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WorksheetsUnit 5 Vocab words Stevens
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
what is the definition of Alien?
to differentiate; to see the difference.
A citizen of another country; a foreigner.
Someone moving to a new state or the same country.
A terrestrial being from the moon.
A person w/ certain rights & responsibilities in his/her country or community is...
citizen
immigrant
naturalization
refugee
Assimilation means..?
To be a part of only one culture.
Not being able to be religious in many cultures.
The process by which people of one culture become part of another culture.
A person coming to another country and being only one culture.
True or False: Denaturalization is the legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another country.
True
False
A govt sending a migrant out of its country & back to the migrant's home country is...
Electorate
Disenfranchised
jus soli
Deportation
The legal process of giving up one's citizenship is...
Caucus
Denaturalization
Expatriation
Electorate
The process through which naturalized citizens may involuntarily lose their citizenship.
Deportation
Denaturalization
Disenfranchised
Discriminate
Discriminate is to...
Pick on someone; make fun of someone
Differentiate; to see the difference.
See everyone as an equal.
Composed of unlike parts; diverse.
True or False: Heterogeneous is to be composed of unlike parts; diverse
True
False
A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there is...
Migration
Relocating
Immigration
Traveling
The meaning "law of blood"; the right of citizenship is based on one's parents citizenship.
Jus sanguinis
Jus ad bellum
Jus soli
Jus cogens
The meaning "right of the soil"; the right of citizenship for anyone born in the territory of a state is...
Jus soli
Jus ad bellum
Jus sanguinis
Jus cogens
True or False: Is naturalization the legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another country?
True
False
A court standard to ensure laws that discriminate among groups have a rational basis for equal protection constitution.
Discriminate
Rational Basis test
Strict scrutiny test
Internet speed test
Refugee is...
A person who flees to another country for safety.
A person moving to another state.
A person moving to another country
A person staying at home.
An area of federal land set aside for Native Americans is...
Property
refugee
Reservations
Landmarks
True or False: Is Absentee voting provisions made for those unable to go to their regular polling places on election day?
True
False
What is a ballot?
A voting district.
The citizens that are eligible to vote.
Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices.
The list of candidates on which you cast your vote.
DEF for disenfranchised...
Denied the right to vote.
The citizens eligible to vote.
The right to vote.
A voting district.
what is a meeting of party leaders to OPENLY discuss & choose candidates for office?
Caucus
Political convention
Political parties
Citizenship
True or False: Is disenfranchised a voting district?
True
False
what is classification in a law to a higher standard if it's based on race, nat'l origin, gender?
Strict security test
intermediate scrutiny test
rational basis test
judicial review tests
A group, representing the states of the U.S. who family cast votes for the election of President & Vice President.
Nationwide election
Electoral Collage
Candidate Collage
Electors
What are the citizens eligible to vote?
disenfranchised
Electorate
Voting public
registered voters
True or False: Is gender gap a difference in political views b/w men & women
True
False
what are private organizations whose members share certain views & work to shape public policy?
Public association
Pressure groups
Interest groups
Special interest groups
what is lobbyist?
A person only makes an influence on themselves.
The person whose job is to influence people's daily lives.
A perosn with certain rights and responsibilities.
Person whose job is to influence politicians on behalf of the group hired.
Television, radio, newspaper, magazine, the internet, & other means of popular communication is...
Media platforms
Facebook and Twitter
Mass media
social media
True or False: Party conventions is a meeting of a political party, typically to select part candidates.
True
False
Political action committees is...
Private group that raises & distributes funds for election campaigns.
People who practice voting for only one party.
A group that does an election based on all candidates.
A private group that raises money for the president
A special tax determined by some states as a condition of voting; outlawed by the 24th Amendment is...
Excise taxes
Sales taxes
Poll tax
Employment taxes
True or False: Primary is A public vote in which citizens in a state vote for a party's nominee for the general election.
True
False
what is a Precinct?
The denied right to vote.
A voting right.
A voting district.
The citizens are eligible to vote.
Primary is...
A public vote for a party's nominee for the general election.
Everyone vote for a party's nominee for the general election.
A one person vote for a party's nominee for the general election.
A secret vote citizens vote for a party's nominee for the general election.
What is public agenda...
Issues considered most significantly by the govt officials
A survey is designed to measure the public views about a particular topic.
Issues considered at random by the govt officials.
Issues that almost get solved or are not remembered.
What is when the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues @ any point in time?
Public opinion polls
Public opinion
Public domain
Public agenda
True or False: Is public opinion polls a survey designed to measure the public's views about a particular topic?
True
False
Split-Ticket voting is...
Voting for the same parties in the same election.
A voting district.
Voting for candidates of different parties in elections.
The practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election.
Suffrage is...
The right to vote.
The citizens eligible to vote, vote.A voting district
Not being able to vote
what is a state that does not consistently vote either Democratic or Republican in presidential elections?
Precinct
Jus soli
Swing statius
Swing state
what is straight-ticket voting?
Having to vote only once a year for the great for a person's life.
Voting for more than one person at an election
The practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election.
Voting for the president of another country.
True or False: Suffrage is when someone is going through a struggle in life.
True
False
