1. Minor parties are the most successful in __________.
A) multiparty systems
B) winner-take-all systems
C) systems operating under Duverger's Law
D) two-party systems
E) one-party systems
2. What challenge do minor parties often face?
A) constitutional restrictions
B) nomination signature requirements
C) too many young candidates
D) too much media exposure
E) outdated voter registration lists
3. What is the process by which voters develop their political attitudes, values, and beliefs, usually through families and schools?
A) voter socialization
B) voter participation
C) political socialization
D) political magnitude
E) participatory voting
4. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire over the course of their lifetime is known as what?
A) party identity
B) party identification
C) voter identity
D) electoral socialization
E) platform identification
5. How do political scientists define political socialization?
A) as the way by which individuals self-select themselves to participate in public opinion polls
B) as the way by which individuals acquire status as opinion leaders
C) as the way by which individuals seek out new polling technologies
D) as the way by which individuals seek out the beliefs and values of their peer groups
E) as the way by which individuals develop political attitudes, values, and beliefs
6. Social conservatives differ from traditional conservatives in that they support which of the following?
A) social controls
B) economic controls
C) deregulation
D) military expenditures
E) diplomacy
7. In 1839, which state voted to allow women to own property in their own name?
A) Oregon
B) Wyoming
C) Mississippi
D) New York
E) Texas