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AP GOV Section 4 TEST
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12th Grade
10/03/2013
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1)Political Culture

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1)"the set of attitudes, beliefs and sentiments that give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system".
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2)Civil duty
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1)       the feeling that one ought to do one's share in community affairs, irrespective of concrete rewards
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3)Civic competence
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3)the belief that one can affect government policies
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4)Political efficacy
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4)a citizen's capacity to understand and influence political events
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5)Internal efficacy
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5)the confidence in one's own ability to understand and take part in political affairs
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6)External efficacy
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6)the belief that the system will respond to what citizens do
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7)Class consciousness
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7)the awareness of belonging to a particular socioeconmic group whose interests are different from those of others
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8)Activists
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8)efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change, or stasis.
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9)Public opinion
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9)collection of opinions of many different people and the sum of all their views
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10)Poll
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10)the process of voting in an election
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11)Random sample
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11)the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected
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12)Sampling/margin of 

error

 
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12)statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results.
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13)Exit polls
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13)a poll of people leaving a polling place, asking how they voted.
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14)Political socialization
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14)Political socialization is a concept concerning the “study of the developmental processes by which children and adolescents acquire political cognition, attitudes and behaviors”
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15)Gender gap
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15)the discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women.
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16)Political ideology
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16)a relatively consistent set of views of the policies governemnt ought to pursue
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17)Conservative
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17)holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.
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18)Liberal
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18)open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
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19)      Political elites

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19)is a small group of people who control a disproportionate amount of wealth or political power
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20)Voting age population
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20)refers to the set of individuals that have reached the minimum voting age for a particular geography or political unit
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21)      Voter registration

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21)is the requirement in some democracies for citizens and residents to check in with some central registry specifically for the purpose of being allowed to vote in elections.
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22)Literacy test
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22)an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in thearmed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and write.
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23)Poll tax
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23)a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
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24)Grandfather clause
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24)a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
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