NW AP PRACTICE QUIZ for Friday

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the information in the bar graph?

• Most Americans gee their political news

  from the Internet.

• More Americans are getting their political news from radio in 2016 than they did in

  2000.

• More Americans are getting their political news from television in 2016 than they did in 2000.

• Fewer Americans are getting their political news from radio than newspapers in 2016.

Based on the information in the bar graph, which of the following is the most likely consequence?

• Television is no longer a major supplier of

  political news.

• Social network sites provide the largest amount of political news on the Internet.

• Internet news is not as reliable as television or newspapers.

• Newspaper readership is likely to continue

  to decline

Which of the following would be an accurate statement if a presidential election had to be decided by the House of Representatives?

• Each member of the House is allowed one vote

• Each state's delegation casts one vote

• Only the speaker votes

• The House Rules Committee makes the decision

Which of the following is most accurate regarding interest groups?

• Interest groups always provide accurate and

  concise information.

• Some interest groups have influence that is

  not proportional to their size.

• Interest groups attempt to control government.

• All Interest groups are well financed.

For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court of the United States, a consensus must be reached among the justices. This agreement is known as:

• A writ of certiorari

• A precedent

• Amicus curiae

• "The rule of four"

Presidential impeachment

• requires a majority vote of the Senate for conviction

• exemplifies the concept of checks and balances

• is the removal of a president from office

• is presided over by the vice president

James Madison applied the term "faction" to

• political parties and interest groups

• negative members of Congress

• splinter groups of the executive

• states not willing to be a part of the federal union

Which of the following is an accurate description of the ratification of constitutional amendments?

• State conventions called by Congress

• A national convention

• A two-thirds vote of each house of the

  Congress

• Legislatures of three-fourths of the states

Which of the following would best describe gerrymandering?

• Drawing electoral districts within a state to favor a political party or candidate

• The breakdown of a political party within

  the Congress

• Dividing the states into regional electoral districts

• Dividing states along party lines to determine parry strategy

Which ·of the following stages generally occurs earliest in the presidential election contest?

• National party conventions

• The popular election

• State primaries and caucuses

• The electoral college election