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Citizen Participation

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which political party is also known as "conservative," "right," and "GOP?"

a)

democrat

b)

libertarian

c)

republican

d)

green

e)

constitutional

2.

What political party is also known as "left" or "liberal?"

a)

democrat

b)

libertarian

c)

republican

d)

green

e)

constitutional

3.

If you don't affiliate or belong to a political party what are you called?

a)

individual

b)

dependent

c)

free spirited

d)

independent

4.

What does a lobbyist do?

a)

get people registered to vote

b)

contact politicians asking for support of an interest group

c)

help candidates win elections

d)

riot when they don't get what they want

5.

All of the following are job duties of special interest groups except

a)

inform politicians of the public's opinion

b)

lobby politicians to make decisions the group wants

c)

pledge support to political candidates

d)

make election polls

6.

All of the following are important parts in public opinion polls except?

a)

sampling size

b)

propaganda

c)

wording of questions

d)

bias in the questioning

e)

length of the survey

7.

Which third party is most strict on everything?

a)

Green

b)

Libertarian

c)

Constitutional

8.

A PAC is all of the following except

a)

group of people who support candidates with the same views

b)

organizations that support political campaigns

c)

organizations that financially support political campaigns

d)

Political Action Committee

e)

All of the above

9.

In selection bias, who decides which stories to report?

a)

The president

b)

The media

c)

Interest groups

d)

Third parties

10.

The party most against abortion.

a)

Libertarian

b)

Democrat

c)

Green

d)

Republican

11.

Who most favors strict gun control?

a)

Green

b)

Republican

c)

Constitutional

d)

Democrat

e)

Libertarian

12.

What is political socialization?

a)

How people decide their political stance.

b)

The process of making policies public.

c)

The ability to control align parties.

d)

Similar people's view on political issues.

13.

When government listens to the public and makes a decide, what do we call that decision?

a)

Exit polls

b)

Public policy

c)

Public opinion

d)

Propaganda

14.

____ party accepts what others do as long as it doesn't harm anyone.

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Constitutional

d)

Libertarian

15.

What is the term for when the media determines which side of a story to tell?

a)

Propaganda

b)

Selection bias

c)

Report bias

d)

Political socialization

16.

All of the following are true about public polls except.

a)

Never helps decide public policy

b)

Length of the poll matters

c)

To find out the public's opinion

d)

Order of the questions matters

17.

_____ exaggerates or publishes inaccurate information to sway the public.

a)

Selection bias

b)

Endorsements

c)

Public policy

d)

Propaganda

18.

____ third party is for equality, nonviolence, and environmental protections.

a)

Green

b)

Libertarian

c)

Constitutional

19.

People might choose to absentee vote for all of the following except.

a)

are out of town

b)

don't like either candidate

c)

medical reasons

d)

save time

20.

When the media chooses only to tell us certain stories while not reporting on others, this is called what?

a)

politics

b)

report bias

c)

selection bias

d)

independence

21.

Which is a CON of having political parties?

a)

keeps third parties with great ideas out of government

b)

provide order in government process

c)

power in numbers

d)

helps create public policy

22.

What is a PRO of having political parties?

a)

people fell like they don't need to vote

b)

people are labelled based on their party affiliation

c)

people feel like they belong to a group and want to participate in the political process

d)

nothing gets accomplished because no one can agree

23.

Why do we have political parties?

a)

to bribe citizens to vote for leaders

b)

to pit citizens against one another

c)

to bring like minded citizens together & get their members elected to government positions

d)

to ensure corruption in government doesn't happen