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