AP Government Study Guide
Chapter 1: Introducing Government
Chapter 1 Key Terms & Concepts (Identify, define, and explain the key terms and concepts below)
1.
Conservative
2.
Democracy
3.
Direct Democracy
4.
Elite and Class Theory
5.
Federalism
6.
Government
7.
Hyperpluralism Theory
8.
Indirect Democracy
9.
Liberal
10.
Linkage Institutions
11.
Pluralist Theory
12.
Policy Agenda
13.
Policy Gridlock
14.
Policy Impact
15.
Policymaking Institutions
16.
Political Ideology
17.
Political Issue
18.
Political Participation
19.
Politics
20.
Public Policy
21.
Representative Democracy
22.
Single-Issue Groups
23.
Social Contract Theory
24.
Sovereignty
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Chapter 1 Study Guide
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25.
Suffrage
26.
10th Amendment
Edwards: Chapter One “Introducing Governments in America” (pp. 1-25)
1.
Explain the concept of a “State” and the characteristics thereof.
2.
What are the policymaking institutions and their functions at the national level?
3.
Identify and explain the six purposes of government.
4.
What is the most common form of political participation?
5.
Identify the six key features that are found in a policymaking system and explain the process in
which they interact/connect.
6.
What would change a government’s policy agenda?
7.
Identify and define the five basic ideals of the democratic process.
8.
Identify the three contemporary theories of American Democracy and explain who holds the
power and how policy is made.
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