This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Process > Governance > Political Process – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Process Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How are candidates chosen in a caucus? A) Openly (public voting). B) In secret (private voting). C) Online. D) At conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Openly (public voting). 2. This word means to "middle/moderate" A) Watchdog. B) Candidate. C) Primary. D) Funds. E) Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Center. 3. Definition:a long public dispute, debate, or contention; disputation concerning a matter of opinion. A) Debate. B) Policy. C) Controversy. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Controversy. 4. The number of electoral college voters from each state is determined by the states ..... A) Population. B) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 5. The citizens elect a smaller number of people to represent them in government. A) Representative Democracy. B) Direct Democracy. C) Majority Rule. D) Popular Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative Democracy. 6. Group which forms to represent values and beliefs of their group in an effort to win elections A) Interest Group. B) General Election. C) Political Spectrum. D) Political Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political Party. 7. Who is Nancy Pelosi? A) The vice president. B) A candidate in the 2017 presidential election. C) The first woman to be the Secretary Treasure. D) The first woman to be Speaker of the House. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first woman to be Speaker of the House. 8. A country.It must have a permanent population, sovereignty, established borders and recognition by other countries.Examples:The U.S.Every independent country in the worldEvery member of the United Nations A) Multistate nation. B) Irredentism. C) Multiethnic state. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State. 9. Why does California have more electoral votes than Texas? A) California has a higher population than Texas. B) California had more influence in Congress than Texas. C) California has a lower population than Texas. D) California's land area is more than Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) California has a higher population than Texas. 10. Person running for office A) Moderate. B) Candidate. C) Liberal. D) Electorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candidate. 11. What are two criticisms of the media? A) Unbiased and positive focus. B) Biased and negative focus. C) Too distracting and bad for our eyes. D) Watchdog and gatekeeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biased and negative focus. 12. All people that wear glasses are nerds! A) Racism. B) Discrimination. C) Prejudice. D) Stereotyping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stereotyping. 13. What do you call campaign statements that can't be proven? A) Fact. B) Detail. C) Bias. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Propaganda. 14. SS.7.C.2.8 (L2)This statement is from a political party platform.Which political party's position is represented in the statement? A) Communist. B) Democratic. C) Republican. D) Socialist . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communist. 15. Recruiting and nominating candidates to try and win elections: A) Is done by third parties. B) Is done only at the state level. C) Is a role of the media. D) Is a function of all political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a function of all political parties. 16. The slate of electors for each state is chosen by ..... vote. A) Popular. B) One. C) Electoral College. D) Every. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Popular. 17. Korea and Vietnam are examples of ..... A) Shatterbelts. B) Chokepoints. C) Neocolonialism. D) Irredentism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shatterbelts. 18. Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities. A) Balkanization. B) Apartheid Apartheid. C) Nationalism. D) Ethnic Cleansing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balkanization. 19. Which group of people cannot vote? A) Those in the West. B) Those who lack interest. C) Those who are undeducated. D) Those in prison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Those in prison. 20. Who do delegates represent at nominating conventions? A) The interests of the party leaders. B) The interests of the people who vote in their area of the country. C) No one but themselves. D) The interests of the president. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The interests of the people who vote in their area of the country. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesProcess QuizzesPolitical Process Quiz 1Political Process Quiz 2Political Process Quiz 3Political Process Quiz 4Political Process Quiz 5Political Process Quiz 6Political Process Quiz 7Political Process Quiz 8Political Process Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books