Practice Unit 4 Test

Laissez-faire system-government plays as small a role as possible in the economic transactions among citizens and businesses.

• Free Enterprise

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

The amount (cost) banks pay to borrow money from the Federal Reserve Bank.

• Federal Fund Rates

• Discount Rates

• Reserve Rates

A small group of citizens – 10 to 40 people – who are gathered to hold conversations about issues or candidates these polls are less scientific than many types of polls, focus groups allow for deeper insight into a topic.

• Focus Group Polls

• Opinion Polls

• Entrance/Exit Polls

An opinion that changes very little is known as what?

• Stable

• Fluid

• Latent

Spending for federal programs that must receive annual authorization.

• Discretionary Spending

• Mandatory Spending

Occurs when respondents give answers to questions that they believe will make them look good to others, concealing their true opinions or experiences.

• Bradley Effect

• Social-Desirability Bias

Modern __________ are aligned with labor unions. They believe in workers’ rights over corporate rights, and they believe the wealthier classes should pay a much larger percentage of taxes than they currently do.

• Populist

• Progressives

Voters intend to vote for a white candidate would nonetheless tell pollsters they are undecided or likely to vote for the non-white candidate.

• Bradley Effect

• Social-Desirability Bias

The belief that one is effective in making a difference when participating in politics, for example that the government will respond to one's demands.

• Political Efficacy

• Internal Efficacy

• External Efficacy

Authority comes from the consent of the governed and that citizens are “endowed . . . with certain unalienable rights” such as “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Equality of Opportunity