For Ms. Watts' "Killer Vocabulary Test" at Longmont High School 2008-09.
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| 17244762 | radical | Political extremes to the right or left. | 0 | |
| 17244763 | developed | Countries with a high standard of living and strong economies | 1 | |
| 17244764 | nationalism | Pride in one's people, and the belief that they have their own unique political destiny. | 2 | |
| 17244765 | political economy | the relationship between political and economic systems. | 3 | |
| 17244766 | fascism | Authoritarian regimes, such as Hitler's and Mussolini's; Totalitarian attempts to impose state control on all aspects of life. | 4 | |
| 17244767 | single member districts | Winner-take-all; Whoever wins the most votes gets the one seat available in an election. | 5 | |
| 17244768 | proportional representation | Votes for parties, rather than candidates, Parties are represented in the legislature according to the percentage of votes received. | 6 | |
| 17244769 | globalization | The process of expanding and intensifying the interconnectedness among states, societies, and economies. | 7 | |
| 17244770 | developing | Countries attempting to improve their economic status. Currently with low average income and less sophisticated infrastructure. Might be described as the "third world." | 8 | |
| 17244771 | human development index | A measure of a country's standard of living, including health and education. | 9 | |
| 17244772 | under-developed | The poorest countries. The bottom 12. Might be described as the "fourth world." | 10 | |
| 17244773 | GINI Index | A formula that measures economic inequality within a country. | 11 | |
| 17244774 | PPP | The buying power of income in a country. | 12 | |
| 17244775 | neoliberal economies | Reforms that focus on the free market with few restrictions on business and property rights. | 13 | |
| 17244776 | GDP | The total value of goods and services produced in a country. | 14 | |
| 17244777 | causation | When a change in one variable causes a change in another variable. | 15 | |
| 17244778 | legitimacy | Generally accepted view that a government has the right to rule. | 16 | |
| 17244779 | correlation | An apparent connection between variables. | 17 | |
| 17244780 | traditional legitimacy | The right to rule because "it has always been that way." | 18 | |
| 17244781 | revolution | The overthrow and replacement of a regime based upon broad popular support. | 19 | |
| 17244782 | charismatic legitimacy | The right to rule based on the personality of an individual. | 20 | |
| 17244783 | sovereignty | The ability to carry out actions independent of internal or external forces. | 21 | |
| 17244784 | rational-legal legitimacy | The right to rule based on a widely accepted system of laws and procedures. | 22 | |
| 17244785 | co-optation | Granting special favors in exchange for a benefit. "Buying off" critics. | 23 | |
| 17244786 | democracy | A system of government that allows citizens to choose policy makers in free, competitive elections. | 24 | |
| 17244787 | corporatism | When groups, such as business and/or labor, work closely with the government in policy-making. | 25 | |
| 17244788 | liberal democracy | A system with political competition, economic freedom, civil rights and liberties, and open access to information. | 26 | |
| 17244789 | authoritarian | A system of government based on coercion. | 27 | |
| 17244790 | illiberal democracy | A procedural democracy, with elections, but without real competition, and lacking some civil rights and liberties. | 28 | |
| 17244791 | Marxism | The theory that in a struggle over resources, the elite will dominate. Eventually the proletariat will create a classless state. | 29 | |
| 17244792 | social democracy | A system with competitive elections and civil rights, coupled with an emphasis on economic equality. | 30 | |
| 17244793 | country | The state, government, regime, and people who live in a political system. | 31 | |
| 17244794 | political culture | The history, values, beliefs, and traditions that influence political behavior. | 32 | |
| 17244795 | society | A complex human organization with shared institutions. | 33 | |
| 17244796 | politics | Who gets what. The process through which people are governed. | 34 | |
| 17244797 | institutions | The executive, legislature, judiciary, and bureaucracy. | 35 | |
| 17244798 | regime | The fundamental norms and rules established by administrations over time. | 36 | |
| 17244799 | reactionaries | Those who want to restore political, social, and economic institutions that existed in the past. | 37 | |
| 17244800 | bureaucracy | A form of government where religion and politics are intertwined. | 38 | |
| 17244801 | liberalism | An attitude favoring evolutionary transformation of the system. | 39 | |
| 17244802 | political ideology | A set of political beliefs and values about the goals of government. | 40 | |
| 17244803 | political attitude | Views about the policy-making, the government's role, the pace of change, and freedom and equality. | 41 | |
| 17244804 | libertarian | An ideology favoring little government interference in the economy and personal freedoms. | 42 | |
| 17244805 | conservatism | An ideology that questions whether change is necessary. | 43 | |
| 17244806 | nation | A group of people with a psychological sense of identity based upon cultural, geographic, or linguistic ties. | 44 | |
| 17244807 | normative question | A question that asks, "What should be the case?" | 45 | |
| 17244808 | state | Institutions, people, and groups that have the power to effect change, including a monopoly of force. | 46 | |
| 17244809 | empirical question | A question that has a factual, scientific, or mathematical, verifiable answer. | 47 | |
| 17244810 | cleavages | Factors that separate groups. | 48 | |
| 17244811 | cross-cutting cleavages | A division that include people with differences, strengthening society. | 49 | |
| 17244812 | coinciding cleavages | A division that strengthens feelings of difference and discrepancy, weakening society. | 50 |
