Chapter 6 Government Vocabulary

The science of human population

A valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. Happens every 10 years

The mixing of cultures, ideas, and peples that has changed the American nation. America called this

The emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a white, generally Anglo Saxon majoirty.

An overall set of values widely shared within a society

The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census

Dawson- "The process through which an individual acquires his particular politcal orientations

A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole

Equal probabilty of being selected for the sample

Coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose. gives meaning to political events, personalities, and policies

Used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey

Regular pattern by which women are more likely to support Democrats. Women tend to be less conservative,more likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military spending