Government Chapter 16 Vocabulary Review

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Government Chapter 16 Vocabulary Review
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• a system in which several officials are elected
  to represent the same area in proportion to the
  votes each partys candidate receives

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PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

• a system in which several officials are elected
  to represent the same area in proportion to the
  votes each partys candidate receives

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• a government dominated by a religion

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THEOCRACY

• a government dominated by a religion

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• a voting district

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PRECINCT

• a voting district

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• a large district comprised of several adjoining
  precincts

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WARD

• a large district comprised of several adjoining
  precincts

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• a set of basic beliefs about life, culture,
  government, and society

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IDEOLOGY

• a set of basic beliefs about life, culture,
  government, and society

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• electoral district in which only one candidate is
  elected to each office

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SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT

• electoral district in which only one candidate is
  elected to each office

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• a government formed by several parties who
  combine forces to obtain a majority

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COALITION GOVERNMENT

• a government formed by several parties who
  combine forces to obtain a majority

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• any political party other than one of the two
  major parties

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THIRD PARTY

• any political party other than one of the two
  major parties

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• a group of individuals who organize to nominate
  candidates for office, win elections, conduct
  government, and determine public policy

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POLITICAL PARTY

• a group of individuals who organize to nominate
  candidates for office, win elections, conduct
  government, and determine public policy

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• a voter who does not support any particular
  political party

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INDEPENDENT

• a voter who does not support any particular
  political party

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• representatives from the 50 state party
  organizations who run a political party

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE

• representatives from the 50 state party
  organizations who run a political party

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• a volunteer who organizes party workers to
  distribute information about the party and its
  candidates and to get the voters to the polls

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PRECINCT CAPTIAN

• a volunteer who organizes party workers to
  distribute information about the party and its
  candidates and to get the voters to the polls

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• the practice of granting favors to reward party
  loyalty

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PATRONAGE

• the practice of granting favors to reward party
  loyalty

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• a gathering of local and state party members
  chosen to nominate presidential and vice
  presidential candidates

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NATIONAL CONVENTION

• a gathering of local and state party members
  chosen to nominate presidential and vice
  presidential candidates

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• committee usually composed large of
  representatives from the partys county
  organizations

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STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE

• committee usually composed large of
  representatives from the partys county
  organizations

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• the candidates for president and vice president

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TICKET

• the candidates for president and vice president

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• the largest number of voters in an election

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PLURALITY

• the largest number of voters in an election

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• a section of a political partys platform

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PLANK

• a section of a political partys platform

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• a statement of a partys principles, beliefs
  and positions on vital issues

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PLATFORM

• a statement of a partys principles, beliefs
  and positions on vital issues

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• a powerful party leader

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BOSS

• a powerful party leader