AP COGO Unit 1 Flashcards

7579412327	Political Legitimacy	significant segment of the citizenry believe that the government is entitled to command.	0
7579424930	Nondemocratic Regimes	political competition is severely restricted; citizens have little freedom to participate in and dissent from official policies; there are poorly developed or respected procedures for selecting and holding accountable political leaders.	1
7579438207	Democratic Regimes	Free and fair elections are conducted to elect people to public offices.; All citizens possess civil and political rights, including the right to vote.; Political parties free to organize and compete in elections.	2
7579442558	Nation	group of people who are culturally, linguistically, ethnically, historically, etc. similar and develop a common bond.	3
7579451928	Liberalism	high amount of personal freedoms and less government control of the economy	4
7579453703	Common Law	A legal system based on custom and court rulings	5
7579461786	Coinciding Cleavage	greatest amount of wealth, political power, educational opportunities, and development in comparison to another region within the state	6
7579475516	Correlation	one variable is accompanied by a change in another	7
7579478240	Illiberal Democracies	democratic procedures in place but have significant restrictions on them	8
7579480985	Economic liberalization	limiting the power of the state over private property and market forces	9
7579491592	Political Efficacy		10
7579496419	Purchasing Power Parity	GNP + what people can buy using their income in the local economy	11
7579535613	Sovereignty	States with the ability to carry out actions or policies within their borders independently from interference	12
7579540306	Mixed Economy	Mixes characteristics of a command economy with those of a market economy.	13
7579548560	Confederal System	Power spread among many sub-units and has a weak central government	14
7579553863	Judicial Review	Allows courts to decide the constitutionality of a law or executive action	15
7579557416	Nationalism	Discourages the modern trend toward globalization	16
7579560384	Normative Statement	Statements that contain subjective or value-related judgments	17
7579565048	Independent Variable	The variable in a function with a value that is subject to choice.	18
7579566505	Empirical Statement	Statement based on fact	19
7579570785	Rule of Law	A concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law	20
7579572816	Social Capital	The mutual support and cooperation enabled by a social network; trust between citizenry and government	21
7579580331	Parliamentary System	The executive and legislative branches of government are combined.	22
7579585324	Threshold Requirement	Minimum percentage needed to receive representation in legislative branch	23
7579590220	State Institution	the institutions that represent official power in society	24
7579593617	Bureaucracies	complex systems with many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command; unelected officials implement policy	25
7579602372	neoliberal economic	The allowance of currency to float; Debt-reduction policies; Free trade; Privatization	26
7579606589	Nationalization	Changing something from private to state ownership or control	27
7579610787	Social Democratic	A mix of capitalist and social/welfare economies and politics.	28
7579613841	globalization	the growing integration of the economies and societies of the world	29
7579619266	unicameral	One-house legislature	30
7579619267	bicameral	Two house legislature	31
7579621322	devolution	Movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state	32
7579623884	supranationalism	When a number of individual states come together to work together toward common goals.	33