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AP Government Unit 4 Test Study Guide - Student

The AP Government Unit 4 Test Study Guide covers core beliefs of American citizens, political socialization, and public opinion polling methodologies. It includes key concepts such as individualism, equality of opportunity, and the impact of major political events on ideology. The guide also outlines various political ideologies and provides frameworks for analyzing foundational documents and data trends.

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AP Government Unit 4 Test Study Guide - Student

The AP Government Unit 4 Test Study Guide covers core beliefs of American citizens, political socialization, and public opinion polling methodologies. It includes key concepts such as individualism, equality of opportunity, and the impact of major political events on ideology. The guide also outlines various political ideologies and provides frameworks for analyzing foundational documents and data trends.

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AP Government Unit 4 Test Study Guide - Student Copy

MCQ
●​ Core beliefs of American citizens:
○​ Individualism
○​ Equality of Opportunity
○​ Free Enterprise
○​ Rule of Law
○​ Limited Government
●​ Source Analysis: Read, analyze, and interpret foundational documents and other
text-based [e.g. excerpt from Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations] and visual sources [e.g.
bar graph].
○​ Describe the argument, perspective, evidence, and reasoning presented in the
source.
○​ Explain how the visual elements of the source (a cartoon, map, or infographic)
illustrate or relate to political principles, institutions, processes, policies, and
behaviors.
○​ Describe patterns and trends in quantitative data represented in tables, charts,
graphs, maps, and infographics.
■​ Explain what the data implies or illustrates about political principles,
institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.
●​ Political Socialization
●​ Factors of political socialization: family, schools, peers, media (social media, tv, etc.),
social environments (civic/religious organizations), and globalization.
●​ Generations and Socialization:
○​ Silent Generation
○​ Baby Boomers
○​ Generation X
○​ Millennial
●​ Impact of major political events on political ideology
●​ Public Opinion and Opinion Polls:
○​ Benchmark Poll
○​ Tracking Poll
○​ Entrance and Exit Polls
○​ Polling Methodology:
■​ Representative Samples
■​ Random Sampling
■​ Sampling Error / Margin of Error
●​ The government must maintain a proper balance between the protection of civil liberties
and the promotion of stability and order.
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●​ Conservative / Republican Party Ideology


●​ Liberal / Democratic Party Ideology
●​ Libertarian Ideology
●​ The Federal Reserve

FRQ
1.​ Economic policy, ideological influences, and core values
a.​ Policy responses to changes in the economy
b.​ Ideological influences on policymaking
c.​ Impact of economic changes on American core values
2.​ Political socialization poll
a.​ Read bar graph
b.​ Read bar graph
c.​ Effects of immigration and/or the civil rights movement on political socialization
d.​ Methods for accurate polling
3.​ Public polling on tax cuts
a.​ Poll accuracy
b.​ Usefulness of polls to politicians
c.​ Public opinion and political ideology

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