FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV - UNIT 2 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV - UNIT 2 EXAM

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Question 1: libertarianism

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An extreme laissez-faire political philosophy advocating only minimal state intervention in the lives of citizens

Question 2: demography

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the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations

Question 3: political efficacy

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the amount of influence a population feels it has on government

Question 4: popular sovereignty

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people's rule

Question 5: liberalism

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advocates freedom of individual, social equality, strong central government

Question 6: gender gap

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The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women

Question 7: suffrage

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right to vote

Question 8: gross domestic product (GDP)

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The total output of all economic activity in the nation, including goods and services

Question 9: democratic consensus

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Application of consensus decision-making to the process of legislation in a democracy. ... Consensus democracy also features increased citizen participation both in determining the political agenda and in the decision-making process itself

Question 10: ethnocentrism

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attitude that one's own group is superior

Question 11: manifest destiny

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A notion held by nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Question 12: natural rights

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Life, liberty and property (Locke)

Question 13: conservatism

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advocates traditional values , smaller central government

Question 14: honey badger

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Question 15: american dream

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The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative

Question 16: reinforcing cleavages

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Divisions within society that reinforce one another, making groups more homogeneous or similar.

Question 17: socialism

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advocates that production, distribution, and exchange should be owned/regulated by the community as a whole (classless society)

Question 18: anarchism

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no one in charge, no leadership position, no organized government, no laws

Question 19: political ideology

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set of beliefs a person follows to form their political identity

Question 20: fundamentalists

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A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion

Question 21: race

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A grouping of human beings with distinctive characteristics determined by genetic inheritance

Question 22: nationalism

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Love for your country

Question 23: political culture

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set of attitudes and practices held by a people that shapes their political behavior

Question 24: socioeconomic status

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A division of population based on occupation, income, and education

Question 25: destiny's child

Answer:

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Question 26: majority rule

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When you have a majority in power

Question 27: cross-cutting cleavages

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Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous or different

Question 28: political predisposition

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A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior