This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 325 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 325 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False. Political parties are groups of people from the same country who share similar ideas about how they want their nation to be run. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Smallest unit of election administration A) Minor party. B) Split-ticket voting. C) Precinct. D) Pluralistic society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precinct. 3. This president purchased the Louisiana Purchase from France A) George Washington. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) James Madison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Jefferson. 4. Which party is referred to as the GOP? hint:they control the White house. A) Democrats. B) Republicans. C) Greens. D) Libertarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republicans. 5. Which political party is associated with the color blue in the United States? A) Republican Party. B) Green Party. C) Independent Party. D) Democratic Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democratic Party. 6. One party system A) Voting along party lines. B) Political system where only one party exists. C) Party that controls the Presidency or governship. D) Temporary alliance to gain majority control of gov't to influence policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political system where only one party exists. 7. What role does the losing party of a national election assume? A) Opposition. B) Grassroots movement. C) Third Party. D) Watchdog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watchdog. 8. A signed document where a person makes a sworn statement regarding his/her personal information A) Approval. B) Affiliation. C) Affirmative. D) Affidavit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affidavit. 9. Election that involves voters and candidates throughout the entire country that determines the final winners A) GENERAL ELECTION. B) PRIMARY ELECTION. C) BALLOT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GENERAL ELECTION. 10. If I vote for the Republican Party in every election no matter what I am engaging in ..... voting. A) Party line. B) Retrospective. C) Prospective. D) Rational-Choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Party line. 11. A secular realignment (when a region of the country slowly changes over from RED to BLUE or vice-versa). How long does it take for this to happen (approximately)? A) 4 years. B) 20 years. C) 40 years. D) 60 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40 years. 12. Which component of a political party carries out the day-to-day operations of the political party? A) Party in the Electorate. B) Party Organization. C) Party in Government. D) Party in Private. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Party Organization. 13. When family members vote the same way this an example of A) Political Efficacy. B) Partisanship. C) Political Socialization. D) Split Ticket Voting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Socialization. 14. What is a potential issue of third parties? A) Take voters away from one of the two dominant parties. B) Could change the two party system. C) Stall bills from passing. D) Confuses voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take voters away from one of the two dominant parties. 15. Faction A) Smallest voting district. B) Small group within a party. C) Largest block of a voting group. D) Voting for the opposing party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small group within a party. 16. People should own and control all businesses through democratically controlled public agencies A) Democrats. B) Republicans. C) Socialists. D) Libertarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socialists. 17. Always voting the same as other members of your political party is an example of A) Partisanship. B) Bias. C) Sectionalism. D) Reapportionment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partisanship. 18. Party that challenges the two major parties (examples:Green Party, Libertarians, etc.) A) THIRD PARTY. B) CANDIDATE. C) POLITICAL PARTY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THIRD PARTY. 19. Who served as the United States Minister to France and later as Secretary of State under President George Washington? A) John Adams. B) James Madison. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Jefferson. 20. What is the main difference in a primary and a caucus? A) Primaries are secret, while a caucus is open. B) Caucuses are secret, while primaries are open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primaries are secret, while a caucus is open. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParties QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesPolitical Parties Quiz 1Political Parties Quiz 2Political Parties Quiz 3Political Parties Quiz 4Political Parties Quiz 5Political Parties Quiz 6Political Parties Quiz 7Political Parties Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books