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1 Jeopardy Political Parties $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Voting and Voters Elections Public Opinion Interest Groups $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy

2 Political Parties for $100 A group that tries to control government by winning elections and holding public office

3 Political Parties for $100 What is a Political Party?

4 Political Parties for $200 The date set by Congress for holding national and Congressional elections

5 Political Parties for $200 What is the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every evennumbered year?

6 Political Parties for $300 The many goals that a government pursues

7 Political Parties for $300 What is public policy?

8 Political Parties for $400 Opposing viewpoints about the Constitution led to conflicts which created this type of American political system.

9 Political Parties for $400 What is the twoparty system?

10 Political Parties for $500 The political system, found in many countries, which is composed of several parties supporting different special interests.

11 Political Parties for $500 What is a multi-party system?

12 Voting and Voters for $100 A is an organization of workers who work in the same job or industry.

13 Voting and Voters for $100 What is a labor union?

14 Voting and Voters for $200 All of the following have been used to keep African Americans from voting EXCEPT a.poll taxes. b.literacy tests. c.federal court orders. d. threats and social pressures.

15 Voting and Voters for $200 What is c. a federal court order?

16 Voting and Voters for $300 The difference between moderate and independent

17 Voting and Voters for $300 What is Independent no affiliation with a political party (independents are weak party voters) Moderate political ideology is in the middle or not strongly conservative or liberal?

18 Voting and Voters for $400 A person s beliefs about life, culture, and so on.

19 Voting and Voters for $400 What is ideology?

20 Voting and Voters for $500 ALL states require these three qualifications in order to vote in state and national elections.

21 Voting and Voters for $500 What are: 1. U.S. citizen 2. A resident of the state holding the election 3. At least 18 years old

22 Elections for $100 Campaigns and interest groups are most effective when they rally support (meaning of or from the people )

23 Elections for $100 What is grass roots?

24 Elections for $200 An election, or selection process, where only declared party members may vote.

25 Elections for $200 What is a Closed Primary?

26 Elections for $300 These political extensions of special interest groups donate large amounts of money to political campaigns

27 Elections for $300 What are PACs.

28 Elections for $400 Money given to party organizations for party-building activities that is not limited and does not have to be reported

29 Elections for $400 What is soft money?

30 Elections for $500 The smallest geographic unit for conducting an election.

31 Elections for $500 What is a precinct?

32 Public Opinion for $100 A representative slice of a chosen universe in which members are equally likely to be picked.

33 Public Opinion for $100 What is a random sample?

34 Public Opinion for $200 This step comes FIRST when conducting a scientific poll.

35 Public Opinion for $200 What is defining the universe?

36 Public Opinion for $300 The process by which people formulate their political attitudes and opinions.

37 Public Opinion for $300 What is political socialization?

38 Public Opinion for $400 Means of communication that reach many people simultaneously.

39 Public Opinion for $400 What is mass media?

40 Public Opinion for $500 This form of mass media has had the most impact on American politics.

41 Public Opinion for $500 What is television?

42 Interest groups for $100 These organizations that attempt to shape public policy claim to work for the public good.

43 Interest groups for $100 What are public-interest groups?

44 Interest groups for $200 A technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create certain beliefs.

45 Interest groups for $200 What is propaganda?

46 Interest groups for $300 Most interest groups are formed on the basis of...

47 Interest groups for $300 What are economic interests?

48 Interest groups for $400 This type of group concentrates on electing or defeating candidates based on one issue.

49 Interest groups for $400 What are singleinterest groups?

50 Interest groups for $500 How interest groups try to influence government

51 Interest groups for $500 What is lobbying?

52 Final Jeopardy - System of Government- Exist in nearly all dictatorships today

53 Final Jeopardy Answer You got a problem with that? What is a oneparty system?