Civics Ch.11 Test Review

Promote the interests of the general public

• public interest groups

• public opinion

The total of the opinions held concerning a particular issue

• public opinion

• propoganda

The spreading of ideas to influence people

• propoganda

• lobby

A pressure group

• lobby

• poll

 A public opinion survey

• poll

• lobby

Organizations of people with a common interest that try to influence government policies and decisions

• interest groups

• lobbyist

Forms of communication that transmit information to

large numbers of people

• mass media

• volunteers

A person who is paid by a lobby or interest group to

represent that group’s interests

• lobbyist

• mass media

People who work without pay to help others

• volunteers

• political action committees

Committees that collect voluntary contributions from members to fund their favored candidates

• political action committees

• volunteers