50. The statements of a Libertarian voter that the government
should not regulate social choices of adults and that the free
market is a better supplier of goods and services than a
centralized government are representative of his or her what?
a. intensity
b. latency
c. ideology
d. salience
Topic: Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Government
Learning Objective: LO 7.3: Compare and contrast political
ideologies and evaluate the critiques of each ideology.
Page Reference: 200, 202
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
51. How does contemporary liberalism difer from classical
liberalism?
a. Contemporary liberals place greater emphasis on
individualism.
b. Unlike classical liberals, contemporary liberals believe that
government intervention in the economy is necessary.
c. Contemporary liberals focus more on morality and lifestyle.
d. Unlike classical liberals, contemporary liberals favor limited
government involvement in foreign afairs.
Topic: Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Government
Learning Objective: LO 7.3: Compare and contrast political
ideologies and evaluate the critiques of each ideology.
Page Reference: 203 – 204
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
52. A country that has complete state ownership of property, no
relevant property rights, and does not allow for political
opposition or voter choice has which type of political system?
a. socialist
b. fascist
c. communist
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d. oligarchy
Topic: Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Government
Learning Objective: LO 7.3: Compare and contrast political
ideologies and evaluate the critiques of each ideology.
Page Reference: 206
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
53. Which of the following is an advantage of open-ended questions
in public opinion polls?
a. They allow respondents to express their views more clearly.
b. They are easier to interpret and analyze than other types of
questions.
c. They reduce the margin of error in public opinion polls.
d. They allow survey researchers to increase their sample sizes.
Topic: Public Opinion: Taking the Pulse of the People
Learning Objective: LO 7.2: Describe the key dimensions of
public opinion, how public opinion is measured, and the
relationship between public opinion and public policy.
Page Reference: 200
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
54. Protest is a form of political participation, including Rosa
Parks’s civil disobedience, Tea Party demonstrations, and
Occupy Wall Street marches. In extreme cases, people may feel
so strongly about an issue that they would rather ight than
accept the verdict of an election. The most extreme example
from American history of voters rejecting the outcome of an
election is which of the following?
a. Jim Crow laws
b. the civil rights movement
c. Vietnam protests
d. the American Civil War
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
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Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 208
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
55. Of the following, which is more closely associated with social
capital?
a. attitudes
b. awareness
c. interests
d. networks
Topic: Forming Political Opinions and Values
Learning Objective: LO 7.1: Identify the forces that create and
shape individuals’ political attitudes.
Page Reference: 197
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
56. Which type of survey question is best formulated to address
concerns about errors in public opinion polling resulting from
diiculty in measuring intensity?
a. yes-or-no questions
b. approve-or-disapprove questions
c. scale questions
d. close-ended questions
Topic: Public Opinion: Taking the Pulse of the People
Learning Objective: LO 7.2: Describe the key dimensions of
public opinion, how public opinion is measured, and the
relationship between public opinion and public policy.
Page Reference: 200
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
57. In what way do libertarians and conservatives difer?
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a. Unlike conservatives, libertarians favor government
regulation of the inancial markets.
b. Unlike conservatives, libertarians oppose restrictions on illicit
drugs.
c. Unlike libertarians, conservatives favor deregulation.
d. Unlike libertarians, conservatives cherish individual liberties.
Topic: Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Government
Learning Objective: LO 7.3: Compare and contrast political
ideologies and evaluate the critiques of each ideology.
Page Reference: 207
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
58. Why are some people opposed to vote-by-mail?
a. They believe that vote-by-mail alters the turnout in
presidential general elections.
b. They believe that vote-by-mail is subject to potential fraud.
c. They believe that Independents unfairly beneit from the
practice of voting by mail.
d. They believe that vote-by-mail makes it easier for states to
purge voters from the rolls.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 212
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
59. Race and ethnic background are linked with diferent levels of
voting, largely because they correlate with what third factor?
a. education
b. political ideology
c. salience
d. voter awareness
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Topic: Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 214
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
60. Although as a group, African Americans vote at lower rates than
white Americans, when are African Americans likely to vote at
the same rate as Caucasians?
a. when they are part of two-earner families
b. when their income levels mirror those of white Americans
c. when they have college degrees
d. when they live in geographic zones other than the Deep South
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 214
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
True–False Questions
61. Social conservatives focus less on economics and more on
morality and lifestyle.
