Chapter 7

Question 1

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

Answer 1

terrorism

Question 2

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

Answer 2

political participation

Question 3

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

Answer 3

conventional participation

Question 4

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

Answer 4

unconventional participation

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 or 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 right to vote. (s…)

Answer 9

suffrage

Question 10

The right to vote. (f…)

Answer 10

franchise

Question 11

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

Answer 11

progressivism

Question 12

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

Answer 12

direct primary

Question 13

The process for removing an elected official from office.

Answer 13

recall

Question 14

An election on a policy issue.

Answer 14

referendum

Question 15

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 15

initiative

Question 16

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

Answer 16

standard socioeconomic model

Question 17

Citizens eligible to vote.

Answer 17

electorate

Question 18

A voter’s evaluation of a candidate based on what he or she pledges to do about an issue if elected.

Answer 18

retrospective judgement

Question 19

People who tend to participate in all forms of politics.

Answer 19

activists