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Final Jeopardy

2. Political Parties for $100
A group that tries to control government by winning elections and holding public office

3. Political Parties for $100
What is a Political Party?

4. Political Parties for $200 The date set by Congress for holding national and Congressional elections

5. Political Parties for $200
What is the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year?

6. Political Parties for $300
The many goals that a government pursues 

7. Political Parties for $300
What is public policy?

8. Political Parties for $400
Opposing viewpoints about the Constitution led to conflicts which created this type of American political system.

9. Political Parties for $400
What is the two-party system?

10. Political Parties for $500
The political system, found in many countries, which is composed of several parties supporting different special interests.

11. Political Parties for $500
What is a
multi-party system?

12. Voting and Voters for $100
A _____ is an organization of workers who work in the same job or industry.

13. Voting and Voters for $100
What is a labor union?

14. Voting and Voters for $200
All of the following have been used to keep African Americans from voting EXCEPT
poll taxes.
literacy tests.
federal court orders.
d. threats and social pressures.

15. Voting and Voters for $200
What is
c. a federal court order?

16. The difference between moderate and independent
Voting and Voters for $300
The difference between moderate and independent

17. Voting and Voters for $300
What is
Independent – no affiliation with a political party (independents are weak party voters)
Moderate – political ideology is in the middle or not strongly conservative or liberal?

18. A person’s beliefs about life, culture, and so on.
Voting and Voters for $400
A person’s beliefs about life, culture, and so on.

19. Voting and Voters for $400
What is ideology?

20. Voting and Voters for $500
ALL states require these three qualifications in order to vote in state and national elections.

21. Voting and Voters for $500 What are: U.S. citizen
A resident of the state holding the election
3. At least 18 years old

22. Elections for $100
Campaigns and interest groups are most effective when they rally ___________ support (meaning “of or from the people”)

23. Elections for $100
What is grass roots?

24. Elections for $200
An election, or selection process, where only declared party members may vote.

25. What is a Closed Primary?
Elections for $200
What is a Closed Primary?

26. Elections for $300
These political extensions of special interest groups donate large amounts of money to political campaigns

27. Elections for $300
What are PACs.

28. Elections for $400
Money given to party organizations for “party-building activities” that is not limited and does not have to be reported

29. Elections for $400
What is soft money?

30. The smallest geographic unit for conducting an election.
Elections for $500
The smallest geographic unit for conducting an election.

31. Elections for $500
What is a precinct?

32. Public Opinion for $100
A representative slice of a chosen universe in which members are equally likely to be picked.

33. Public Opinion for $100
What is a random sample?

34. This step comes FIRST when conducting a scientific poll.
Public Opinion for $200
This step comes FIRST when conducting a scientific poll.

35. What is defining the universe?
Public Opinion for $200
What is defining the universe?

36. Public Opinion for $300
The process by which people formulate their political attitudes and opinions.

37. political socialization?
Public Opinion for $300
What is
political socialization?

38. Means of communication that reach many people simultaneously.
Public Opinion for $400
Means of communication that reach many people simultaneously.

39. Public Opinion for $400
What is mass media?

40. This form of mass media has had the most impact on American politics.
Public Opinion for $500
This form of mass media has had the most impact on American politics.

41. Public Opinion for $500
What is television?

42. Interest groups for $100
These organizations that attempt to shape public policy claim to work for “the public good.”

43. What are public-interest groups?
Interest groups for $100
What are public-interest groups?

44. Interest groups for $200
A technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create certain beliefs.

45. Interest groups for $200
What is propaganda?

46. Interest groups for $300
Most interest groups are formed on the basis of . . .

47. What are economic interests?
Interest groups for $300
What are economic interests?

48. Interest groups for $400
This type of group concentrates on electing or defeating candidates based on one issue .

49. What are single-interest groups?
Interest groups for $400
What are single-interest groups?

50. How interest groups try to influence government
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How interest groups try to influence government

51. Interest groups for $500
What is
lobbying?

52. Exist in nearly all dictatorships today
Final Jeopardy -
System of Government-
Exist in nearly all dictatorships today

53. You got a problem with that?
Final Jeopardy Answer
What is a one-party system?
You got a problem with that?