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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which type of Pressure Group has direct, regular contact with government?
Sectional
Insider
Promotional
Outsider
- 2. Multiple Choice
What name do we give to pressure groups which are not close to the government and which are not consulted on a regular basis?
Causal
Outsider
Sectional
Insider
- 3. Multiple Choice
What type of Pressure Group fights for the issues of a particular group of people in society e.g. Teachers
Promotional
Insider
Sectional
Outsider
- 4. Multiple Choice
What type of Pressure Group focuses on a particular issue and is open to anyone?
Insider
Promotional
Sectional
Outsider
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups are sectional? (click all that apply)
Amnesty International
Greenpeace
National Education Union
BMA
CBI
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is a lobbyist?
A protester who is willing to use direct action in order to achieve their objective.
A pressure group worker whose job it is to raise funds for a pressure group so that it can achieve its objective.
A journalist who has special access to MPs and is know as a lobby correspondent.
Usually a former MP or political insider who sell his expertise to pressure groups to help their campaign.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following methods of Pressure Groups would a march through London be?
Lobbying
Fundraising
Direct Action
Strike Action
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the Countryside Alliance campaign on?
The issue of Europe
Rights for fathers
Closing village post offices
The right to hunt foxes
- 9. Multiple Choice
#MeToo and #HackedOff are both examples of...
Mobilising public opinion
Direct Action
Clicktivism
Fundraising
- 10. Fill in the Blank
___________________are similar to cause groups but are more loosely structured.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which type of Pressure Group donates £Millions to the Labour Party?
Environmental Groups
Confederation of Businesses
Trade Unions
Social Movements
- 12. Multiple Choice
A difference between a political party and a pressure group is that pressure groups never put up a candidate in an election
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
Pressure groups that have conflicting ideologies with the current Government are still likely to succeed in their aims.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
A pressure group that may represent a set of services for their members but also promote or campaign for their members.
Sectional
Dual Function
Promotional
Outsider
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are advantages of Pressure Groups?
Pressure groups give voice to the minorities such as ethnic groups, the aged and disabled
Frequently pressure groups are undemocratic as they have no internal democracy such as elected leaders.
Pressure groups have an educative function.
Pressure groups are a method of holding decision makers to account
Some pressure groups have disproportionate influence giving them the “tyranny of the minority
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a pressure group that was an insider group in the 1970s but an outside group in the 1980s?
The Adam Smith Institute
Nation Union of Miners
The Confederation of British Industry
The Viewers and Listeners Association
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the Snowdrop Campaign aiming to ban?
Nuclear weapons
Handguns
Fox hunting
The death penalty
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which protest march attracted a claimed attendance of 2 million people in 2003.
March Against the Poll Tax
March Against the Falklands War
March against Nuclear Weapons
March Against the Iraq War
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why have the courts been used increasingly in recent years by pressure groups?
British membership of the EU has meant that the UK is bound by Europe wide legislation enforceable by the courts.
The increased membership of pressure groups means that they can afford to pay the legal bills.
Pressure groups believe that appearing in court is a good way of raising the profile of their issue.
Other methods, such as protest marches, petitions and direct action have been less effective in recent years.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which type of pressure group is the League Against Cruel Sports more likely to be?
Sectional
Causal
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