Understanding Government and Political Science: Terms, Definitions, and Types of Democracy, Quizzes of Local Government Studies

Download Understanding Government and Political Science: Terms, Definitions, and Types of Democracy and more Quizzes Local Government Studies in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 what is government? DEFINITION 1 government is the processes and institutions in which people organize themselves. processes such as voting and elections institutions such as presidents, governors, mayors etc what is Politics? TERM 2 what is political science? who are politicians? what are presidential elections? DEFINITION 2 Political science is the study of processes and institurions and policies. politicians are actors within the government that carry out political functions and make political deciscions A presidential election is a process where 2 or more components fight in political ways to become head of state. witht the official title of president what is a direct democracy? TERM 3 what does this number signify111? what is direct democracy? what is indirect democracy? DEFINITION 3 there have been 111 succesful united states congressional transitions of power direct democracy is a situation in which the political decisions of a country are made by the people indirect democracy is a situation in which the political decisions of a country are made by a chosen group of people who represent the people. TERM 4 what is political initiative?? what is political recall?? DEFINITION 4 Political initiative is a direct democracy process which a public decisions based on a proposed statute, constitutional amendment or ordinance can be voted on and attained by achieving certain numbers of signatures and filing it through the government as a petition. political recall is the ability for a democracy to be able to take a person in position of power out of office through a direct vote which is initiated when enough people sign a petition. TERM 5 what is political freedom?? what is political order?? DEFINITION 5 political freedom is the absence of interference from the government or being free from government oppression political order is a system based on politics and government. based on different systems of running government. based on certain spectrum which goes from communism on the left to fascism on the right. this is basically a simplified version of a complex view of political systems.