Exam 2- Political Science Textbook review questions

Chapters 5, 6, 7 & 9

Writing to an elected official is a form of

political participation

Political participation is related to self-government because:

without self-government, there can be no meaningful political participation

Voting is an important type of political participation because

it is the primary way that people express their will

In the US, voter turnout has:

Dropped and then risen slowly over time since World War

True or false: Voting rates are higher in the Untied States than in most democratic industrialized countries, including Sweden and South Korea

False

Which groups are most likely to vote in a US election?

Whites, the wealthy, and the most educated

Voter ID laws can be a form of___

Voter suppression

Individual-level ways to participate in politics other than voting include

Both A & B

Which of the following cannot be considered a group-level form of political participation?

Phoning your elected official

Social capital encourages political participation because:

It reinforces social bonds and networks

Public opinion can be defined as:

The aggregate views of the public that they are willing to express openly

Which of these is a type of public opinion

All of the above

Which of the following has not been shown to affect an individual’s political opinion?

Diet

Which of the following is a method of public opinion polling?

Statistical sampling

Interviewer Bias is when:

Individual characteristics of the interviewer affect a person’s survey response

Social desirability bias is when:

People respond to surveys in a certain way so that they don’t seem biased

Public opinion is important because:

It lets us understand how people feel, not just the way they vote

Public opinion enables:

Both B & C

Public opinion is important in global politics because:

It allows us to understand how to cooperate globally

Political socialization is ______

the process by which you develop your political personality

The most important influence on political socialization is____

family

Political culture is the____

set of political attitudes, values, and goals shared by everyone in a political group

Minority political culture____

can emerge organically

Which is not a cause of collective dilemma?

Participants share a common political culture

In collective decision-making, there is a bias toward____.

The status quo

Collective action problems exist because_____

individuals can have incentives that harm group interests

In a prisoner’s dilemma, logic indicates that____

both participants will defect

Global climate change exemplifies _____.

the tragedy of the commons

One technique for resolving the tragedy of the commons is_____

government regulation

Collective action problems are less severe in small groups than large groups because_____.

All of the above

A key difference between small groups and large groups regarding collective action problems is ____.

Monitoring and enforcement are easier in small groups

civil rights is defined as_____

government guarantees of equal protection under the law to guarantee a group’s rights are not violated or denied

Which of the following is a negative right?

Right to privacy

What is the primary source of civil rights protection for people with disabilities in the Untied States?

The Americans with Disabilities Act

Civil rights changes like the recognition of same-sex marriage often require changes in a country’s____

Political culture

What Supreme Court decision ended historic provisions of the Voting Rights Act?

Shelby county v Holder

Which president signed the order that established the policy of Japanese American internment?

Franklin Roosevelt

Which of the following statements about the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and Black Lives Matter is correct?

Black Lives Matter has primarily been organized via social media.

What protest tactic ignited both the Velvet Revolution and the Arab Spring?

Suicide

Define institutional racism.

Racism perpetrated by social and political institutions that have the power to affect large groups of people that belong to a racial group

The $20,000 payments that the US government sent to living survivors of Japanese internment in 1990 represent what type of attempt to make amends for past discrimination.

Reparations

What is the definition of an interest group?

A group of people who work to influence policy and support candidates regardless of party

Which of the following is not a type of interest group?

Demographic groups

What do pluralist theory, transaction theory, and disturbance theory all have in common?