Basic Concepts in Political Science

Political science is mainly the study of:

1. Living organisms
2. The state, government and the exercise of power
3. Weather patterns
4. Rocks and minerals

Which are the essential elements of a state?

1. Army, police, courts and prisons
2. Population, territory, government and sovereignty
3. Schools, hospitals, roads and markets
4. Flag, anthem, motto and currency

Sovereignty means:

1. Military strength only
2. Supreme and independent authority within a territory
3. A monarch's crown
4. Wealth from natural resources

Power is best defined as:

1. The ability to influence or control the behaviour of others
2. A constitution
3. A type of election
4. The right to rule

Authority is:

1. A political party
2. Legitimate power that is accepted as rightful
3. A type of tax
4. Power obtained by force only

Legitimacy refers to:

1. The number of political parties
2. The general acceptance of a government's right to rule
3. The age of a constitution
4. The size of an army

Government is:

1. A pressure group
2. A political party
3. The machinery through which the will of the state is formulated and carried out
4. The same as the nation