Lesson on Thursday, December 14, 2017

AIM: Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy? 

Bellringer: Review MC questions 6-15 (don't forget 16) (10 min)

Objectives:

2.3  Evaluate the challenges facing countries trying to move toward a democratic form of government.

Agenda:

1. Bellringer (10 min)
2. Discuss Global Trends Assignment, via Think-Pair-Share. (15 min)
3. Grade Global Trends Assignment (1CW)
4. Current Events (10 min)
5. Chapter 2 Vocab. Quiz (15/20 min)
6. UNIT 1 EXAM REVIEW

Home Learning: 

1. Study for UNIT 1 EXAM using M.C. questions 17-25 (below)
2. Begin reading Chapter 3, IDs due on Monday, December 18, 2017

17. What is the key to the success of a majoritarian democracy? 

a. popular participation. 

b. the presence of many organized groups. 

c. decentralized government. 

d. economic equality. 

e. low citizen involvement in civic affairs. 

18. According to the text, American democracy can best described as which of the following? 

a. elitist 

b. pluralist 

c. not yet a true democracy 

d. majoritarian 

e. substantive 

19. What do we call the fundamental idea that government responsiveness comes through mass political participation? 

a. substantive democracy 

b. majoritarian democracy 

c. minority rights 

d. pluralist democracy 

e. elitist theory 

20. The observed relationship between democracy and economic performance suggests that democratic nations are _____________________ 

a. no more or less prosperous than non-democratic nations. 

b. less prosperous than non-democratic nations. 

c. less likely to support free markets. 

d. more prosperous than non-democratic nations. 

e. retarding global economic growth. 

21. Roughly what percent of the American population “follows what's going on” in government “most of the time”? 

a. 12% 

b. 18%

c. 26% 

d. 39% 

e. 43% 

22. The United Nations has tracked the number of democracies around the world and noticed an increase from 1990 to 2003. What percent of increase did the world see in democracies between 1990 and 2003? 

a. 3% increase 

b. 7% increase 

c. 10% increase 

d. 13% increase 

e. 16% increase 

23. Democratic governments and processes 

a. guarantee correct decisions. 

b. are observed in nearly all contemporary nations. 

c. always protect minority rights. 

d. reject unlimited majority rule. 

e. may not necessarily result in desirable policies.

24. The principle of majority rule conflicts most directly with which of the following? 

a. popular sovereignty 

b. minority rights 

c. universal participation 

d. a sense of community identity 

e. governmental responsiveness 

25. According to the text, if governments were arrayed on a continuum, what type of government would one find at the opposite end from autocracy? 

a. oligarchy 

b. monarchy 

c. aristocracy 

d. democracy 

e. patriarchy