Mini #3 Practice - 2025

In which why individuals monitor, hold accountable and influence the government?

• Attend Civic Meetings

     

• Tour Government Buildings

• Help Extended Family Members

• Volunteer for Community Service

Which title completes the diagram?

• How the media influences government

• How lobbyists monitor government officials

• How elected officials influence public opinion

• How individuals can influence the government

What is one way in which an individual citizen can influence the government?

• save money from extra earnings

• help a neighbor solve a problem

• sign a petition to state legislators

• watch television to be better informed

What do television news and print journalism have in common?

• They always give just one side of a story.

• They present viewers with moving images.

• They can influence public opinion and government policy.

• They rely on people’s willingness to read written information

Which term describes newspapers, television shows, and online articles?

• lobbyists

• interest groups

• forms of media

• political parties

The diagram below lists different activities.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Techniques of newspapers and print media

   

• Impact of Internet and new media

• Activities of interest groups

• Roles of political parties

A lobbyist for the automobile industry meets a group of members of Congress.

What is the lobbyist most likely to ask the members?

• to help the lobbyist run for Congress

• to give speeches to automobile workers

• to pass laws favorable to the automobile industry

• to provide information about the automobile industry to reporters

The following message was sent to members of Congress.

Petroleum is one of the most useful resources in our modern world. It provides our most common form of energy, which is used to make electricity, to power cars and trucks, and to make a large number of everyday products. It costs hundreds of millions of dollars to locate and develop new oil fields. For this reason, Congress should give petroleum companies generous tax breaks for their research and development costs. After all, we all need energy.

Who was the most likely author of this message?

• an interest group lobbyist

•  a newspaper reporter

• a state governor

• a federal judge

Which statement identifies a long-term impact of the media on the modern political system of the United States?

• The cost of government services has decreased.

• Government processes have become more open and transparent.

• Government officials have reduced their contact with the public.

• Americans know less about their government than they did earlier.

How does the guarantee of freedom of the press in the First Amendment impact the media?

• It encourages the media to print stories that they know may be untrue.

•   It protects the media from being sued, even when they intentionally lie about a person.

• It allows the media to hold government officials accountable without fear of retaliation.

• It permits the media to print stories that reveal military secrets and endanger national security.