AP United States Government!& Politics
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _________________
AP United States Government!& Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion Directions: Simply identify and describe the important terms, places, events, and people listed below. Public Opinion and Democracy public opinion
James Madison
According to the results from a “U.S. Citizenship Test” administered by Newsweek magazine, only __________ of the test takers knew that the U.S. House of Representatives had 435 members. a. 75 percent b. 25 percent c. 14 percent d. 4 percent e. 48 percent The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution lists all of the following goals of government EXCEPT a. union. b. justice. c. liberty. d. democracy. e. tranquility.
What is Public Opinion? Monetary Control Bill
poll
random sample
sampling error
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
exit polls
opinion saliency
opinion-policy congruence
political socialization
elite
One reason that public policy often differs from public opinion is that a. the U.S. Constitution places many checks on the influence of public opinion. b. public opinion polling tends to express the opinions of a political elite. c. public opinion is easy to gauge, whereas the effectiveness of public policy is not. d. public opinion tends to change much more slowly than public policy. e. public opinion is rarely informed at the beginning of the policymaking process. Through a process called __________, the pollster makes a list of all the geographical units in the country and groups them by size of their population. a. stratified or multistage sampling b. bifurcated sampling c. snowball sampling d. convenience sampling e. split sampling Political Socialization parental socialization
partisan
“red-diaper babies”
gender gap AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
Nineteenth Amendment
When researchers compare how identical twins (who are genetically the same) think about politics with how fraternal twins (who share only half of their genes) think about politics, they found a. that both groups held similar political opinions. b. fraternal twins held similar political opinions to one another, compared to identical twins. c. identical twins are much more likely to have similar political views than fraternal twins. d. the partisan view of the parents make up more than genes. e. None of the above is true. Today, adults under 30 differ markedly from senior citizens (persons age 65 and older) in their opinions on a. social change. b. religiosity. c. immigration. d. civic engagement. e. All of the above are true. Cleavages in Public Opinion crosscutting cleavages
V.O. Key, Jr.
AfricanAmericans
CubanAmericans
regional differences
Most blue-collar workers in the United States think of themselves as a. working-class. b. lower-class. c. middle-class. d. upper-class. e. elites. AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
Political Ideology political ideology don’t know/middle ground typology
political elites
When an individual’s views are consistently conservative or liberal, we say that person is ideologically a. tuned. b. constrained. c. aligned. d. placed. e. sealed. Political Elites, Public Opinion, & Policy John Zaller
norm
pluralist
Which of the following statements about the opinions of political elites is correct? a. They may shape economic policies, but they do not define economic problems. b. They may shape foreign affairs policies, but they do not define foreign affairs problems. c. They both define the problems and shape the policies on social issues such as crime and drugs. d. They tend to reflect the views of a single, unified elite. e. They tend to reflect the views of middle America.
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
AP United States Government!& Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion Directions: Simply identify and describe the important terms, places, events, and people listed below. Public Opinion and Democracy public opinion
James Madison
According to the results from a “U.S. Citizenship Test” administered by Newsweek magazine, only __________ of the test takers knew that the U.S. House of Representatives had 435 members. a. 75 percent b. 25 percent c. 14 percent d. 4 percent e. 48 percent The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution lists all of the following goals of government EXCEPT a. union. b. justice. c. liberty. d. democracy. e. tranquility.
What is Public Opinion? Monetary Control Bill
poll
random sample
sampling error
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
exit polls
opinion saliency
opinion-policy congruence
political socialization
elite
One reason that public policy often differs from public opinion is that a. the U.S. Constitution places many checks on the influence of public opinion. b. public opinion polling tends to express the opinions of a political elite. c. public opinion is easy to gauge, whereas the effectiveness of public policy is not. d. public opinion tends to change much more slowly than public policy. e. public opinion is rarely informed at the beginning of the policymaking process. Through a process called __________, the pollster makes a list of all the geographical units in the country and groups them by size of their population. a. stratified or multistage sampling b. bifurcated sampling c. snowball sampling d. convenience sampling e. split sampling Political Socialization parental socialization
partisan
“red-diaper babies”
gender gap AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
Nineteenth Amendment
When researchers compare how identical twins (who are genetically the same) think about politics with how fraternal twins (who share only half of their genes) think about politics, they found a. that both groups held similar political opinions. b. fraternal twins held similar political opinions to one another, compared to identical twins. c. identical twins are much more likely to have similar political views than fraternal twins. d. the partisan view of the parents make up more than genes. e. None of the above is true. Today, adults under 30 differ markedly from senior citizens (persons age 65 and older) in their opinions on a. social change. b. religiosity. c. immigration. d. civic engagement. e. All of the above are true. Cleavages in Public Opinion crosscutting cleavages
V.O. Key, Jr.
AfricanAmericans
CubanAmericans
regional differences
Most blue-collar workers in the United States think of themselves as a. working-class. b. lower-class. c. middle-class. d. upper-class. e. elites. AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
Political Ideology political ideology don’t know/middle ground typology
political elites
When an individual’s views are consistently conservative or liberal, we say that person is ideologically a. tuned. b. constrained. c. aligned. d. placed. e. sealed. Political Elites, Public Opinion, & Policy John Zaller
norm
pluralist
Which of the following statements about the opinions of political elites is correct? a. They may shape economic policies, but they do not define economic problems. b. They may shape foreign affairs policies, but they do not define foreign affairs problems. c. They both define the problems and shape the policies on social issues such as crime and drugs. d. They tend to reflect the views of a single, unified elite. e. They tend to reflect the views of middle America.
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 7: Public Opinion
