Last wuiz

Question 1

citizenship

Answer 1

The status of being a citizen a person by birth or naturalization enjoy certain rights and certain duties in a nationstate

Question 2

lawful permanent resident

Answer 2

an immigrant who is legally authorized to live and work in the US permanently

Question 3

undocumented immigrant

Answer 3

someone coming to the us to live and doesn’t have legal papers

Question 4

naturalization

Answer 4

a non citizen by both can become a citizen

Question 5

ideology

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a basic set of political beliefs about the roles of the government and individuals in society

Question 6

liberalism

Answer 6

favors an active role for government in efforts to solve society’s problems

Question 7

civil society

Answer 7

associations and other voluntary groups that form a middle layer between the government and families. includes groups that people join because of family, faith, interests, or ideology

Question 8

14th amendment

Answer 8

all persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens

Question 9

political party

Answer 9

an organization that seeks to achieve power by electing its members to public office

Question 10

interest group

Answer 10

any organized group whose meme era share a common good and try to promise their interests by influencing government policy making and decision making

Question 11

platform

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a political party’s statement of principles and objectives. the specific objectives or legislative proposals in a platform are known as planks

Question 12

two party system

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a system in which two parties dominate the electoral process and control the government

Question 13

plauralism

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the idea that political power should be distributed and shared among the various groups in society

Question 14

lobbying

Answer 14

an organized effort to influence the policy making process by persuading officials to favor or oppose action on an issue

Question 15

public policy

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a plan to achieve a goal

Question 16

public opinion

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the sum of many individual opinions beliefs of attitudes about a person or issue

Question 17

political socialization

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the process by which people form political views. starts with parents

Question 18

opinion poll

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mass survey to measure public opinions

Question 19

margin of error

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accuracy of opinion poll. the smaller the better

Question 20

mass media

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means of communication that reach a large audience.

Question 21

media bias

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real or imagined prejudice that is thought to effect what stories journalists cover and how they report

Question 22

plurality

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the largest number of votes in an election. in elections with more than two candidates the winner by plurality may win less than 50%

Question 23

primary election

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voters vote/ choose candidates

Question 24

general election

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voters choose into office

Question 25

caucus

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party members meeting to determine nominees

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party base

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activists who embrace core values (ex: lea martyn)

Question 27

stump speech

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things candidates say over and over again

Question 28

coattail speech

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influence a popular politician may have on voters that makes voters choose from their party