PLS 101 Exam 1 Missouri State
University
Original Dilemmas of Democracy - *answers *Freedom vs Order
Modern Dilemmas of Democracy - *answers *Freedom vs Equality
Freedom - *answers *Freedom of, Freedom from
Order - *answers *Preserving life and protecting property
Equality - *answers *Political, social, opportunity and outcome
Direct Democracy - *answers *All members of the group meet to make decisions,
observing political equality and majority rue
Indirect Democracy - *answers *citizens participate in government by electing public
officials to make government decisions on their behalf
Democracy - *answers *A system of government in which, in theory, the people rule
either directly or indirectly
Republic - *answers *A gov. rooted in the consent of the governed, whose power is
exercised by elected representative responsible to the governed
Libertarians - *answers *Those who are opposed to using government to promote
either order or equality
Freedoms of Colonial Americans - *answers *Religion, Inherit property, Choose
Profession
Boston Tea Party - *answers *Brits taxed the colonist, the colonists protested by
throwing tea into Boston harbor
What was the Art. of Confederation? - *answers *The compact among the 13 original
states that established the 1st gov. of the USA
John Locke and God given rights - *answers *Rights on earth come from God; Rights
are Life, Liberty, and Property
Social Contract Theory - *answers *Belief that the people agree to set up rulers for
certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against
those purposes
Major Premise - *answers *Social Contract Theory
Minor Premise - *answers *Calling king a Tyrant
University
Original Dilemmas of Democracy - *answers *Freedom vs Order
Modern Dilemmas of Democracy - *answers *Freedom vs Equality
Freedom - *answers *Freedom of, Freedom from
Order - *answers *Preserving life and protecting property
Equality - *answers *Political, social, opportunity and outcome
Direct Democracy - *answers *All members of the group meet to make decisions,
observing political equality and majority rue
Indirect Democracy - *answers *citizens participate in government by electing public
officials to make government decisions on their behalf
Democracy - *answers *A system of government in which, in theory, the people rule
either directly or indirectly
Republic - *answers *A gov. rooted in the consent of the governed, whose power is
exercised by elected representative responsible to the governed
Libertarians - *answers *Those who are opposed to using government to promote
either order or equality
Freedoms of Colonial Americans - *answers *Religion, Inherit property, Choose
Profession
Boston Tea Party - *answers *Brits taxed the colonist, the colonists protested by
throwing tea into Boston harbor
What was the Art. of Confederation? - *answers *The compact among the 13 original
states that established the 1st gov. of the USA
John Locke and God given rights - *answers *Rights on earth come from God; Rights
are Life, Liberty, and Property
Social Contract Theory - *answers *Belief that the people agree to set up rulers for
certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against
those purposes
Major Premise - *answers *Social Contract Theory
Minor Premise - *answers *Calling king a Tyrant
