Unit 9 Review: Public Policy

Governments take many actions to implement a public policy. Identify the appropriate branch and government level to address each public policy issue.

Ohio citizens want a sales tax increase to raise funds to pay for bike lanes in all state parks.

• Legislative branch and local level
• Executive branch and state level
• Legislative branch and state level
• Executive branch and local level

Governments take many actions to implement a public policy. Identify the appropriate branch and government level to address each public policy issue.
People want the Environmental Protection Agency to pass regulations to punish polluters.

• Legislative branch and local level
• Executive branch and state level
• Legislative branch and state level
• Executive branch  and national level

Governments take many actions to implement a public policy. Identify the appropriate branch and government level to address each public policy issue.
 Toledo residents want the city to install a traffic light at an accident-prone intersections

• Legislative branch and state level
•  Legislative branch and local level
• Executive branch and state level
• Executive branch and state level

Which is the primary purpose of a lobbyist in the political process?

• to draft bills for legislators
• to locate citizens willing to run for public office
• to present the views of special interest groups on proposed legislation
• to provide legislators with unbiased information on important issues

The stand the government takes on an issue is called

• public sphere

• public policy

• public opinion

• public works

In government, the public agenda refers to

• the book the government must take as a hall pass to the bathroom

• the issues the government will guarantee to take action on

• a list of items to be be discussed

• a to-do list of issues that

  much of the public agrees are a priority

In its role as gatekeeper, the media

• decides which stories and issues are important enough to receive public

  attention

• determines which issues are on the public agenda,

• keeps watch on the

  government and others in power

• communicating with large numbers of people.

A politician accepts expensive gifts from a campaign supporter. Two television networks run hour-long exposés about the politician’s bad behavior. The politician returns the gifts and resigns from office. What role of the media is at work here?

• gatekeeper

• watchdog

• agenda setter

• business

Means of communication that are reaching the public, including newspapers and magazines, radio, television (broadcast, cable, and satellite), films, recordings, books, and electronic communication.

• internet

• news

• gossip

• media

What type of public policy is happening when troops are deployed to areas of human rights violations?

• Economic Policy

• Social Policy

• Foreign and Defense Policy