Chapter One Pre-Reading Study Guide
Directions: For each term complete the following chart
Vocabulary
Term
Government
OB1
Public Goods
OB1
Politics
OB 2
Political
Participation
OB 2
Single Issue
Groups OB2
Describe the term
 Give an account of; tell about
Memory Clue
Policymaking
system OB3
Linkage
Institutions
OB3
Policy Agenda
OB3
Political Issue
OB3
Policymaking
Institutions OB
3
Public Policy
OB3
Democracy OB
4
Majority Rule
OB 4
Minority
Rights
OB 4
Representation
OB 4
Pluralist
Theory OB 4
Elite and Class
Theory OB 4
Hyperpluralism
OB 4
Policy
Gridlock OB 4
Gross
Domestic
Product OB 5
Individualism
OB 5
For Practice   Before your Vocabulary Quiz on Thursday!
Term
Government and
Politics
Policy Agenda and
Public Policy
Policymaking System
and Political issue
Making the words come together… 
What “Links” these words together!
Democracy and
traditional democratic
theory
Majority rule and
minority rights
Democracy and
Representation
Pluralist theory, Elite
and Class Theory, and
Hyperpluralism