AP Comparative Government and Politics – Vocabulary
Summer Assignment #2
Due the 1 st
day of class
Using the websites below, define the following 66 vocabulary terms basic to COGOPO. Your definitions
MUST be hand-written. Please be neat. I recommend using 3x5 note cards with the term on the front & definition on the back, though this is not required. These are key terms for the course. You are responsible for knowing these terms & will be tested on them during the 1 st
week of school.
Websites for Political Science Terms http://www.uiowa.edu/policult/politick2000/polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/political_science http://www2.cruzio.com/~zdino/psychology/political.science.glossary.htm#i http://www.socialsciencedictionary.com/
1. authoritarianism
2. bicameral
3. bureaucracy
34.
35.
36.
liberals nation nation-state
37.
nationalization
38. parliamentary system
4. checks and balances
5.
civil liberties
6.
civil rights
7.
civil society
8.
cleavage
9.
communism
10.
confederation
11.
conservatives
12.
coup d’état
13.
direct democracy
14.
democratic consolidation
15.
democratization
16.
devolution
17.
economic liberalization
18.
executive branch
19.
fascism
20.
federalism / federation
21.
government
22.
head of government
23.
head of state
24.
illiberal democracy
25.
indirect democracy
26.
institution
27.
interest groups
28.
judicial review
29.
judiciary
30.
legislative branch
31.
legitimacy
32.
liberal democracy
33.
liberalism
39. patron-client system / patron-clientelism
40. political culture
41. political efficacy
42. political elites
43. political ideology
44. political liberalization
45. political socialization
46. politics
47. presidential system
48. privatization
49. proportional representation
50. radicals
51. reactionaries
52. referendum
53. reform
54. regime
55. republic
56. revolution
57. rule of law
58. socialism
59. separation of powers
60. sovereignty
61. state
62. theocracy
63. totalitarianism
64. transparency
65. unicameral
66. unitary system