Civics Parts 4-6
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- Q1A political party supports this during an election:CompromisePublic PolicyPlatformThird Party30s
- Q2Third parties usually impact government by:Providing support and logistics to the two major government partiesIdentifying issues of concern that may be ignored by the two major partiesRaising additional funding for a major party candidate and skirting public campaign finance lawsElecting large numbers of politicians30s
- Q3What word best describes someone who is to the right on the political ideology spectrum?ConservativeModerateLiberalRadical30s
- Q4What term best describes a “Middle of the Road” political ideology?ConservativeModerateRadicalLiberal30s
- Q5Which normally describes the political party system in the United States?Two-PartyRepublic of partiesMulti-partyCoalition of parties30s
- Q6In 2003, California citizens passed a ballot initiative to remove Governor Gray Davis from office. This is an example of which type of election?PartisanPrimaryRecallGeneral30s
- Q7Characterizing a candidate as a “person of questionable character who is in the pocket of special interests” would be an example of what kind of propaganda?Name-callingCard stackingGlittering generalitiesTransfer30s
- Q8What is a right of citizenship that states governments can deny a convicted criminal?CitizenshipCourt appealRight to attorneyVoting30s
- Q9During the summer of a presidential year, party delegates from across the United States take part in an event where they gather together. What is the name of this event?National RallyNational RallyNational ConventionNational Campaign30s
- Q10How is the number of electoral voters allotted to each state?It is based on the total number of a state’s United States Senators and RepresentativesThere is a fixed number, as established in Article I of the United States ConstitutionIt is based the total number of a state’s population, according to the most recent censusIt is based on the total number of registered voters in a state30s
- Q11Which of the following has never been a factor in determining whether an American citizen has a right to vote?ReligionSexRaceAge30s
- Q12Winning an election is a two step process. First, candidates must be ______________, and then they must run a ______________ to convince voters to select them.Registered; ballotNominated; campaignAssessed; testCampaigned; election30s
- Q13An election between candidates from opposing parties for the purpose of choosing one of them to hold a public office is called what?Recall electionRun-off electionPrimary electionGeneral election30s
- Q14Which of the following statements BEST describes how the President of the United States is elected?Whichever candidate wins the majority of debates winsWhichever candidate gets the most votes nationwide winsWhichever candidate wins a majority vote in the most states winsWhichever candidate earns a majority of electoral votes wins30s
- Q15What would most likely happen if there were no laws against slander or libel?Politicians would attack each other verbally and more oftenPoliticians would likely make more false and malicious charges against one anotherPoliticians would tell the truth about each other more oftenPoliticians would behave more civilly30s