AP Political Socialization

AP Political Socialization

Harrison Book Ch. 6

Multiple Choice

People who fall into this category support low taxes, limited government involvement in regulating the economy and funding for a strong national defense.

• Liberal
• Moderate
• Conservative

Multiple Choice

People who fall into this category support funding of social programs, higher taxes in order to provide government services, and government involvement in regulating the economy.

• Liberal
• Moderate
• Conservative

Multiple Choice

Cleavages in public opinion exist in the all areas EXCEPT

• Region
• Race/Ethnicity
• Social Class
• Employment

Multiple Choice

All of the following are sources of political socialization EXCEPT

• Education
• Religion
• Career
• Gender

Multiple Choice

Political Elites are those who

• Are currently in office
• Are purely liberal or purely conservative
• Political pundits
• Run political campaigns

Multiple Choice

A voter who wants less government control over the economy as well as person conduct of citizens

• Pure conservative
• Pure liberal
• Libertarian
• Populist

Multiple Choice

People who are liberal on economic matters and conservative on social/personal conduct

• Pure Conservative
• Pure Liberal
• Libertarian
• Populist

Multiple Choice

Polls measure public opinion.  Do governmental policies always reflect public wants?

• of course!
• um, no

Multiple Choice

The gender gap in political opinion can be seen in differences in opinion regarding

• homelessness
• education
• size of government
• a gender gap doesn't exist

Multiple Choice

What tendency/trend is seen with college education and political opinions?

• People with college degrees are more conservative
• People with college degress describe themselves as liberal
• there is no correlation

Multiple Choice

Religion plays a large role in political socialization.  Which of the following correlations are true?

• The more religious one is, the more liberal their politics
• Catholics are more conservative on economic issues than social
• Jews tend to be more liberal economically & socially than Christians

Multiple Choice

What is the most important factor to getting a good poll that best resembles the target population?

• Random Sampling
• A large sample size
• A large sampling error
• Targeted Samples

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a good public opinion poll question?

• Do you think the president is doing a good job, a fair job, or bad job?
• Why do you think the president is doing such a bad job?
• Why do you think the president is doing such a good job?
• Why is the president doing a fair job?

Multiple Choice

Which is true of a good random sample for a public opinion poll?

• All the people in the sample are opinionated
• It excludes people who do not belong to a political party
• It is limited to people who follow the news.
• It represents the variety of the whole population.

Multiple Choice

A poll that takes place as voters leave the primary election is 

• a push poll
• a straw poll
• a random sampling poll
• an exit poll 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a sign of an inaccurate poll?

• clear wording
• large sampling error
• confusing interpretation
• representative sample 

Multiple Choice

The most important factor that influences gain our basic attitudes that shape our political opinions is

• the media
• church
• friends
• family

Multiple Choice

What is political socialization?

• All the people who might be interest group members because they share the same common interest.
• The process through which an individual acquires his/her particular orientations - his/her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his/her political world.
• How similar cases have been decided in the past.
• The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.

Multiple Choice

A set of ideas, beliefs... about how government should operate and how much government should be involved in our day to day lives.

• Political Ideology
• Political Party
• Political Spectrum
• Two Party System

Multiple Choice

A person who wants the government to reduce economic equality and guarantee broadest possible freedom of speech

• Pure conservative
• Pure liberal
• Libertarian
• Populist

Multiple Choice

Which reason below is not a part of low voter turnout in the United States 

• The lack of political efficacy
• mistrust in government 
• registration process
• Being too educated and politically competent 

Multiple Choice

The designed to make voter registration easier by allowing people to register at driver's license bureaus and some public offices

• Poll Taxes Law
• Motor Votor Law
•    Electoral College Law
• Direct Primary 

Multiple Choice

The guarantees of civil liberties and protections of infringements upon them is called

• majority rule/minority rights
•     equality
• private property
• individual freedoms 

Multiple Choice

In this particular straw poll, what percentage of voters predicted that Huntsman would win the 2012 presidential election? 

• 37
• 8
• 0
• 1

Multiple Choice

Court case that stated that congress could set age limits for federal elections but not local or state elections 

• Smith v Allwright
• Marbury v. Madison
• Oregon v Mitchell 
• McCulloch v Maryland 

Multiple Choice

The landmark law case that questioned whether denying blacks the right to vote in Texas was against the 15th Amendment

• Oregon v. Mitchell
• Plessy v Ferguson
• Gibbons v Ogden
• Smith v Allwright 

Multiple Choice

A government printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party printed ballots cast in public 

• Japanese Ballot
• Printed legislative ballot
• Australian Ballot
• Motor Voter Ballot 

Multiple Choice

Amendment that granted suffrage rights to women

• 15th
• 19th
• 23rd
• 24th

Multiple Choice

A belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic political affairs

• civic duty
• class consciousness
• political culture 
• political ideology

Multiple Choice

Which term best describes the chart above?

• Exit Poll
• Random Sample
• Public opinion
• Gender Gap

Multiple Choice

Polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters. 

• Sampling error
• Opinion polls
• Exit polls
• Random sample

Multiple Choice

Which of the concepts or terms below would best describe a cleavage? (as described in your text)

• Color of car
• Social Class
• ideology
• Socialization

Multiple Choice

Persons with a disproportionate share of political power.

• Political elites
• Libertarians
• Pure Conservatives
• Pure Liberals

Multiple Choice

People that are liberal on both economic policy and personal conduct. They want to be sure of several things; tax the rich heavily, regulate business, allow abortions and protect the rights of the accused. These are only a few of the things that they hope the government can achieve. What would be the name of the is group?

• Pure conservative
• Pure liberal
• Populists
• Libertarians

Multiple Choice

How people think or feel about particular things. 

• Random Sample
• public opinion
• sampling error
• political socialization

Multiple Choice

This has existed for a long time, and it has been a problem for both political parties. This occurs when there is a difference in political views between men and women. What is it called, officially? 

• Random sampling
• Exit Polls
• Gender Gap
• Political socialization

Multiple Choice

A survey of public opinion.

• sampling error
• exit polls
• poll
• public opinion

Multiple Choice

a belief that one can affect government policies

• class consciousness
• orthodox
• progressive
• civic competence

Multiple Choice

A belief that you can take part in politics or that government will respond to the citizenry. 

• political tolerance
• political efficacy
• progressive
• orthodox

Multiple Choice

A belief that you are a member of an economic group whose interests are opposed to people in other such groups.

• internal efficacy
• class consciousness
• political socialization
• civic duty