- The process by which citizens acquire their sense of political identity
Your answer:
political socialization
public opinion
political symbolization
ideology
- Someone who favors rapid, fundamental change in the existing social, economic, or political order (and often agrees with the use of violence or extreme methods to achieve those things)
Your answer:
radical
liberal
conservative
moderate
- A complex combination of traits (language, customs, traditions, etc. ) that are unique to the population of a country
Your answer:
ideology
culture
socialization
politics
- A person whose attitudes and opinions are somewhere between that of a liberal and conservative (“middle-of-the-road), and tend to be tolerant of other people’s views
Your answer:
liberal
ideological
communist
moderate
- The wishes or support of the people in a democracy, as expressed by their votes
Your answer:
political moderate
political support
mandate
propaganda
- A person who believes that the government should actively and peacefully promote social reform within the existing social, economic, or political system
Your answer:
reactionary
ideology
capitalist
liberal
- Those elements of a nation's culture that are related to government and politics
Your answer:
political ideology
political culture
political socialization
enculturation
- The determination of public opinion through precise sampling and statistical methods (rather than using older, less precise methods)
Your answer:
straw polling
random polling
statistical socialization
scientific polling
- This is the population that is to be studied in a poll
Your answer:
sample
universe
political culture
culture
- The range of accuracy of the results of a random sample poll
Your answer:
range of accuracy
margin of error
sample
scientific polling
- A person in favor of the status quo, who is cautious about new policies, and who generally feels that the government should stay out of the affairs of private citizens and businesses
Your answer:
moderate
socialist
radical
conservative
- An organized pattern of looking at the political world; a systematic set of ideas that is used to justify a particular point of view
Your answer:
political socialization
mandate
political culture
ideology
- Those people around us who have similar backgrounds and beliefs and may be near us in age
Your answer:
random sample
political culture
socialization
peers
- Generally refers to people who hold traditional views, and oppose changes in society and/or government
Your answer:
right wing
mandate
left wing
moderate
- An informal survey of public opinion
Your answer:
universe
mandate
straw poll
random sample
- A sample chosen in such a way that every member of a group being polled has an equal chance of being selected
Your answer:
universe
straw poll
random sample
scientific poll
- The likelihood that something will happen (in this case, through scientific polling)
Your answer:
universe
sample
scientific polling
probability
- Someone who advocates a return to a previous government or state of affairs, and who may be willing to go to extremes (even violence) to attain this goal
Your answer:
conservative
liberal
radical
reactionary
- In polling terms, a small group of people who accurately represent a 'universe'
Your answer:
political culture
sample
public opinion
sample culture
- An organization of people with shared ideas and attitudes who attempt to influence public policy
Your answer:
random sample
interest group
political party
sample
- An object or expression that is part of a nation's political culture and that represents an abstract idea such as "freedom," "democracy," or the country itself
Your answer:
random universe
political symbol
political culture
random sample
- The term that is used to describe those people in society who generally favor change (and are against the status quo)
Your answer:
right wing
conservative
moderate
left wing
- Conservatives favor this - keeping things the way they are at the present time
Your answer:
liberalism
political symbols
mandate
status quo
- The combination of many individuals' expressed feelings about government and political issues
Your answer:
interest groups
political socialization
public opinion
political culture