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Ch.1 American Government: Democracy in Action 3 | PSCI - American Government, Quizzes of Local Government Studies

Class: PSCI - American Government; Subject: Political Science; University: Mt. San Jacinto Community College District; Term: Forever 1989;

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2009/2010

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TERM 1
Politics
DEFINITION 1
The process by which the action of government are
determined
TERM 2
Public Policy
DEFINITION 2
What government decides to do or not do; government laws,
rules, or expenditures
TERM 3
Pathways of Action
DEFINITION 3
The activities of citizens in American politics that affect the
creation, alteration, and preservation of laws and politics
TERM 4
Boycott
DEFINITION 4
A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of
voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a
person, organization, or country as an expression of protest,
usually for political reasons.
TERM 5
Checks and Balances
DEFINITION 5
A system in our government where each branch has the
power to limit each action of others.
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TERM 1

Politics

DEFINITION 1 The process by which the action of government are determined TERM 2

Public Policy

DEFINITION 2 What government decides to do or not do; government laws, rules, or expenditures TERM 3

Pathways of Action

DEFINITION 3 The activities of citizens in American politics that affect the creation, alteration, and preservation of laws and politics TERM 4

Boycott

DEFINITION 4 A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons. TERM 5

Checks and Balances

DEFINITION 5 A system in our government where each branch has the power to limit each action of others.

TERM 6

Capitalism

DEFINITION 6 An economic system where business and industry are privately owned and there is little government interference TERM 7

Socialism

DEFINITION 7 An economic system in which the government owns and controls most factories and much or all the nations land. TERM 8

Alexis De Tocqueville

DEFINITION 8 A French soldier who traveled through out the United States in the early 18030's.