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| 7185758768 | Government | The institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society. | 0 | |
| 7185759130 | Politics | The process by which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue. | 1 | |
| 7185759728 | Political Participation | All the activities by which citizens attempt to influence the selection of political leaders and the policies they pursue. | 2 | |
| 7185761063 | Policymaking System | The process by which policy comes into being and evolves. People's interests, problems, and concerns create political issues for government policymakers. These issues shape policy, generating more interests, problems, and concerns. | 3 | |
| 7185762429 | Linkage Institutions | The political channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the policy agenda. (Elections, political parties, interest groups, and media) | 4 | |
| 7185763494 | Policy Agenda | The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved in politics at a point in time. | 5 | |
| 7185764153 | Political Issue | An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it. | 6 | |
| 7185764771 | Policymaking Institutions | The branches of government charged with taking action on political issues. (Congress, the presidency, and the courts - bureaucracy considered the 4th policy making institution) | 7 | |
| 7185766089 | Public Policy | A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. | 8 | |
| 7185766710 | Policy Impacts | The effects a policy has on people and problems. | 9 | |
| 7185767229 | Democracy | A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences. | 10 | |
| 7185768141 | Majority Rule | A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires the majority's desire be respected. | 11 | |
| 7185769263 | Minority Rights | A principle of traditional democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to the majorities. | 12 | |
| 7185772043 | Representation | A basic principle of traditional democratic theory that describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers. | 13 | |
| 7185773125 | Pluralism | A theory of American democracy emphasizing that the policymaking process is very open to participation of all groups with shared interests, with no single group usually dominating. This group believes that as a result, public interests generally prevail. | 14 | |
| 7185775222 | Elitism | A theory of American democracy contending that an upper-class elite holds the power and makes policy, regardless of the formal governmental organization. | 15 | |
| 7185775859 | Hyperpluralism | A theory of American democracy contending that groups are so strong that government, which gives in to the many different groups, is thereby weakened. | 16 | |
| 7185776765 | Policy Gridlock | A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing gets done. | 17 | |
| 7185783823 | Political Culture | An overall set of values widely shared within a society. | 18 | |
| 7185784524 | Gross Domestic Product | The sum total of the value of all goods and services produced in a year in a nation. | 19 |
