Interest Groups and the Media

Interest Groups and the Media

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12 Qs

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Interest Groups and the Media

Interest Groups and the Media

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Social Studies

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Rachel Lyne

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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 CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the media affect politics?
by providing information on both parties
by contributing to election campaign funds
by focusing public attention on particular issues
by providing in-depth coverage of national issues.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
The diagram in  the picture gives details about the American political system.
Which title completes the diagram?
How interest groups decide an issue
How interest groups engage in electioneering
How interest groups use publicity to win support
How interest groups lobby state and federal legislators

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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 QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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 QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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 QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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

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