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Civics: People Power
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Subject
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civics
Instructions:
Answer 26 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An election in which voters make final decisions about the candidates and issues
Electors
General Election
Platform
Caucus
2. The process of signing up to be a voter
Registration
Open Primary
Write-In Candidate
Direct Mail
3. A favoring of one point of view
Bias
Self-Nomination
Write-In Candidate
Independent Voters
4. People who do not support a particular political party
Incumbent
Independent Voters
Planks
Closed Primary
5. A way of sending messages to large groups of people through the mail
Nominate
Patronage
Straight Ticket
Direct Mail
6. Voting districts
Precincts
General Election
Platform
Bias
7. A statement of the party's official stand on major public issues
Incumbent
Independent Voters
Platform
Closed Primary
8. The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot
Compaign Manager
Split Ticket
Straight Ticket
General Election
9. Television - radio - newspapers - magazines - and the Internet
Self-Nomination
Canvass
Media
Propaganda
10. The system in which party leaders perform favors for loyal supporters of the party
Registration
Electors
Patronage
Planks
11. A primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party's primary
Closed Primary
Compaign Press Secretary
Independent Voters
Write-In Candidate
12. Someone who already holds the office for which he or she is running
Patronage
Caucus
Incumbent
Open Primary
13. Person who helps plan the broad outlines of the campaign: where to go - what issues to discuss - and what image of the candidate to put forth
Planks
Write-In Candidate
Canvass
Compaign Manager
14. A primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting - but they may vote in only one party's primary
Media
Open Primary
Direct Mail
Electors
15. People who promise to cast votes for the candidate selected by the voters
Planks
Compaign Press Secretary
Electors
Closed Primary
16. An organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office
Registration
Political Party
Compaign Press Secretary
Bias
17. Declaring that you are running for office
Political Party
Self-Nomination
Compaign Manager
Write-In Candidate
18. An election in Which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party
Precincts
Compaign Press Secretary
Direct Primary
Electors
19. Meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates
Canvass
Precincts
Caucus
Media
20. Person who makes certain that the media show the candidate in the best light
Bias
Canvass
Compaign Press Secretary
Straight Ticket
21. Go door-to-door handing out information and asking people which candidates they support
Direct Primary
Canvass
General Election
Electors
22. Position statements on each specific issue in a party's platform
Planks
Closed Primary
Compaign Manager
Nominate
23. One who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot
Platform
Write-In Candidate
Precincts
Incumbent
24. A message that is meant to influence people's ideas - opinions - or actions in a certain way
Bias
Write-In Candidate
Propaganda
Registration
25. Naming candidates to run for public office
Nominate
Split Ticket
Political Party
Bias
26. A ballot cast for all the candidates in one party
Compaign Manager
Straight Ticket
Canvass
Self-Nomination