POLITICAL SCIENCE 102 MIDTERM 2
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Political Economic Theory - ANS - how the economy produces outcomes
It examines the relationship between politics and economics — how governments affect the
economy, and how economic conditions affect political behavior and decisions.
Cultural Arguments = - ANS Consensus
Economy Arguments = - ANS Products of Conflict
Endowment - ANS economic resource that is under our control
ex. physical labor, money, human capital
Rational Decision Making - ANS the procedure by which a decision is made, not its content
-does not mean good, logical, or reasonable
Factor endowment - ANS the resources or assets that a country or individual possesses,
which can be used to produce goods or services.
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, State - ANS a political-legal unit with sovereignty over a particular territory and the
population that resides in that territory
Imperial Revolution - ANS burst of institutional innovation; one of earliest states
1. first state
2. taxation
3. permanent bureaucracy
4. standardized system weights and measures
5. creation imperial culture
Sargon the Conqueror - ANS 2340 B.C. leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian
city-state and set up the first empire
Principal Agent Relations - ANS relationship between the person who gives instructions
(usually a government administrator) and the person who implements them
Stratification - ANS inequality across classes
Autonomous Power of the State - ANS it's one thing to claim power; its another to exercise it
External Assistance - ANS provides protocols and arrangements in requesting for
reinforcements and assistance outside the planning area
State Intervention - ANS government should use its power and resources to shape economic
and social outcomes instead of leaving them entirely to private markets.
-can be effective when state infrastructure power is higher
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Political Economic Theory - ANS - how the economy produces outcomes
It examines the relationship between politics and economics — how governments affect the
economy, and how economic conditions affect political behavior and decisions.
Cultural Arguments = - ANS Consensus
Economy Arguments = - ANS Products of Conflict
Endowment - ANS economic resource that is under our control
ex. physical labor, money, human capital
Rational Decision Making - ANS the procedure by which a decision is made, not its content
-does not mean good, logical, or reasonable
Factor endowment - ANS the resources or assets that a country or individual possesses,
which can be used to produce goods or services.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, State - ANS a political-legal unit with sovereignty over a particular territory and the
population that resides in that territory
Imperial Revolution - ANS burst of institutional innovation; one of earliest states
1. first state
2. taxation
3. permanent bureaucracy
4. standardized system weights and measures
5. creation imperial culture
Sargon the Conqueror - ANS 2340 B.C. leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian
city-state and set up the first empire
Principal Agent Relations - ANS relationship between the person who gives instructions
(usually a government administrator) and the person who implements them
Stratification - ANS inequality across classes
Autonomous Power of the State - ANS it's one thing to claim power; its another to exercise it
External Assistance - ANS provides protocols and arrangements in requesting for
reinforcements and assistance outside the planning area
State Intervention - ANS government should use its power and resources to shape economic
and social outcomes instead of leaving them entirely to private markets.
-can be effective when state infrastructure power is higher
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
