10.2

How often is the Census taken?

• 2 years
• 4 years
• 10 years
• 20 years

Why is the United States refereed to as the Melting Pot?

• The mast majority of the population has roots from another country
• People love food here
• We have the biggest and best pots
• It is so hot that cheese melts on sidewalks

Which method of propaganda is a method of trying to convince people that everyone else is doing it and so should they.

• Plain Folk
• Fallacy
• Bandwagon
• Name Calling

Public opinion can be shaped by factors such as age, race, gender, and religion.

• True
• False

Interest groups are made up of people who

• are only democrats
• are only republicans
• are united by a common issue or cause they support
• are usually not able to influence government officials

The feature of public opinion that measurs whether the opinion is positive or negative is called

• direction
• intensity
• stability
• sustainability

One way to measure public opinion is by asking people questions about candidates, officials, or issues. This is called 

• monitoring an election
• conducting a public opinion poll
• watching the media
• forming an interest group

Push polls that ask loaded or confusing questions in order to generate an expected answer are

• fair
• biased
• unimportant
• illegal

A good poll is given to a random sample which means it includes

• only people educated about politics
• only people with a college degree
• a variety of people to represent the entire population
• the people from one neighborhood

A specialist who conducts public opinion polls is called a(n)

• interrogator
• pollster
• quiz master
• examiner