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WorksheetsCh 14 - Interest Groups and the Media
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
SS.7.C.2.10
What is an important difference between interest groups and political parties?
Interest groups have more members than political parties.
Interest groups have platforms addressing all issues of public concern.
Interest groups are organized to elect their candidates to political office
Interest groups attempt to influence government directly on particular issues.
SS.7.C.2.10
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the media affect politics?
by providing information on both parties
by contributing to election campaign funds
by focusing public attention on particular issues
by providing in-depth coverage of national issues
SS.7.C.2.10
The diagram above gives details about the American political system.
Which title completes the diagram?
How interest groups decide an issue
How interest groups engage in electioneering
How interest groups use publicity to win support
How interest groups lobby state and federal legislators
SS.7.C.2.10
Sarah felt very strongly about an issue in the news. She wrote to her representative in Congress and expressed her feelings on the issue. Then she wrote a short editorial for the local newspaper and sent it off. Which statement describes Sarah's activities?
She was acting as a lobbyist.
She was forming her own political party.
She was starting her own special interest group.
She was participating directly in government.
SS.7.C.2.11
The graph above shows where Americans obtain their news. Use this graph to answer questions 5 and 6.
Based upon the information in the graph, where should a candidate spend the most campaign funds for advertising?
newspaper
television
Internet
radio
SS.7.C.2.10
Based on the graph, how have Americans' sources of news changed since 1992?
People no longer obtain news information from television.
The Internet is gradually replacing newspapers as a source of news.
More people are now listening to news on the radio than previously.
There has been a significant decline in the readership of news magazines.
SS.7.C.2.10
The table above describes four interest groups.
Which group on the table would be mostly likely to support a ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?
Interest Group 1
Interest Group 2
Interest Group 3
Interest Group 4
SS.7.C.2.10
Which best describes the main objective of a lobbyist?
to raise campaign funds for political parties
to influence public decision-making for the common good
to influence state legislators or members of Congress on issues
to advise political candidates on how to manage their election campaigns
SS.7.C.2.10
Which activity is used by interest groups to influence public policy?
bribing legislators to support their proposals
impeaching their opponents in the legislature
sponsoring news programs on major television networks
giving legislators the benefit of their subject-area expertise
SS.7.C.2.11
A U.S. government poster from World War I is shown above.
Which propaganda technique is used in this
poster?
celebrity testimonials
demonizing opponents
bandwagon claims
glittering generalities
SS.7.C.2.11
The sign below was posted all over the town of Mayberry.
"Vote for Joe Everyman for City Commissioner.
He is the only candidate who truly cares about your future!"
Which propaganda technique is used in this political communication?
making a false analogy
appealing to readers' fears
presenting an opinion as a fact
smearing an opponent's character
SS.7.C.2.11
The statement below was made by President George W. Bush at the start of the 2004 Presidential election campaign against Democratic candidate Senator John Kerry.
"It's a choice between keeping the tax relief that is moving the economy forward, or putting the burden of higher taxes back on the American people ... It's a choice between an America that leads the world with strength and confidence,
or an America that is uncertain in the face of danger.
How was this political communication intended to win public support for President Bush?
by using political symbolism
by pointing to specific issues
by labeling his opponent as uncertain
by providing detailed evidence of his achievements
