Introduction to Political Science

Basic Terms

100

This word refers to the leaders who rule a particular area or unit, like a city, province, or country.

Government

200

This is the act of implementing the rules and norms, or the practice of leading and ruling a specific area.

Governing

300

This is the entire web of rules, institutions, and norms that is applied to a political area.

Governance

400

The Greek root word of the term "politics," which means the city-state

Polis

Sub-disciplines

100

This sub-discipline seeks to analyze similarities and differences across political units, usually countries or periods of political history.

Comparative Politics

200

This sub-discipline seeks to understand the most abstract of political concepts, like "justice", "equality", "freedom", and many more.

Political Philosophy

300

The study of politics within a locality, rather than the wider scope of regions and relationships between states and governments.

Domestic/Local Politics

400

"The US-China Diplomatic History" is best discussed by which political science sub-discipline.

International Relations

Current Events and Status Quo

100

The name of the incumbent President of the Philippines

Rodrigo Duterte

200

As of today, this country has the most number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world

USA

300

This is the smallest political unit in the Philippines, named after the boat used in precolonial times

Barangay

400

The incumbent Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines

Diosdado Peralta