Topic: Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Government
Learning Objective: LO 7.3: Compare and contrast political
ideologies and evaluate the critiques of each ideology.
Page Reference: 205
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
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62. Socialism is the belief that the state owns property in common
for all people and a single political party that represents the
working classes controls the government.
Topic: Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Government
Learning Objective: LO 7.3: Compare and contrast political
ideologies and evaluate the critiques of each ideology.
Page Reference: 206
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
63. The National Voter Registration Act allows people to register to
vote while applying for or renewing a driver’s license.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinion into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 211
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
64. Random sampling is a technique that can eliminate the margin
of error in public opinion polls.
Topic: Public Opinion: Taking the Pulse of the People
Learning Objective: LO 7.2: Describe the key dimensions of
public opinion, how public opinion is measured, and the
relationship between public opinion and public policy.
Page Reference: 198 – 199
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
65. As people get older, they are less likely to vote.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
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Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 215
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
66. Most political scientists agree that issues, though important,
have less inluence on how people vote than does party
identiication or candidate appeal.
Topic: Voting Choices
Learning Objective: LO 7.5: Analyze why people vote the way
they do in elections.
Page Reference: 220
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
67. Every state has some kind of voter registration rules.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinion into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 211
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
68. Oregon is the only state to have switched to vote-by-mail as its
means to conduct elections and has sufered lower voter turnout
because of it.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinion into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 212
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
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69. Political socialization is a process that continues throughout our
lives.
Topic: Forming Political Opinions and Values
Learning Objective: LO 7.1: Identify the forces that create and
shape individuals’ political attitudes.
Page Reference: 194
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
70. When a substantial percentage of a sample selected to give
opinions on an issue agrees on that issue, researchers say that
there is a polarization of opinion.
Topic: Public Opinion: Taking the Pulse of the People
Learning Objective: LO 7.2: Describe the key dimensions of
public opinion, how public opinion is measured, and the
relationship between public opinion and public policy.
Page Reference: 200
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
71. In a state where the level of education is higher than the
national average, voter turnout will be lower than the national
average.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinion into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 214
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
72. Retrospective voting is more common than prospective voting.
Topic: Voting Choices
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Learning Objective: LO 7.5: Analyze why people vote the way
they do in elections.
Page Reference: 220 – 221
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
73. Intensity of public opinion refers to the degree to which people
feel strongly about their opinions.
Topic: Public Opinion: Taking the Pulse of the People`
Learning Objective: LO 7.2: Describe the key dimensions of
public opinion, how public opinion is measured, and the
relationship between public opinion and public policy.
Page Reference: 200
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
74. As a retrospective issue voter, you are likely to vote against
incumbents during a bad economy.
Topic: Voting Choices
Learning Objective: LO 7.5: Analyze why people vote the way
they do in elections.
Page Reference: 220 – 221
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
Fill–in–the–Blank Questions
75. When people come together, listen to each other, exchange
ideas, and learn to appreciate each other’s diferences, they are
engaging in __________.
Topic: Forming Political Opinions and Values
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Learning Objective: LO 7.1: Identify the forces that create and
shape individuals’ political attitudes.
Page Reference: 197
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
76. The Twenty-Fourth Amendment prohibited the use of
____________ in federal elections.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 210
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
77. The electoral process during which voters replace members of
the House of Representatives who have died or left oice is
called a(n) _______________.
Topic: Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
Learning Objective: LO 7.4: Identify forms of political
participation, and assess the efect on voter turnout of
demographic, legal, and electioneering factors.
Page Reference: 213
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
78. A common element of political socialization in most cultures is
__________, a consciousness of the nation-state and of belonging
to it.
Topic: Forming Political Opinions and Values
Learning Objective: LO 7.1: Identify the forces that create and
shape individuals’ political attitudes.
Page Reference: 194
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
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