chapter 10
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| polling place | location where you vote
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| precinct | a voting district
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| ballot | a list of candidates that are not the two major parties that you can vote for
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| absentee ballot | a ballot for those who can not make the vote on election day
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| returns | the total of votes after a polling place closes
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| exit poll | asking people how they voted as they leave the polling place
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| electorate | those people who are eligible to vote
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| apathy | lack of interest
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| electoral college | the people who actually vote for president
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| initiative | a procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments
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| proposition | a petition asking for a new law
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| referendum | a way for people to vote on state or local laws
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| recall | where people can vote to remove a local official
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| elector | the person who votes for the suggestion of president
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| winner-take-all system | where the candidate who gets the majority vote takes all the votes for that state
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| propoganda | items that ether support or undermine a subject or person
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| political action committee (PAC) | groups made to support favored candidates in the political race
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| soft money | money that is put for the general election purpose
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| incumbent | politicians who have already been elected to office
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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