Unit 5 Political socialization and citizenship

Every person has a equal chance of being picked for a survey:

• random sample

• straw poll

• representative sample

• push poll

What is used to give politicians society's beliefs so that they know how they can direct public policy?

• civil rights

• ideology

• public opinion polls

• straw polls

What is the most important thing that predicts how voter preference?

• age

• gender

• race/ethnicity

• geography

What is the most influential factor in public opinion when it comes to media?

• internet

• radio

• newspaper

• television

What is the term for a set of beliefs and values that are shared by the population (example freedom and equality)?

• political efficacy

• political trust

• political socialization

• political culture

What is the term for a person's beliefs that can change how they feel about the government and make a change in public policy?

• political efficacy

• political trust

• political socialization

• political culture

What is the term for rights or freedoms that the government cannot take away from you?

• civil liberties

• civil rights

• civil patrol

• civil actions

All of the following are ways that stopped African Americans from voting after the Jim Crow Laws EXCEPT:

• poll taxes

• blood test

• literacy tests

• white primaries

Which of the following would be a reason that would most likely have someone vote?

• higher level of education

• lower level of education

• public opinion

• poll taxes

What is the term for the aggregate of individual beliefs about government and politics that is shared by a portion of the population?

• political socialization

• public opinion

• popular vote

• political party