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Unit 2 Vocab :P
AP Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A person who practices conservatism; for war; free market; military; freedom of religion; low taxes | conservative |
| public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision | exit poll |
| Term that refers to regular pattern by which women are more likely to support democrat candidates women tend to be slightly less conservative than menl more likely to support welfare spending | gender gap |
| person who supports ideology over gov't dealing with human needs; supports individual rights, liberties; gives higher priorities to social rather than military needs | liberal |
| a person who believes individual liberties should be the basic moral principle on which gov't is based | libertarian |
| An official order or command to do something | mandate |
| A person who holds moderate views, esp. in politics (agrees with some principles of both parties) | moderate |
| An assessment of public opinion obtained by questioning a representative sample | opinion poll |
| Traditional orientation of citizens of a nation towards politics, affecting their opinions about politics | political culture |
| the belief that one's political participatoin really matters--that one's vote can actually make a difference | political efficacy |
| coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose; gives meaning to political events, personalities, etc | political ideology |
| the process through which an individual acquires his particular political orientations-konwledge, feelings, and evaluations about politics | political socialization |
| the distribution of population's belief about politics and policy issues | public opinion |
| key technique employed by sophisticated survey researchers which operates on the principle that everyone should have equal probability of being selected for survey | Random sample |
| the level of confidence in findings of a public opinion poll; the more people interviewed, the more confidence in the results | sampling error |
| An unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion | straw poll |
| the number of people attending or taking part in an even, esp. voting in a political election | turnout |
| perceived apathy (lack of caring) among voters in an election | voter apathy |
| the science of population changes | demography |
| a valuable tool for understanding demographic changes; Constitution requres that the government conduct an "actual enumeration: of the population every ten years | census |
| the mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed America; the US with its history of immigration, has often been called the melting pot | melting pot |
| the emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a White generally anglo-saxon majority predicted that by 2060 Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans will outnumber white Americans | minority majority |
| the process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of census results | reapportionment |
| a technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers to conduct a survey | random-digit dialing |
| all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or politices they pursue; most common means in democracy is voting; others are civil disobedience | political participation |
| a form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventiona tactics | protest |
| a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences | civil disobedience |
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