1. AP COGO UNIT 1 Trivia Review

2. Round 1: Sovereignty, Authority, & Power

3. Round 1: Question 1
QUESTION: Term for a population with common historical, ethnic, linguistic and/or religious bonds
ANSWER: nation

4. Round 1: Question 2
QUESTION: States ability to carry out actions/policies within their borders independently without interference
ANSWER: sovereignty

5. Round 1: Question 3 QUESTION: Give an example of a regime change
ANSWER: Must be a change in the political system of the state (ex. Democratic to authoritarian)

6. Round 1: Question 4 QUESTION: Define legitimacy
ANSWER: Citizen’s acceptance of a government’s right to rule

7. Round 1: Question 5
QUESTION: Identify two differences between a democratic and an authoritarian regime
ANSWER: may relate to…civil liberties, rule of law, elections/political parties

8. Round 2: Political Institutions

9. Round 2: Question 1
QUESTION: Identify the AP6 countries with a unitary government
ANSWER: Unitary – UK, Iran, China

10. Round 2: Question 2
QUESTION: Describe the difference between a unitary and a federal form of govt
ANSWER: Unitary = all policymaking powers in one place (central govt)
Federal = power divided between central govt and subunits; regional bodies have significant powers

11. Round 2: Question 3
QUESTION: Give one reason that a unitary govt may devolve power
ANSWER: Ethnic, economic or spatial forces

12. Round 2: Question 4
QUESTION: Identify one political institution and describe its role
ANSWER: Ex, Leg, Jud, Bureaucracies, Electoral Systems

13. Round 2: Question 5
QUESTION: Explain the difference between the role of the head of state and head of govt
ANSWER: Head of State – mostly symbolic; may or may not have power
Head of Govt – carries out day to day activities of govt

14. Round 2: Question 6
QUESTION: Explain one difference between a parliamentary and presidential democracy
ANSWER: Fusion of powers vs separation of powers; head of gov’t picked by MP vs head of gov’t directly elected; cabinet = leaders of majority party vs cabinet picked by pres

15. Round 2: Question 7
QUESTION: FPTP/Plurality Electoral Systems encourage_______, while electoral systems based on Proportional Representation encourage ___________.
ANSWER: two-party systems; multiparty systems

16. Round 2: Question 8
QUESTION: What is a key difference between interest groups and political parties?
ANSWER: Political parties nominate and run candidates for office but interest groups do not

17. Round 2: Question 9
QUESTION: How do interest groups differ in authoritarian states as opposed to democratic ones?
ANSWER: Serve as “transmission belts” to convey party beliefs rather than pluralist groups that try to influence public policy

18. Round 2: Question 10
QUESTION: Explain the difference between a referendum and a plebiscite
ANSWER: Referendum – nat’l ballot called by govt on a policy issue – voters decide outcome directly
Plebiscite – nonbinding vote to gauge public opinion on an issue

19. Round 3: Citizens, Society & the State

20. Round 3: Question 1
QUESTION: Identify 3 bases of social cleavage (*not looking for coinciding/cross-cutting)
ANSWER: Social Class, Ethnicity, Religion, Region

21. Round 3: Question 2
QUESTION: Term for a citizen’s capacity to understand and influence political events
ANSWER: Political Efficacy

22. Round 3: Question 3
QUESTION: Countries with this type of regime usually have higher levels of social capital
ANSWER: Democratic

23. Round 3: Question 4
QUESTION: Political ideology that believes the state has a strong role to play in the economy and public benefits to make society more equal BUT also values personal freedoms and private ownership
ANSWER: Socialism

24. Round 3: Question 5
QUESTION: Define political socialization AND identify one agent of political socialization
ANSWER: Process by which basic political attitudes and beliefs are developed
Agents include family, schools, government, media, religious organizations

25. Round 3: Question 6 QUESTION: Two defining components of civil society
ANSWER: Voluntary and outside of the state

26. Round 4: Political & Economic Change

27. Round 4: Question 1
QUESTION: What are the 3 trends of development as outlined in class notes?
ANSWER: Democratization, Movement toward market economies, Revival of Ethnic/Cultural Politics

28. Round 4: Question 2
QUESTION: Describe the difference between a command and market economy
ANSWER: Command – central planners plan economies based on plans and quotas – public/gov’t ownership of means of production; Market – economic decisions based on supply and demand of consumers; private ownership of means

29. Round 4: Question 3
QUESTION: Term for the process of limiting the power of the state over private property and market forces
ANSWER: Economic Liberalization

30. Round 4: Question 4
QUESTION: Identify what each of the following measures:
GDP, Gini Coefficient, Freedom House Rating, HDI
ANSWER: GDP = size of economy, Gini = inequality, Freedom House = Political Rights and Civil Liberties, HDI = standard of living

31. Round 4: Question 5
QUESTION: Explain the difference between a procedural (illiberal) and substantive (liberal) democracy
ANSWER: Procedural – free and fair elections
Substantive – free and fair elections + more political rights and civil liberties