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Interest Groups and Lobbyists

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7th Grade

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Interest Groups and Lobbyists
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an Interest Group?

A group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government policy
The ideas and attitudes that signifcant number of americans hold about government and political issues
Technique which everyone in a group has equal chance of being selected
A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean to lobby?

A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe
To persuade government officials to support the polices their interest group favors
The ideas and attitudes that signifcant number of americans hold about government and political issues
A group of people that is to be studied

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Public Interest Group?

Authorization to act given to a representative
Method of polling in which wording of questions "push" respondees towards a particular answer
A small group of people who are typical of the larger group being studied
Groups that seek policy goals that it believes will benefit the nation (general public) not just themselves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

—A group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their beliefs?

Actual Group
Interest Group
Amicus curiae briefs
Class action lawsuit

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of these groups is not an interest group?

AARP
NRA
Democratic Party
NOW

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What does an interest group do?

Works at Congress
Imitates Government
Influences Government
The Unspeakable

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean to lobby?

A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe
To persuade government officials to support the polices their interest group favors
The ideas and attitudes that signifcant number of americans hold about government and political issues
A group of people that is to be studied

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