Ch.1 American Government: Democracy in Action 3 | PSCI - American Government, Quizzes of Local Government Studies

Download Ch.1 American Government: Democracy in Action 3 | PSCI - American Government and more Quizzes Local Government Studies in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Politics DEFINITION 1 The process by which the action of government are determined TERM 2 Public Policy DEFINITION 2 What government decides to do or not do; government laws, rules, or expenditures TERM 3 Pathways of Action DEFINITION 3 The activities of citizens in American politics that affect the creation, alteration, and preservation of laws and politics TERM 4 Boycott DEFINITION 4 A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons. TERM 5 Checks and Balances DEFINITION 5 A system in our government where each branch has the power to limit each action of others.