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| The set of beliefs that includes a limited role for the national government in helping individuals, support for policies favoring traditional values and lifestyles and a cautious response to change, is | conservatism |
| After coalition forces drove Saddam Hussein from power in 2003, the immediate problem facing Iraq was the absence of | order |
| The greatest freedom of individuals that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals is known as | liberty |
| The set of beliefs that includes the advocacy of positive government action to improve the welfare of individuals, support for civil rights, and tolerance for political and social change is known as | liberalism |
| Majoritarianism means | the government should do what a majority of the people want |
| Pluralism is | a theory that views politics as a conflict among interest groups involving bargaining and compromise. |
| The concept that ultimate political authority is based on the will of the people is known as | popular sovereignty |
| Universal suffrage, the right of all adults to vote for their representatives | did not exist at the time of the writing of the Constitution, but does exist today. |
| Elite theory | is the perspective that society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power to further their self-interest. |
| The British chose to call their government a Representative Democracy rather than a Democratic Republic because they | have preserved their monarchy |
| ____ equality remains a highly controversial value in America | Economic |
| The purpose of limiting government power is to | protect liberties |
| As a political value, equality is defined as the idea that all people | are of equal worth |
| The American Revolution, the French Revolution, and many subsequent revolutions aspired to a government based on | consent of the people |
| The theory that politics involves conflict among interest groups using bargaining and compromise is known as | pluralism |
| The dominant culture in the United States favors | individualism and private property |
| Democrats today prefer to call themselves ____ rather than liberal | Progressive |
| Politics exist______ | wherever there is a community that makes decisions through formal and informal rules. |
| The institution in which decisions are made that resolve conflicts or allocates benefits and privileges is known as | government |
| The procedure by which voters can propose a law or constitutional amendment is the | initiative |
