Question 1

public opinion

Accepted Answer

The distribution of the population’s
beliefs about politics and policy issues.

Question 2

demography

Accepted Answer

The science of population changes.

Question 3

census

Accepted Answer

An “actual enumeration” of the
population, which the Constitution
requires that the government conduct
every 10 years. The census is a valu-
able tool for understanding demo-
graphic changes.

Question 4

melting pot

Accepted Answer

A term often used to characterize
the United States, with its history of
immigration and mixing of cultures,
ideas, and peoples.

Question 5

minority majority

Accepted Answer

The situation, likely beginning in the
mid-twenty-first century, in which the
non-Hispanic whites will represent a
minority of the U.S. population and
minority groups together will repre-
sent a majority.

Question 6

political culture

Accepted Answer

An overall set of values widely shared
within a society.

Question 7

reapportionment

Accepted Answer

The process of reallocating seats in
the House of Representatives every 10
years on the basis of the results of the
census.

Question 8

political solcialization

Accepted Answer

The process through which individuals
in a society acquire political attitudes,
views, and knowledge, based on inputs
from family, schools, the media, and
others.

Question 9

sample

Accepted Answer

A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole.

Question 10

random sampling

Accepted Answer

The key technique employed by
survey researchers, which operates on
the principle that everyone should
have an equal probability of being
selected for the sample.

Question 11

random digit dialing

Accepted Answer

A technique used by pollsters to place
telephone calls randomly to both
listed and unlisted numbers when
conducting a survey.

Question 12

exit poll

Accepted Answer

Public opinion surveys used by major
media pollsters to predict electoral
winners with speed and precision.

Question 13

political ideology

Accepted Answer

A coherent set of beliefs about poli-
tics, public policy, and public purpose,
which helps give meaning to political
events.

Question 14

gender gap

Accepted Answer

The regular pattern in which women
are more likely to support Democratic
candidates, in part because they tend
to be less conservative than men and
more likely to support spending on
social services and to oppose higher
levels of military spending.

Question 15

political participation

Accepted Answer

All the activities used by citizens to
influence the selection of political
leaders or the policies they pursue.
The most common means of political
participation in a democracy is voting;
other means include protest and civil
disobedience.

Question 16

protest

Accepted Answer

A form of political participation
designed to achieve policy change
through dramatic and unconventional
tactics.

Question 17

civil disobedience

Accepted Answer

A form of political participationbased
on a conscious decision to break a law
believed to be unjust and to suffer the
consequences.

Question 18

sampling error

Accepted Answer

The level of confidence in the findings
of a public opinion poll. The more
people interviewed, the more confi-
dent one can be of the results.

Chapter 6 Vocab

AP Government

Question	Answer
public opinion	The distribution of the population’s beliefs about politics and policy issues.
demography	The science of population changes.
census	An “actual enumeration” of the population, which the Constitution requires that the government conduct every 10 years. The census is a valu- able tool for understanding demo- graphic changes.
melting pot	A term often used to characterize the United States, with its history of immigration and mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples.
minority majority	The situation, likely beginning in the mid-twenty-first century, in which the non-Hispanic whites will represent a minority of the U.S. population and minority groups together will repre- sent a majority.
political culture	An overall set of values widely shared within a society.
reapportionment	The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
political solcialization	The process through which individuals in a society acquire political attitudes, views, and knowledge, based on inputs from family, schools, the media, and others.
sample	A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole.
random sampling	The key technique employed by survey researchers, which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample.
random digit dialing	A technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey.
exit poll	Public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision.
political ideology	A coherent set of beliefs about poli- tics, public policy, and public purpose, which helps give meaning to political events.
gender gap	The regular pattern in which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates, in part because they tend to be less conservative than men and more likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military spending.
political participation	All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. The most common means of political participation in a democracy is voting; other means include protest and civil disobedience.
protest	A form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics.
civil disobedience	A form of political participationbased on a conscious decision to break a law believed to be unjust and to suffer the consequences.
sampling error	The level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. The more people interviewed, the more confi- dent one can be of the results.

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