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What is the term for fact-based information obtained from observation or experimentation?

What is a value or opinion statement that cannot be proven or disproven?

What type of data includes information that is difficult to measure, such as speeches and documents?

What term describes the existence of an association between two or more variables?

What is the term for the relationship where one variable is responsible for the change in another?

What index measures average achievement in key human areas like income and education?

What is the market value of goods and services produced within a country in a given period?

What term describes GDP divided by the population, reflecting the economy's size relative to population?

What term is used to show the rate of national economic expansion?

What index shows income inequality within a country, with 0% indicating perfect equality?

Which organization calculates a 'freedom' score for countries based on political rights and civil liberties?

What term describes the ability of citizens to access information about government policy-making?

What is it called when public officials abuse power for personal benefit?

What index assesses and ranks countries based on their potential to weaken due to conflicts?

What term describes the laws, ideas, and procedures that determine who should have authority to rule?

What are political organizations that combine a permanent population with governing institutions?

What are the fundamental rules that control access to and the exercise of political power?

What term describes institutions or individuals legally empowered to make binding decisions for a state?

What is the independent legal authority over a population in a particular territory called?

What is a group of people with a common culture, language, and political identity called?

What principle states that a state should be governed by known laws and not arbitrary decisions?

What is it called when the law is applied arbitrarily for the self-gain of government officials?

What term describes elections that allow competition so an opposition candidate can defeat the ruling party?

What is a government's obligation to openly share information with citizens called?

What principle prevents any one branch from controlling all governmental power?

What are commissions that attempt to reduce voter fraud and enhance electoral competition called?

What is the term for voting rights?

What term describes the protection of groups of citizens from discrimination by the government?

What is an individual's protection against abuse of powers by the government called?

What system involves government-created interest groups becoming preferred linkage institutions?

What system allows citizens to affiliate with independent interest groups to shape public policies?

What type of electoral systems accommodate ethnic diversity and increase multiparty competition?

What are governmental or party rules intended to increase female representation in legislatures?

What is the belief that one's political participation can impact governmental policies?

What political system is characterized by rule of law, free elections, and political participation?

What political system involves a small group exercising power without constitutional responsibility to the public?

What term describes democracies with elections that have little competition and diminished civil liberties?

What is it called when rival parties are prohibited from controlling governmental power?

What type of government requires the state to be controlled by leaders of a particular religion?

What type of government severely limits citizens' rights to movement and free choice of employment?

What is it called when military leaders hold top positions of governing authority?

What is the process of transition from an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one?

What is a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government called?

What is a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system?

What is the process through which a polity strengthens its democracy after a transition from authoritarianism?

What is the ability of the state to influence the conduct of individuals and organizations within the state?

What is the state's legitimate right to enforce a power called?

What are constitutions, religions, military forces, political parties, and legislatures examples of?

What type of states divide power among different levels of government to confer local autonomy?

What type of states concentrate power at the national level with more uniform policies?

What is the delegation of power to regional governments to enhance or weaken legitimacy called?

What term describes whether a government's citizens believe it has the right to use power and rule?

What are popular elections, constitutional provisions, and nationalism examples of?

What is the use of government force to guide citizen behavior and actions called?

What is the ability of a government to consistently provide services that meet the basic needs of the population?

What part of government is responsible for writing laws and major policies?

What part of government is responsible for implementing laws through the bureaucracy?

What part of government is responsible for hearing cases and interpreting laws?

Who is the executive leader that represents a nation and can shape foreign policy?

Who is the executive leader responsible for formulating, implementing, and enforcing policies?

What system has a national legislature with combined lawmaking and executive functions?

What system uses separate election processes for the president and national legislature?

What system involves separate elections for president and legislature, with the president selecting the head of government?

What are institutional constraints on the length of time a head of state or government can serve called?

What is used in parliamentary systems to remove the prime minister as head of government?

What is used in presidential systems to remove the president and other executive officials from office?

What system involves elections for public officials taking place on a regularly announced date?

What is the system of governmental agencies that implement executive regulations and laws?

What allows majority members of a legislature to represent their constituencies and challenge governance?

Who are the top governmental officials in charge of formulating, implementing, and enforcing policy?

Who is the top governmental official in charge of decisions pertaining to the military?

What is a single-chamber legislature called?

What is a two-house legislature called?

What is the ability of a legislature to openly debate policies and hold an executive accountable called?

Who is the leader of the national legislature and head of government in charge of policy formulation?

Who are the permanent members of bureaucratic agencies that implement laws and regulations?

What term describes Russia's semi-presidential system with a directly elected president appointing the prime minister?

What is the process of nominating and approving judges in a judicial system called?

What is the ability of judges to interpret the law with minimal influence from other political officials?

What are voluntary associations independent from the state, including NGOs and business associations?

What are civil society groups that provide services governments can also provide, like volunteer fire departments?

What term describes the collective attitudes, values, and beliefs of the citizenry in a political system?

What is the lifelong process of acquiring one's beliefs and values toward the political system called?

What is a set of values and beliefs about the goals of government and public policy called?

What is the belief in individual civil liberties and freedom over governmental restrictions called?

What is the removal of barriers and restrictions on trade, with beliefs in limited governmental intervention?

What is the belief in the abolition of private property with near total governmental control of the economy?

What is the belief in the reduction of income disparities and the nationalization of major private industries?

What is the extreme nationalist ideology that favors authoritarian rule and the rights of the ethnic majority?

What political philosophy supports the interests and rights of the common people over the elites?

What is a government that takes responsibility for providing key social services called?

What term describes social values of self-expression and quality of life issues like environmental concerns?

What are ways citizens can attempt to shape government policy, both formally and informally?

What allows citizens to vote directly on policy questions, such as the UK's 2016 Brexit vote?

What are internal divisions that structure societies and may be based on class, ethnicity, or religion?

What is it called when a group's actions to gain greater autonomy diminish the sovereignty of a government?

What is the use of coercive force by the government to suppress actions it opposes called?

What is the term for the largest rat who makes all the rules?

What electoral system allows parties to gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them?

What election system involves one candidate with the most votes winning the sole representative seat?

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