Government Exam Review 1

What 2 political parties dominate U.S. elections?

Phenomenon that results in fewer votes being cast for offices at end of an election ballot

Women tend to vote for.....

Strong support for a specific political party and its policies

The process of returning state-owned enterprises to private ownership.

People who plan to live in a state for only a short time.

Having an influence on politics

An economic system characterized by private ownership of capital and private investments

Older voters and voters with higher incomes tend to vote for......

Group of persons who seek to control government by winning elections and holding office

What is another name for the free enterprise system?

Banning trade with another country

Who is the largest importer of goods and services in the world?

Belief that government should play only a limited, hands-off role in society.

The growing economic interdependence among the nations of the world.

Party whose members are united by anger over economic hard times.

Who introduced the Laissez-Faire Theory

State in which government officials plan all economic development

The process of removing the names of voters who are no longer eligible to vote.

Parties based on particular set of social, economic, and political beliefs.

A person with no party affiliation

Parties focused on only one public-policy issue

Founder of communism and socialism

What amendment set the current voting age?

Official lists of qualified voters in each precinct

Who is the largest exporter of goods and services in the world?

The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party.

Process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions.

A limit put on the amount of a commodity that can be imported into a country.

What is the strongest indicator of how a person will vote

The loyalty of people to a specific party

The practice of limiting imports to protect domestic industries from foreign competition

The practice of voting for candidates from only one party.

Why is the U.S. considered a mixed economy?

A method of voter identification intended to prevent fraud.

What even led to the current voting age?

An approach to policy making which the two major parties find common ground on an issue.

If demand if greater than supply, what will happen to prices?

Market in which buyers and sellers are free to buy and sell as they wish.

The basic resources used to make all goods and services.

Parties that have split off from one of the major parties.

The range of political views, from the so-called left to the right is the _____________________

If demand is lower than supply, what happens to prices?

The process of merging private farms into large state-owned agricultural enterprises

Why is the United States looked at as a 2 party system?

State in which government officials plan all economic development.

Concept that believes though Americans don't agree on every issue, do support basic freedoms

A tax on imported goods