Civics_Ch8_homework-2

=**Civics Chapter 8 Homework #2**= Answer the following on notebook paper.

1. What is the most important way a citizen can participate in a democracy? V---

2. If there is legislation pending that you are either for or against, how can you voice your opinion to your representative or senator?

3. What do you think would bet he most important responsibility for a citizen living under a dictator, or a king, or a queen, or an emperor?

4. In order to become president, candidates must go through a process that starts with winning the primary election and ends with winning the general election. Based on the sentence, what do you think a process is? (A) a series of steps (B) guidelines (C) a party platform (D) a series of qualifications

5. What is an elector in terms of the Electoral College? (A) any citizen who votes (B) one who officially votes for president (C) a candidate for president (D) a college student

6. Governments formed in a two-party system tend to be stable, which is good. What do you think stable means in this sentence? (A) weak (B) strong (C) unethical (D) overpowering (E) a place to keep a horse

7. Totalitarian governments usually have only one party. What do you think Totalitarian means (it's a type of dictatorship)? (A) the government is weak (B) the people have total control (C) control is shared (D) one party has complete control over everyone and everything

8. The Democrat and Republican parties have different platforms. What do you think a platform is in this sentence? (A) a proposed program for the country (B) a written statement of views (C) a raised stage for speeches (D) both A and B

9. The informed voter has studied hard to identify the candidate whose views most closely resemble his or her own. In this sentence, what does informed mean? (A) knowledgeable (B) ignorant (C) supportive (D) patriotic (E) all (F) none

10. In presidential elections, the popular vote is...(A) the votes American citizens cast (B) the votes the electors cast (C) the votes the senators cast (D) the majority

11. Some say one person can't make a difference. Martin Luther King Jr. was one person and he made a difference. What did he do to make a difference?

12. What role do the following play?


 * Interest groups? They try to i government policy.


 * Political Parties? They try to d policy by creating a platform with their views and putting up candidates to run for office.


 * Campaigning? Candidates try to -


 * Media? -

13. What is the difference between a primary and the general election?

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