical is based on fact and normative is based on value judgement.
What is one limitation of GDP?
What is...
-does not report weather distribution or economic inequality
-does not take into account "criminal" activity
What is freedom house?
A nongovernmental organization advocating for democracy and human rights.
What are the four factors of the FSI?
-cohesion
-economic
-political
-social
Give one example of a regime type
-democracy
-authoritarian
-theocracy
etc.
What type of system is totalitarianism?
Authoritarian
In which of these two... rule of law vs. rule by law... would a government official not be punished for a crime because they are above the law.
Rule by law
Give an example of someone who might lead a coup d'etat...
A military leader
How would you describe the United States system of government right now?
Illiberal democracy
Name 3 sources of power
-constitutions
-elections
-religion
-popular support
-military
What is theocracy based on?
religious rule
Name the three types of legitimacy, if you get them proceed to explain them.
-traditional
-charismatic
-rational
Federal and unitary systems both can have subnational governments but what is the differences between their subnational governments?
In unitary systems the subnational government's power can be taken away.
What is democratic consolidation
The process by which a regime has developed stable democratic institutions and significant protections of civil liberties and is unlikely to revert to authoritarianism.
60 people were polled and it was found that 100% of them found that Victoria is superior than Noelle. Is this statistic quantitative or qualitative?
Quantitative
What is a limitation of the HDI?
-only uses 3 factors
-all 3 factors have same weight
-less developed countries might have unreliable data
Define bureaucracy...
a set of appointed officials and government workers who carry out politics
-kurds
-palestinians
-iceland
-japan
etc.
Define transparency
the ability of citizens to know what the government is doing
answer both parts...
-what is Victoria's just dance song
-what just dance routine did Gillian and Victoria memorize when you weren't there?
-footloose
-rockabye
-What was Stevie Nicks for Halloween last year?
-What was the name of the square pumpkin?
A witch
Spookley
What were the names of the shining twins?
Vampire bunny?
Alexa and Alexie Grady
Bunnicula
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, what are the three witches adding to their cauldron when they chant, "Double, double toil and trouble"? Name 4
Halloween town is the setting of these 2 movies... name them.
fillet of a fenny snake, eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, lizard's leg and owlet's wing
Halloweentown and nightmare before Christmas
In what U.S. state is it illegal to dress as a priest or nun for Halloween?
A house with a what is its walls? Bonus: name the actor of magical trumpet guy!
Alabama
Clock, Jack Black
Name the 3 Hocus pocus witches and who wrote the book, the Witches?
Winifred, Sarah, Mary
Roald Dahl