Chapter 6 Quiz Rippee 1st
- 1.Demography refers to
- A.
The science of population changes
- B.
The science of public opinion
- C.
The science of democracy
- D.
The U.S. census planning process
- E.
Constitutional rules governing reapportionment of Congress
- 2.Most Americans learn about government and politics through
- A.
An informal learning process
- B.
High school civics courses
- C.
University political science classes
- D.
Direct explanation from their parents
- E.
Newspapers
- 3.The _________ refers to the emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with White, generally Anglo-Saxon majority
- A.
Minority majority
- B.
Melting pot
- C.
Immigrant population
- D.
Population explosion
- E.
Majority minority
- 4.Reapportionment
- A.
Can dramatically shift political power between the regions
- B.
Affects how much federal aid population groups can receive
- C.
Changes the states’ number of representatives in the United States Senate
- D.
Has most recently increased congressional representation for New England
- E.
Rarely occurs
- 5.As one becomes more socialized with age, one’s political orientations
- A.
Become less important
- B.
Change as one’s position in the aging order changes their life conditions
- C.
Grow firmer
- D.
Lack commitment
- E.
Fluctuate more
- 6.The key to the accuracy of public opinion polls is
- A.
Political ideology
- B.
Polygraphs
- C.
Sampling error
- D.
The larger the size of the sample, the better
- E.
Random sampling
- 7.The procedure for conducting ____________ includes randomly selected voting places around the country and asking every tenth person how they voted.
- A.
Absentee balloting
- B.
A referendum
- C.
Preventing voting fraud
- D.
Reapportionment
- E.
An exit poll
- 8.A political ideology is
- A.
The process through which an individual acquires his or her political skills
- B.
A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen as representative of the whole
- C.
The distribution of the population’s beliefs about politics and policy issues
- D.
The set of courses that a political science student must complete to attain a degree
- E.
A coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
- 9.Conservatives would tend to favor each of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Affirmative action
- B.
Low taxes
- C.
Increased military spending
- D.
Free-market solutions
- E.
The right to life
- 10.According to the classic study, The American Voter, done in the 1950s, most Americans fell into the category of
- A.
Group benefits voters
- B.
Ideologues
- C.
No-issue-content voters
- D.
Anti-ideologues
- E.
Nature-of-the-times voters
- 11.Which of the following is TRUE in regard to the voting habits of African Americans and Hispanic Americans?
- A.
They have always voted about as much as whites despite legal barriers
- B.
The gap between their voter turnout and that of whites has widened considerably over the past thirty years
- C.
Members of these groups are less likely to vote the higher their income
- D.
Members of these groups are more likely to vote than whites of the same income level
- E.
None of the above
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