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Potpourri
100
These are the two major political parties around today.
What are the Democrats and Republicans?
100
This is the first thing you will have to do before you are allowed to vote.
What is register to vote?
100
This can be used by all governements to sway people's attitudes, opinions, and behaviors
What is propaganda?
100
This term describes a business if that business owned all of the hotels in one country.
What is a monopoly?
100
This technique uses words that sound good but have little meaning.
What is "glittering generalities"?
200
A candidate must win this many electoral votes in order to win the presidency
What is 270?
200
In this type of election, the candidate for president receives the popular vote.
What is the general election?
200
A political candidate who describes his or her opponent of "reckless spending" is using this technique.
What is name-calling?
200
The government taxes all types of business organizations except this one.
What is a nonprofit organization?
200
In this type of economy, most of the capital, tools, and production equipment are owned by the government
What is a command economy?
300
This type of government usually has a one-party system.
What is a dictatorship?
300
In this type of primary, only those voters who are registered in a particular party can vote to choose the party's candidate.
What is a closed primary?
300
A political candidate who describes herself as an "ordinary, hard-working citizen" is using this technique.
What is a plain-folks appeal?
300
This states that businesses will provide more products when they can sell them at higher prices.
What is the law of supply?
300
When conducting one of these, it is important to select a representative sampld of the population being surveyed.
What is a poll?
400
These organizations are responsible for organizing at the local, state, and national levels and raising money.
What are political parties?
400
In the general election, voters choose this.
What is their leaders
400
A technique that only shows facts supporting one side of an issue is known as this.
What is card-stacking?
400
This states that consumers will purchase fewer products when they must buy them at higher prices
What is the law of demand?
400
This type of group focuses on a specific issue like racial equality.
What is a public interest group?
500
This man is most well known for running as a third-party candidate in a presidential election.
Who is Ross Perot?
500
This is the term used when you voted for all of the candidates of one political party.
What is a straight ticket?
500
This is the total of the opinions held concerning a particular issue.
What is public opinion?
500
This is the term used for those who own a corporation.
What is a stockholder?
500
This economic system means that Americans are able to run their businesses in the way they think is best.
What is the free-enterprise system?