1. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Chapter 4 Political Culture and Ideology Vocabulary

2. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test A term used by political scientists to refer to the widely shared beliefs, values, and norms citizens hold about their relationship to government and to one another.

3. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Political Culture

4. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The right to vote is referred to as this term

5. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Suffrage

6. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The idea of people coming together, listening to each other, exchanging ideas, learning to appreciate differences, defending their opinions is sometimes called “deliberation” and builds what has been called this term.

7. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Social Capital

8. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test This term refers to a complex set of ideas that holds that the U.S. is a land of opportunity where individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success.

9. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The American Dream

10. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test This term refers to a consistent pattern of ideas or beliefs about political values and the role of government.

11. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Political Ideology

12. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test This refers to a belief that government can bring about justice and equality of opportunity.

13. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Liberalism

14. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test This refers to the belief in private property rights and free enterprise as the cardinal rule for the economy and society. Idea is to enhance individual freedom by keeping government small.

15. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Conservatism

16. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test A political ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on sharply limited government. This group opposes all government programs and favors massive cuts in government spending.

17. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Libertarianism

18. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Chapter 5 The American Political Landscape (Demographics) Vocabulary

19. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Refers to the idea that most people are incapable of expressing opinions that differ much from the prejudices of their social upbringing.

20. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Ethnocentrism

21. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The process by which parents and others teach children about political values, beliefs, and attitudes.

22. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Political Socialization

23. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test A term used when political scientists look at who we are in terms of age, education, religion, and occupation affect how we vote.

24. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Demographics

25. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test When social and economic differences reinforce each other causing a political conflict to be more intense and society more polarized.

26. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Reinforcing Cleavages

27. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The term that refers to when a nation’s differences pull people in different directions causing people to have multiple allegiances that lessen political conflict.

28. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Cross-Cutting Cleavages

29. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test A social division based on national origin, religion, and language, often within the same race, and includes a sense of attachment to that group.

30. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Ethnicity

31. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Evangelical Christians are sometimes called by this name and are an important force in the Republican Party.

32. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Fundamentalists

33. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test This term refers to a persistent difference between men and women in voting and in attitudes on important issues.

34. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Gender Gap

35. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test A term used to describe a division of the population based on occupation, income and education.

36. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Socioeconomic Status (SES)

37. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Chapter 8 Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting Vocabulary

38. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The distribution of individual preferences for a given issue, candidate, or institution within a specific population.

39. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Public Opinion

40. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test When taking public opinion polls, a relatively small number of people are polled and used to represent the opinions of a larger population. Every individual in the group has a known and equal chance of being selected.

41. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Random Sampling

42. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The degree to which people feel strongly about their opinions.

43. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Intensity

44. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Describes the political opinions people may hold but have not fully expressed.

45. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Latency

46. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test When an event causes people to crystallize their position on a certain topic such as the need for homeland security after the 9/11 bombing, the opinion is called this.

47. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Manifest Opinion

48. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test This measures the extent to which people believe issues are relevant to them.

49. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Salience

50. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test A process that refers to the idea that people pick (select) and choose to watch the media with which they agree.

51. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Selective Exposure

52. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The type of election where you actually vote for the candidate for office.

53. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test General Election

54. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test An election in which people vote for who will be the party’s nominee for office.

55. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Primary

56. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The term used for elections when the president is on the ballot.

57. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Presidential Election

58. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Elections held midway between presidential elections are called

59. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Midterm Elections

60. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test The proportion of voting-age public that votes and is usually higher in general elections than in primary elections. This turn refers to the number of people voting.

61. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Voter Turnout

62. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Our sense of identification or affiliation with a political party. It often predicts a person’s stand on issues.

63. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Party Identification

64. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Party Identification is the first explanation of our voting choices. The second relies on candidate-centered politics and is based on a __________ ________.

65. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Candidate’s Appeal

66. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Voting on the basis of a candidate’s stance on the issues is called

67. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Prospective Issue Voting

68. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Voting based on holding incumbents, usually the president’s party, responsible for past performance on issues, such as the economy or foreign policy is called

69. Unit 2 Vocabulary Review for Test Retrospective Issue Voting