5 Written Questions

1. The key technique employed by sophisticated survey researchers, which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample.
2. A technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey.
3. A valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The Constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years.
4. A form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tractics.
5. The distritbution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.

5 Matching Questions

1. political ideology
2. melting pot
3. civil disobedience
4. liberals
5. exit polls

1. a A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.
2. b group that favors change and allows for the expansion of government
3. c A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political events, personalities, and policies.
4. d Public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision.
5. e The mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed the American nation. The United States, with its history of immigration, has often been called a melting pot.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The science of population changes.
   1. demography
   2. sample
   3. gender gap
   4. liberals
2. All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. The most common, but not the only, means of political participation in a democracy is voting.
   1. political participation
   2. political ideology
   3. political culture
   4. political socialization
3. An overall set of values widely shared within a society.
   1. political culture
   2. political ideology
   3. political socialization
   4. political participation
4. The emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a white, generally Anglo-Saxon majority. It is predicted that by about 2060, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans together will outnumber white Americans.
   1. random sampling
   2. minority majority
   3. exit polls
   4. melting pot
5. The level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. The more people interviewed, the more confident one can be of the results.
   1. liberals
   2. sampling error
   3. sample
   4. melting pot

5 True/False Question

1. reapportionment → The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
   

   True        False

2. conservative → group that favors change and allows for the expansion of government
   

   True        False

3. political socialization → All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. The most common, but not the only, means of political participation in a democracy is voting.
   

   True        False

4. gender gap → A valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The Constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years.
   

   True        False

5. sample → A valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The Constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years.
   

   True        False