Unit 6 Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Biased Question - ✔✔a question worded in a way in which one answer is favored over
another
Census - ✔✔a survey conducted every ten years to measure the population
Civil Disobedience - ✔✔refusing to follow some laws or pay taxes as a form of peaceful
protest
Cluster Sampling - ✔✔research where the population is split into clusters and random
clusters are analyzed
Compositional Effect - ✔✔combining averages obtained over a wide area to make a
flawed observation over a large area
Conservative Ideology - ✔✔an ideology based on tradition or established belief rather
than new beliefs and is therefore less likely to embrace change
Cross-Pressured Voter - ✔✔a voter who is susceptible to multiple competing factors
who are all trying to influence the voter's decision
Exit Polls - ✔✔a poll held outside a place where people vote asking how people voted
Focus Groups - ✔✔a small group of diverse voters who are selected by a political
campaign to provide feedback about the campaign
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, Gallup Polls - ✔✔a poll based on a representative sample of the United States' electorate
Gender Gap - ✔✔the difference of opportunities (political, economic, employment, etc.)
between men and women
General Public - ✔✔the entire public, regardless of political opinion or participation
Initiative Petition - ✔✔a petition that is suggested by voters and can be passed with the
force of law if it earns a majority of voters
Intensity - ✔✔the strength or weight of an issue to the public
Issue Public - ✔✔a part of the public that is directly affected by government policy and
is therefore very interested in it
Leading Questions - ✔✔a question that prompts the respondent to select a desired
answer
Liberal Ideology - ✔✔an ideology that is dynamic and advocates for personal rights and
freedoms
Mass Movement - ✔✔an organized effort by a large amount of people to bring about
social change
Mass Public - ✔✔the part of the public that is uninterested in politics and issues, the
majority of which are not voters
Measurement Error - ✔✔the difference between a measured value and its true value,
which can be attributed to poor measuring strategies or equipment
Minority-Majority - ✔✔an area or district in which the minority of the nation makes up
the majority of the district
Moderate Ideology - ✔✔citizens who do not correspond to a liberal or conservative
ideology but frequently see both sides of an issue
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Answers
Biased Question - ✔✔a question worded in a way in which one answer is favored over
another
Census - ✔✔a survey conducted every ten years to measure the population
Civil Disobedience - ✔✔refusing to follow some laws or pay taxes as a form of peaceful
protest
Cluster Sampling - ✔✔research where the population is split into clusters and random
clusters are analyzed
Compositional Effect - ✔✔combining averages obtained over a wide area to make a
flawed observation over a large area
Conservative Ideology - ✔✔an ideology based on tradition or established belief rather
than new beliefs and is therefore less likely to embrace change
Cross-Pressured Voter - ✔✔a voter who is susceptible to multiple competing factors
who are all trying to influence the voter's decision
Exit Polls - ✔✔a poll held outside a place where people vote asking how people voted
Focus Groups - ✔✔a small group of diverse voters who are selected by a political
campaign to provide feedback about the campaign
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY OLIVIA WEST, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Gallup Polls - ✔✔a poll based on a representative sample of the United States' electorate
Gender Gap - ✔✔the difference of opportunities (political, economic, employment, etc.)
between men and women
General Public - ✔✔the entire public, regardless of political opinion or participation
Initiative Petition - ✔✔a petition that is suggested by voters and can be passed with the
force of law if it earns a majority of voters
Intensity - ✔✔the strength or weight of an issue to the public
Issue Public - ✔✔a part of the public that is directly affected by government policy and
is therefore very interested in it
Leading Questions - ✔✔a question that prompts the respondent to select a desired
answer
Liberal Ideology - ✔✔an ideology that is dynamic and advocates for personal rights and
freedoms
Mass Movement - ✔✔an organized effort by a large amount of people to bring about
social change
Mass Public - ✔✔the part of the public that is uninterested in politics and issues, the
majority of which are not voters
Measurement Error - ✔✔the difference between a measured value and its true value,
which can be attributed to poor measuring strategies or equipment
Minority-Majority - ✔✔an area or district in which the minority of the nation makes up
the majority of the district
Moderate Ideology - ✔✔citizens who do not correspond to a liberal or conservative
ideology but frequently see both sides of an issue
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