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: Voting

Answer:

Choosing a candidate to hold office-concrete, no margin of error

Question 2: Reinforcing Cleavages(Demographics)

Answer:

Demographic trends that create DIVISION within a society(income)

Question 3: Stratified Sampling

Answer:

Key variables covered(race, gender, income, education) are evenly distributed based on population

Question 4: Supply Side Economics

Answer:

Government should stimulate the economy during times of recession with lower taxes, less regulation, and lower interest rates

Question 5: Attentive Public

Answer:

People who pay attention to government very closely and will always show up to vote

Question 6: Margin of Error

Answer:

• or - 3% in random sampling/scientific polling results

Question 7: Tracking Polling

Answer:

Polls to track how a candidate is doing over the course of an election

Question 8: Polling

Answer:

When pollsters ask small groups of Americans their opinions on political issues or candidates in order to get data to predict elections

Question 9: Internal Efficacy

Answer:

Your willingness to participate in government

Question 10: Life Cycle Events

Answer:

Events that are likely to happen in your life that can affect your political ideals(ex: marriage, getting a job)

Question 11: Horserace Journalism

Answer:

Reporting that focuses only on polling reults and how good/bad a candidate is doing and not on relevant policy issues

Question 12: Issue Public

Answer:

Small motivated political groups that are more powerful than large inactive groups

Question 13: Random Sampling/Scientific Polling

Answer:

Randomly picking 1200-1500 people and polling them about candidates-uses stratified sample to be the most accurate

Question 14: Laissez-Faire Economics

Answer:

Government should take no action during an economic crisis, the economy will fix itself-conservative approach

Question 15: Keynesian Economics

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Governments give people mony to get them to spend it-liberal approach of a very hands-on government in the economy

Question 16: External Efficacy

Answer:

How you feel about your government's ability to help, change, or improve your life

Question 17: Straw Polls

Answer:

Polls taken about a specific policy issue after an event that has to do with that policy issue-least reliable and depends on people's emotions and biases

Question 18: 5 Core American Values

Answer:

Individualism, Equality of Opportunity, Free Enterprise, Rule of Law, Limited Government

Question 19: Entrance/Exit Polls

Answer:

Polls taken from evry 10th or so person leaving the polling booth for an election-are most often used by news outlets to report on elections

Question 20: Democrat Fiscal Policy

Answer:

Democrats tend to support increased spending for things like environment

Question 21: Political Socialization Biggest Impactor

Answer:

Family

Question 22: Iowa Straw Poll

Answer:

Polls taken before the Iowa Caucus-not accurate or consistent

Question 23: Latency

Answer:

Public opinion that exists as a potential. Issues that have a possibility of being embraced suddenly by

large numbers because of an event(ex:scandals, attcks on national security)

Question 24: How Monetary Policy is Influenced

Answer:

The Federal Reserve influences the economy by manipulating supplies of money, credit, and altering interest rates

Question 25: Intensity

Answer:

How strongly people feel about an issue

Question 26: Political Socialization

Answer:

The process by which we develop our political attitudes, values and beliefs

Question 27: Generational Events

Answer:

Events that happen once and affect a whole generation that impacted their political ideals