FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT UNIT 4 AP GOV EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT UNIT 4 AP GOV EXAM

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Question 1: party ideology

Answer:

a party's philosophy about the proper role of government and its set of positions on major issues

Question 2: tracking poll

Answer:

a survey determining the level of support for a candidate or an issue throughout a campaign

Question 3: sampling error

Answer:

a margin of error in a poll, which usually is calculated to plus or minus three percentage points

Question 4: laissez-faire/free enterprise

Answer:

an economic system in which government intrudes as little as possible in the economic transactions among citizens and businesses

Question 5: liberalism

Answer:

an ideology favoring less government control over social behavior and more greater regulation of businesses and of the economy

Question 6: representative sample

Answer:

a sample that reflects the demographics of the population

Question 7: rule of law

Answer:

the principle that no one, including public officials, is above the law

Question 8: entrance survey

Answer:

a poll conducted of people coming to an event

Question 9: medicaid

Answer:

a federal program that provides health care for the poor

Question 10: political ideology

Answer:

a set of beliefs about the desired goals and outcomes of a process of governance

Question 11: fiscal policy

Answer:

government use of taxes and spending to attempt to lower unemployment, support economic growth, and stabilize the economy

Question 12: question ordering

Answer:

the sequencing of questions in public opinion polls

Question 13: focus group

Answer:

a small group of individuals assembled for a conversation about specific issues

Question 14: right

Answer:

something guaranteed, that the government cannot take away

Question 15: public opinion

Answer:

the sum of individual attitudes about government, policies, and issues.

Question 16: mass survey

Answer:

a survey designed to measure the opinions of the population, usually consisting of 1,500 responses.

Question 17: benchmark poll

Answer:

a survey taken at the beginning of a political campaign in order to gauge support for a candidate and determine which issues are important to voters

Question 18: federal reserve system

Answer:

a board of governors, Federal reserve Banks, and member banks responsible for monetary policy

Question 19: random digit dialing

Answer:

the use of telephone numbers randomly generated by computer to select potential survey respondents

Question 20: globalization

Answer:

the increasing interconnections of people, businesses, and countries throughout the world

Question 21: unemployment rate

Answer:

the percentage of people actively looking for work who cannot find jobs

Question 22: party identification

Answer:

an individual's attachment to a political party

Question 23: monetary policy

Answer:

a set of economic policy tools designed to regulate the amount of money in the economy

Question 24: weighting

Answer:

a procedure in which the survey is adjusted according to the demographics of the larger population

Question 25: political ideology

Answer:

an individual's coherent set of beliefs about government and politics

Question 26: conservatism

Answer:

an ideology favoring more control of social behavior, fewer regulations on businesses, and less government interference in the economy

Question 27: laissez-faire economy

Answer:

economic policy in which governments intrude as little as possible in the economic transactions between citizens and businesses

Question 28: scentific poll

Answer:

a representative poll of randomly selected respondents with a statistically significant sample size, using neutral language