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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is an important difference between interest groups and political parties?
Interest groups have more members than political parties.
Interest groups have platforms addressing all issues of public concern.
Interest groups are organized to elect their candidates to political office.
Interest groups attempt to influence government directly on particular issues.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the media affect politics?by providing information on both partiesby contributing to election campaign fundsby focusing public attention on particular issuesby providing in-depth coverage of national issues.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The diagram in the picture gives details about the American political system.
Which title completes the diagram?How interest groups decide an issueHow interest groups engage in electioneeringHow interest groups use publicity to win supportHow interest groups lobby state and federal legislators - 4. Multiple Choice
Sarah felt very strongly about an issue in the news. She wrote to her representative in Congress and expressed her feelings on the issue. Then she wrote a short editorial for the local newspaper and sent it off. Which statement describes Sarah's activities?
She was acting as a lobbyist.
She was forming her own political party.
She was starting her own special interest group.
She was participating directly in government.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Use the graph to answer this question: Based upon the information in the graph, where should a candidate spend the most campaign funds for advertising?
Newpaper
Television
Internet
Radio
- 6. Multiple Choice
Based on the graph, how have Americans' sources of news changed since 1992?
People no longer obtain news information from television.
The Internet is gradually replacing newspapers as a source of news.
More people are now listening to news on the radio than previously.
There has been a significant decline in the readership of news magazines.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which group on the table would be most likely to support a ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?
Interest Group 1
Interest Group 2
Interest Group 3
Interest Group 4
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which best describes the main objective of a lobbyist?
To raise campaign funds for political parties.
To influence public decision-making for the common good.
to influence state legislators or members of congress on issues
to advise political candidates on how to manager their election campaigns
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which activity is used by interest groups to influence public policy?
bribing legislators to support their proposals
impeaching their opponents in the legislature
sponsoring news programs on major television networks
giving legislators the benefit of their subject-area expertise
- 10. Multiple Choice
A U.S. government poster from World War I is shown. Which propaganda technique is used in this poster?
celebrity testimonials
demonizing opponents
bandwagon claims
glittering generalities
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which propaganda technique is used in this political communication?
making a false analogy
appealing to readers' fears
presenting an opinion as fact
smearing an opponent's character
- 12. Multiple Choice
The statement in the photo was made by President George W. Bush at the start of the 2004 Presidential election campaign against Democratic candidate Senator John Kerry. How was this political communication intended to win public support for President Bush?
By using political symbolism.
By pointing to specific issues.
by labeling his opponent as uncertain.
by providing detailed evidence of his achievements.
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