2.6 & 3.16 Vocabulary Quiz

a political party that believes the government should control the entire economy, and there should be no private ownership of business

• Socialist Party
• evaluate
• third party
• Communist Party

a political party that believes that the federal government should take a more active role in people's lives, particularly those who are in need

• Elector
• Democratic Party
• candidate
• Socialist Party

a political party that believes in individual freedom and believes the only purpose of government is to protect this freedom

• Socialist Party
• Electoral College
• Libertarian Party
• third party

an organization that tries to get political power by electing members to public office so that their political ideas can become laws or policies

• political party
• political office
• evaluate
• Republican Party

a political party that believes that the federal government should play a less active role in people's lives and that individuals can take care of themselves without government help

• Elector
• political party
• Republican Party
• Communist Party

a political party that believes in democratic government but also that the government should run some of the largest parts of the economy

• Republican Party
• third party
• Democratic Party
• Socialist Party

a political party that is not one of the two major parties in the country; a minor party

• evaluate
• third party
• polling place
• vote

a political system consisting primarily of two major parties, more or less equal in strength

• popular vote
• political party
• Socialist Party
• two party system

a written statement of the goals of a political party

• political party
• party platform
• general election
• primary election

a preference, opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking or feeling over another

• Communist Party
• political party
• bias
• evaluate