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