Chapter 7

Question 1

Actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence or support government and politics

Answer 1

Political participation

Question 2

Relatively routine political behavior that uses institutional channels and is acceptable to the dominant culture

Answer 2

Conventional participation

Question 3

Relatively uncommon political behavior that challenges or defies established institutions and dominant norms

Answer 3

Unconventional participation

Question 4

Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents

Answer 4

Terrorism

Question 5

Unconventional participation that involves assembling crowds to confront businesses and local governments to demand a hearing.

Answer 5

Direct action

Question 6

Action that expresses allegiance to government and country

Answer 6

Supportive behavior

Question 7

Behavior that seeks to modify or reverse government policy to serve political interests

Answer 7

Influencing behavior

Question 8

A legal action brought by a person or group on behalf of a number of people in similar circumstances

Answer 8

Class action suit

Question 9

The percentage of eligible citizens who actually vote in a given election

Answer 9

Voter turnout

Question 10

The right to vote. Also called the franchise

Answer 10

Suffrage

Question 11

The right to vote. Also called suffrage

Answer 11

Franchise

Question 12

A philosophy of political reform based on the goodness and wisdom of the individual citizen as opposed to special interests and political institutions

Answer 12

Progressivism

Question 13

A preliminary election, run by the state government, in which the voters choose each party’s candidates for the general election

Answer 13

Direct primary

Question 14

The process for removing an elected official from office

Answer 14

Recall

Question 15

An election on a policy issue

Answer 15

Referendum

Question 16

A procedure by which voters can propose an issue to be decided by the legislature or by the people in a referendum. It requires gathering a specified number of signatures and submitting a petition to a designated agency

Answer 16

Initiative

Question 17

A relationship between socioeconomic status and conventional political involvement: people with higher status and more education are more likely to participate than those with more status

Answer 17

Standard socioeconomic model