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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,Multiculturalism - ✔✔the presence of multiple cultures existing and collaborating at the
same time in a society
News Media - ✔✔any organization that serves as an outlet to relay information to the
public
Party Identification - ✔✔a voter's self-proclaimed preference for one party over another
Policy Voting - ✔✔choosing which candidate to vote for based on the candidate's
proposed policy rather than party identification
Political Culture - ✔✔the underlying attitudes and beliefs that shape the public view of
politics
Political Efficacy - ✔✔voters' belief that their votes are effective and truly matter in the
selection of a candidate
Political Elite - ✔✔people in the socioeconomic upper class who make up a large part of
the government
Political Socialization - ✔✔the process by which people develop their views and
opinions on political parties
Political Spectrum - ✔✔a range of political views that is used to classify voters, from
extreme conservative to extreme liberal
Protest - ✔✔a statement or action that is meant to display disapproval or objection to
something
Public Agenda - ✔✔the issue or set of issues that the public has strong opinion about
and wishes to change
Public Opinion - ✔✔the views that are prevalent or widely shared among the American
public
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, Random Sampling - ✔✔making an analysis based on observations of a randomly
chosen group of people
Referendum - ✔✔a vote by the general public that is held over a political issue
Representative Sampling - ✔✔making an analysis based on observations of a group of
people that are selected to accurately match the demographics of America
Saliency - ✔✔the importance of an issue to voters
Sample - ✔✔a group of people that is chosen to represent the public opinion
Sampling Error - ✔✔a difference between a measured value and its true value, which
can be attributed to a misrepresentation of the American public in a sample
Selection Bias - ✔✔samples that are supposed to be chosen randomly but are chosen
purposefully because of bias
Social Connectedness - ✔✔citizens' involvement in groups and connections to family
and others
Social Issues - ✔✔undesirable problems or situations in society which people feel
should be corrected
Split-Ticket Voting - ✔✔voting for candidates from more than one political party in one
election
Straight-Ticket Voting - ✔✔voting for all the candidates from one political party during
an election
Education as Socialization Factor - ✔✔the influence K-12 education on a person's
political ideology
Gender as Socialization Factor - ✔✔political socialization of people based on gender
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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
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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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,Multiculturalism - ✔✔the presence of multiple cultures existing and collaborating at the
same time in a society
News Media - ✔✔any organization that serves as an outlet to relay information to the
public
Party Identification - ✔✔a voter's self-proclaimed preference for one party over another
Policy Voting - ✔✔choosing which candidate to vote for based on the candidate's
proposed policy rather than party identification
Political Culture - ✔✔the underlying attitudes and beliefs that shape the public view of
politics
Political Efficacy - ✔✔voters' belief that their votes are effective and truly matter in the
selection of a candidate
Political Elite - ✔✔people in the socioeconomic upper class who make up a large part of
the government
Political Socialization - ✔✔the process by which people develop their views and
opinions on political parties
Political Spectrum - ✔✔a range of political views that is used to classify voters, from
extreme conservative to extreme liberal
Protest - ✔✔a statement or action that is meant to display disapproval or objection to
something
Public Agenda - ✔✔the issue or set of issues that the public has strong opinion about
and wishes to change
Public Opinion - ✔✔the views that are prevalent or widely shared among the American
public
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, Random Sampling - ✔✔making an analysis based on observations of a randomly
chosen group of people
Referendum - ✔✔a vote by the general public that is held over a political issue
Representative Sampling - ✔✔making an analysis based on observations of a group of
people that are selected to accurately match the demographics of America
Saliency - ✔✔the importance of an issue to voters
Sample - ✔✔a group of people that is chosen to represent the public opinion
Sampling Error - ✔✔a difference between a measured value and its true value, which
can be attributed to a misrepresentation of the American public in a sample
Selection Bias - ✔✔samples that are supposed to be chosen randomly but are chosen
purposefully because of bias
Social Connectedness - ✔✔citizens' involvement in groups and connections to family
and others
Social Issues - ✔✔undesirable problems or situations in society which people feel
should be corrected
Split-Ticket Voting - ✔✔voting for candidates from more than one political party in one
election
Straight-Ticket Voting - ✔✔voting for all the candidates from one political party during
an election
Education as Socialization Factor - ✔✔the influence K-12 education on a person's
political ideology
Gender as Socialization Factor - ✔✔political socialization of people based on gender
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