poly sci week 01

1. Politics can be defined as _______.  
b. who gets what, when, and how  

2. The de facto rule is the rule _______.  
a. as it is in practice  

3. Political events involve _______.  
c. rules, reality, and choices  

4. Perhaps the most important set of rules for any institution is _______.  
b. its constitution  

5. What is a fact?  
c. Something that can be verified by compelling evidence  

6. What is not an example of public policy?  
d. A papal edict  

7. One of the main sources of political conflict is _______.  
b. scarce resources  

8. Power is _______.  
d. real  

9. Which term is most closely associated with “country”?  
b. Nation-state  

10. The status quo is _______.  
a. the current state of affairs  

11. What is the highest form of political power?  
d. Legitimacy  

12. What is one likely outcome of bargaining?  
a. Compromise  

13. The study of politics can be scientific only if _______.  
b. political phenomena can be precisely measured  

14. Political science is usually _______.  
a. probabilistic  

15. Hypotheses are _______.  
c. tentative statements about reality  

16. Normative political science seeks to understand political _______.  
a. meanings, purposes, and goals  

17. Questions in normative political science can be answered by _______.  
c. logic and reason  

18. Three types of normative reasoning emphasize _______.  
b. consequences, rules, and virtue  

19. Empirical political science seeks to _______.  
d. explain and predict  

20. Facts _______.  
b. exist but may be disputed  

21. Generalizations _______.  
c. can be useful if frequently true  

22. All political behavior is based on _______.  
d. individual behavior  

23. The “fourth branch” of government is _______.  
a. the media  

24. Which perspective is not a theory used to understand international relations?  
d. Socialism