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 form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.
3. group that favors the status quo and desires a smaller government
4. A technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey.
5. The science of population changes.

5 Matching Questions

1. sample
2. protest
3. minority majority
4. exit polls
5. gender gap

1. a A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole.
2. b Public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision.
3. c 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.
4. d A form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tractics.
5. e A term that refers to the regular pattern by which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates. Women tend to be significantly less conservative than men and are more likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military spending.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Richard Dawson, "the process through which an individual acquires his or her particular political orientations-his or her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his or her political world."
   1. political ideology
   2. political socialization
   3. political participation
   4. political culture
2. A valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The Constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years.
   1. census
   2. protest
   3. sample
   4. liberals
3. 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.
   1. liberals
   2. melting pot
   3. exit polls
   4. sampling error
4. The distritbution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.
   1. sampling error
   2. exit polls
   3. melting pot
   4. public opinion
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. melting pot
   4. sample

5 True/False Question

1. political participation → 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

2. liberals → 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

3. political culture → A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political events, personalities, and policies.
   

   True        False

4. political ideology → An overall set of values widely shared within a society.
   

   True        False

5. reapportionment → A form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tractics.
   

   True        False