1 A) We acquire our basic political beliefs and values. B) We come to value the attributes of our own political culture. C) We learn to limit the influence of family on our political views. D) We may begin to identify with a particular political party. 2 A) Technology has made it easier to determine. B) It requires primarily objective analysis. C) It remains fairly static in the absence of major events. D) None of these answers is correct. 3 A) schools and religious institutions B) parents and schools C) religious institutions and schools D) parents and peers 4 Weekly Reader presidential polls?A) They have correctly predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1956. B) They are not usually good predictors of the outcome of elections. C) They have correctly predicted 50% of the winners of presidential elections since 1956. D) The younger the students involved, the less accurate its predictions are. 5 A) Sesame Street B) American Idol C) Grey's Anatomy D) The Daily Show 6 A) Higher levels of education correlate to higher levels of political activism. B) Higher levels of education correlate to lower levels of political activism. C) There is no statistical correlation between education and political activism. D) The most and least educated Americans both tend to have low levels of political activism. 7 A) White Protestants who attend church regularly tend to be Republicans. B) The more religious a person is, the more likely he or she is to be a Democrat. C) The less religious a person is, the more likely he or she is to be a political Independent. D) All of the answers are correct. 8 A) African Americans and Protestants B) Catholics and Protestants C) Jews and Protestants D) African Americans and Catholics 9 A) white B) African American C) poor D) wealthy 10 A) Mexicans B) Puerto Ricans C) Cubans D) other Latinos 11 A) Filipino Americans B) Vietnamese Americans C) Chinese Americans D) Japanese Americans 12 A) African American B) Latino C) Asian American D) white 13 A) 1920 B) 1945 C) 1980 D) No consistent gender gap has ever been established. 14 A) men favor the death penalty more than women. B) women are more likely to believe the country is at risk of another terrorist attack since September 11, 2001 C) women view health care as more of a priority than men. D) All these answers are correct. 15 A) the Korean War. B) the Great Depression. C) the Vietnam War. D) the 9/11 attacks. 16 A) They tend to live in the Northeast and vote Democratic. B) They tend to live in the West and not have a formal political affiliation. C) They tend to live in the West and vote Republican. D) They tend to live in the Midwest and vote Democratic. 17 A) More people identify themselves as conservative when the alternative choice is liberal than when the alternative choice is progressive. B) More people identify themselves as conservative when the alternative choice is progressive than when the alternative choice is liberal. C) More people identify themselves as conservative when the alternative choice is moderate than when the alternative choice is liberal. D) None of these answers is correct. 18 A) stratified B) quota C) random D) micro 19 A) tracking B) straw C) push D) exit 20 A) the war in Iraq B) gas prices C) health care D) the economy 21 A) the war in Iraq B) gas prices C) health care D) the economy 22 A) with the election of Barack Obama. B) with the election of Ronald Reagan. C) after the attacks of September, 11, 2001. D) None of these answers is correct. 23 A) Cold War B) Watergate C) World War II D) Lewinsky 24 A) steadily declined since 2000. B) steadily increased since 2000. C) rebounded since the beginning of the Obama administration. D) decreased significantly since the beginning of the Obama administration. 25 A) It consistently scores higher in public trust than the other two branches of the federal government. B) It consistently scores lower in public trust than the other two branches of the federal government. C) It consistently scores lower in public trust than the executive branch but higher than the legislative branch. D) It consistently scores lower in public trust than the legislative branch but higher than the executive branch.
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