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Student Study Aid for Political Behavior
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Government Unit 2
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Events and issues concerning the people at large like politics, public issues, & public policy
Public Attitude
Public Opinion
Public Opinion Poll
Public Agenda
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What was the last step that expanded suffrage?
End to religious requirements
End to restrictions based on race (amendment)
Voting rights act of 1965
Changing the voting age to 18 (amendment)
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Attitudes held by a significant number of people on matters of government or politics
Public Influence
Public Attitude
Public Opinion
Public Agenda
4
When members of political parties work together to get legislation passed it is called?
Governing
Watch dog
Bonding Agent
Nominating Candidates
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What to areas are most influenced by the media?
Electoral Politics and Foreign Affairs
Public Agenda and Congress
Electoral Politics and Public Agenda
Congress and the President
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Which following is not a negative aspect of interest groups
Influence larger than their size
Tactics that undermine the political process
Hard to tell who they represent
Providing specific information to government officials
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When the party out of power criticizes the party in power that is called
governing
watch dog
nominating candidates
bonding agent
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Is when the ruling clique is the party in control of the government
Multi-party system
One-party system
Two-party system
Oligarchy system
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The spreading of information in support of a cause
Propaganda
Influence
Advertising
Campaigning
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Which of the following is not one of the major forms of political media?
Radio
Social Media
Sports/Entertainment
TV
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Which function of a political party refers to trying to get more people to vote for them?
Watch Dog
Governing
Inform and Activate Supporters
Bonding Agent
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Interest groups are good because they can provide
Information to the people
all of the above
Information to the government
More checks and balances
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The right to vote.
Suffrage
Registered voter
Citizenship
Electoral College
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Groups made up of people who unite for some political purpose
Interest Group
Super PAC
Political Party
Protesters
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Which of these is a negative role of Minor Parties?
Inventors of the National Convention
Providing information
Spoiler role in elections
Focus public on issues
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Everyone over the age of 18 can vote in the USA.
True
False
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Which one of these is not a limitation of the media?
showing only 1-2 minute sound bites
one sided reporting/coverage
peoples selective nature about watching news
providing information
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A means of communication; it transmits some kind of information
Campaigning
Propoganda
Media
Advertising
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A group of persons who seek to control the government through the winning of elections
Super PAC
Interest Group
Protesters
Political Party
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Which one of these people could vote before the expanse of suffrage?
21 yr old White Christian man with a Horse
23 yr old African American Christian Man with a House
27 yr old White Woman who is married
18 yr old White Man Protestant from England
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Super PACs are regulated just like political parties?
False
True
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Which of the following is not one of the 4 major factors that affect voter behavior?
Historical Events and Opinion Leaders
Family
Media and Peer groups
International Relations
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Which one of the following is how political parties and interest groups are similar?
nominating candidates
scope of interest (what they are interested in)
their focus (what they want to do)
getting people to participate in politics
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Sampling a section of public in an effort to predict elections or public attitudes on issues
Public predictions
Voting
Public opinion polls
Statisitics
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A system in which several major and many lesser parties exist and actually win public office
One party system
Democratic system
Multi party system
Two party system