CHP 13 Exam Questions with Correct
Answers
1. government correct answer: the enacting of policies, decisions, and matters of state on the part of
oflcials within a political apparatus
in most modern societies governments are run by oflcials who don't inherit their positions of power but
are elected or appointed on the basis of qualifications
2. politics correct answer: the means by which power is used to attect the nature and content of
governmental activities
3. economy correct answer: the system of production and exchange that provides for the material
needs of individuals living in a
given society
economic institutions are of key importance in all social orders
4. power correct answer: the ability of individuals or the members of a group to achieve aims or further
the interests they hold
power is a pervasive element in all human relationships
5. authority correct answer: a governments legitimate use of power
6. state correct answer: a political apparatus ruling over a given territorial order whose authority is backed
by law and the ability to
use force
7. nation state correct answer: a particular type of state, characteristic of the modern world, in which
a government has sovereign power within a defined territorial area, and the population are citizens
who know themselves to be part of a single nation or people
8. sovereignty correct answer: the undisputed political rule of a state over a given territorial area
9. citizens correct answer: members of a political community, having both rights and duties
associated with that membership
10. nationalism correct answer: a set of symbols and beliefs expressing identification with a
national community
11. local nationalisms correct answer: the belief that communities that share a cultural identity
should have political auton-
omy, even within smaller units of a nation state
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,CHP 13 Exam Questions with Correct
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12. civil rights correct answer: legal rights held by all citizens in a given national community
13. political rights correct answer: rights of political participation, such as the right to vote in
elections and to run for oflce,
held by citizens of a national community
14. franchise correct answer: to right to vote
15. social rights correct answer: rights of social and welfare provision held by all citizens in a
national community
16. welfare state correct answer: a political system that provides a wide range of welfare
benefits for its citizens
17. democracy correct answer: a political system that allows the citizens to participate in
political decision making or to elect
representatives to government bodies
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1. government correct answer: the enacting of policies, decisions, and matters of state on the part of
oflcials within a political apparatus
in most modern societies governments are run by oflcials who don't inherit their positions of power but
are elected or appointed on the basis of qualifications
2. politics correct answer: the means by which power is used to attect the nature and content of
governmental activities
3. economy correct answer: the system of production and exchange that provides for the material
needs of individuals living in a
given society
economic institutions are of key importance in all social orders
4. power correct answer: the ability of individuals or the members of a group to achieve aims or further
the interests they hold
power is a pervasive element in all human relationships
5. authority correct answer: a governments legitimate use of power
6. state correct answer: a political apparatus ruling over a given territorial order whose authority is backed
by law and the ability to
use force
7. nation state correct answer: a particular type of state, characteristic of the modern world, in which
a government has sovereign power within a defined territorial area, and the population are citizens
who know themselves to be part of a single nation or people
8. sovereignty correct answer: the undisputed political rule of a state over a given territorial area
9. citizens correct answer: members of a political community, having both rights and duties
associated with that membership
10. nationalism correct answer: a set of symbols and beliefs expressing identification with a
national community
11. local nationalisms correct answer: the belief that communities that share a cultural identity
should have political auton-
omy, even within smaller units of a nation state
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,CHP 13 Exam Questions with Correct
Answers
12. civil rights correct answer: legal rights held by all citizens in a given national community
13. political rights correct answer: rights of political participation, such as the right to vote in
elections and to run for oflce,
held by citizens of a national community
14. franchise correct answer: to right to vote
15. social rights correct answer: rights of social and welfare provision held by all citizens in a
national community
16. welfare state correct answer: a political system that provides a wide range of welfare
benefits for its citizens
17. democracy correct answer: a political system that allows the citizens to participate in
political decision making or to elect
representatives to government bodies
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