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Wyatt CE 9b Influence of individuals & interest groups

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it when individuals try to get legislators to introduce or vote a certain way on a bill?

a)

PAC

b)

lobbying

c)

interest groups

d)

demonstrating

2.

Individuals can influence public policy in all the following ways EXCEPT -

a)

voting

b)

registering to vote

c)

campaigning

d)

writing letters

3.

What type of interest group works to benefit all or most of society?

a)

federal interest groups

b)

economic interest groups

c)

private interest groups

d)

public interest groups

4.

A group of people who share similar points of view and join together to promote that view is -

a)

an interest group

b)

mass media

c)

public agenda

d)

public opinion

5.

What type of interest only promotes the interest of it's members?

a)

private interest groups

b)

public interest groups

c)

political campaigns

d)

federal interest groups

6.

Interest groups are groups of people -

a)

vote for candidates

b)

run candidates for office

c)

make separate donations to different campaigns

d)

share a point of view and join together

7.

All of the following are way interest groups influence public policy EXCEPT -

a)

running candidates for office

b)

making political contributions

c)

lobbying government officials

d)

identifying issues

8.

What do you call a group of people like the NRA, who work to get Congress to pass laws to support their gun interest?

a)

lobbyist

b)

constituents

c)

the public

d)

PAC

9.

Grind. Execute. Dominate. Allergic 2 Average. I Can. I Will. I Must. When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe..are all motivational phrases used by Eric Thomas. Mr. Wyatt shares these video messages to his classes to -

a)

Kill time

b)

keep the students busy

c)

motivate the students to do their best & stop dumbing down

d)

Principal Rickey says to show them

10.

How many more days until you take your Civics & Econ SOLs?

a)

70

b)

73

c)

I don't know

d)

I didn't know we take an SOL for this class

11.

Every week a new message/information from ET is shared in class. Unfortunately many of you get this information and -

a)

still perform the same way, but expect better results

b)

still execute the same, but expect better results

c)

still want to hang in the same environment

d)

keep doing the things you've been doing but want better results

e)

ALL OF THESE!!!!

12.

This week ET stated there was nothing wrong with the message. It's something wrong with you. Many people have a problem with the message because -

a)

they don't apply it

b)

they don't use what the can

c)

it's to truthful and it hurts to apply it

d)

They are all in their feelings and hate it for no logical reason. It's to much like right to try and better yourself

e)

Duh!!!!!! EVERY...LAST....ONE...OF...THESE!