Chapter 11 Study Guide

Question 1

Census

Answer 1

Test designed to count the population and examine demographic changes every 10 years

Question 2

Public Opinion Poll

Answer 2

Interviews with samples of citizens that are used to estimate what the entire population believes

Question 3

Exit Poll

Answer 3

Polls conducted as voters leave

Question 4

Conservative

Answer 4

Describes those who oppose change

Question 5

Minority Majority

Answer 5

Minority groups of America are greater than the white population as a whole

Question 6

Political Participation

Answer 6

Different ways people engage in government in order to influence or support politics

Question 7

Liberal

Answer 7

Describes those who favor change

Question 8

Political Culture

Answer 8

Political culture in one specific area

Question 9

Bandwagon Effect

Answer 9

Majority of citizens change vote to candidate that public opinion polls report as predicted winner

Question 10

Demographics

Answer 10

Trends of a certain region, including sex, age, race, that represents the population

Question 11

Reapportionment

Answer 11

Congressional districts re redraws and seat redistributed throughout the House according to state population

Question 12

Sampling Error

Answer 12

Difference between two results of two different surveys

Question 13

Political Ideology

Answer 13

Set of values and beliefs about purpose and power of the government

Question 14

Moderate

Answer 14

Between liberal and conservative

Question 15

Reactionary

Answer 15

Someone who supports a return to more traditional and conservative ways

Question 16

Radical

Answer 16

Someone who prefers rapid change in government

Question 17

Political Socialization

Answer 17

Informal process through which you acquire opinions about the world around you; seen through media, family, religion, etc.

Question 18

Random Sampling

Answer 18

Selecting from a population in which everyone has an equal chance of being selected