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WorksheetsCL Unit 5 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
One who believes government should be active in supporting political & social change; open to new behavior & ideas that are nontraditional; progressive
Liberal
Conservative
One who favors traditional views & values in government & society & who is cautious regarding change; proponent of limited government and private property
Liberal
Conservative
Democratic Party
Liberal
Conservative
Republican Party
Liberal
Conservative
Media: CNN/MSNBC
Liberal
Conservative
Media: Fox News
Liberal
Conservative
President Trump
Liberal
Conservative
President Biden
Liberal
Conservative
A group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government is called a....................
Federal
Union
Political Party
Pressure group
A third party does all of the following EXCEPT:
Introduce new ideas
Win most of the elections
Revolve around, or result from, the efforts of a well-known political personality
Work to have government address certain issues
A political party's platform is a:
Stage to stand on when giving a speech
Statement of the party's principles and plan of actions
Slogan or motto, such as "I LIKE IKE"
Sign with a picture of the political party's mascot like the donkey
The Democratic and Republican parties are similar because they
Share the same political platform
Appeal only to voters with liberal views
Have little influence on public policy
Organize to win elections
Dad is on the right of the political spectrum. He is against abrupt changes, and he has traditional views. He also wants as little government involvement and spending as possible. This makes him a/an
conservative Republican
candidate
liberal Democrat
entrepreneur
Why does New York have more electoral votes than Alaska?
New York is bigger than Alaska.
New York became a state before Alaska.
New York was the first capitol of the United States.
New York has a bigger population than Alaska.
A common criticism of the Electoral College is that it
gives too much power to states with the highest populations
gives too much power to smaller states
is not even a real college
allows a person to win the presidency without a majority of votes
Can give money directly to a candidate
What is it called when Media organizations take the facts of a story and add their bias to it?
"Spin"
"Flip"
"Toss"
"Twist"
What is Fake News?
News that you don't like
News that is intentionally false and misleading
News that is written as a joke
Gerrymandering is:
When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power
When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population
When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.
A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years
Splitting a community so they can't elect their own representative
Cracking
Packing
What political parties make up the United States' two-party system?
Socialist and Libertarian
Democrat and Socialist
Republican and Libertarian
Democrat and Republican
Each political party selects their candidate for office during a . . .
General election
Primary election
Secondary election
Tertiary election
