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Date: _______________________________ U3.LP7: Vocabulary Review
Classwork and Homework

UNIT 3 VOCABULARY LIST

Unit Title

Civic Participation

Name of Lessons

Civic Participation Polling and Demographics

Political Parties Interest Groups
Campaign and Elections Media in Politics

Critical Vocabulary for Each Lesson

Initiative Liberal
Referendum Conservative
Recall Democrat
Petition Republican
Campaign Polling
Election Demographics
Vote Exit Polls
Ballot US Census
Incumbent Interest Group
Candidate Lobbying
General Election Lobbyists
Primary Election Media Bias
Third Parties Media
Political Party

Questions
1. A group that creates a platform and nominates candidates to run in an election.
2. A political belief that we have to help people using government spending.
3. Characteristics about people.
4. When a group of people get signatures to get an initiative or recall on a ballot
5. The efforts surrounding an election when politicians try to get elected.
6. The official count of the population, this information is also used to collect information about
demographics
7. When citizens write and they place on a ballot a law.
8. When citizens for a who will be president.
9. When voters are asked who they voted for after they cast their ballots
10. An official piece of paper that people case their votes on in an election.
11. A politician who is running for reelection
12. When voters decide who will be the candidate from each party represented in the general
election.
13. A political party that provides an alternative to Democrats and Republicans.
14. When a legislator writes a law and refers it to the people.
15. The Grand Old Party.
16. When news provides an analysis that attempts to influence the publicʼs opinions.
17. The Party who is currently led by Barack Obama
18. A time when people vote.
19. The party that is more conservative
20. A person who works for an interest group
21. The party that is more liberal
22. An example is Television and Newspaper.
23. When the citizens can vote to kick a political official out of office.
24. A group that tries to influence government by lobbying
25. A survey of opinions
26. The most direct way people influence their government.
27. A contestant for political office
28. A way that interest groups educate political officials about issues.
29. A way of convey information to many people.
30. The party that would want to repeal laws that control gun use.
31. When the Democrats choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
32. American Association of Retired People, for example
33. Groupings of people, such as by gender, race, income, religion.
34. Gathering information about people.
35. Proposition 8 is an example of this.
36. These are examples of direct democracy. (multiple answers)
37. If Barack Obama runs for reelection, he will be the ____________ candidate.
38. Popular Sovereignty is when people rule by their ___________.
39. A belief that government should be small.
40. Their main purpose is to gain seats in government.

Write 10 sentences using 10 vocabulary terms. (Write them on a separate piece of paper.)