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Worksheets(23-24) Government Unit 5
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which principle of democracy means seeing and learning about what the government is doing?
Transparency
Accountability
Equality
Citizen Participation
Which principle of democracy refers to consequences for one's actions, particularly those in power?
Citizen Participation
Transparency
Accountability
Limited Government
Favoring one side over another indicates a(n)
Watchdog
Free Exercise
press
bias
Which media role is used when the press focuses on a topic which later becomes important for the community leading to action?
Watchdog
Agenda Setter
Business
Gatekeeper
Which media role is used when news outlets decide which stories make the news and how much attention is given to them?
Business
Gatekeeper
Watchdog
Agenda Setter
Which media role is seen when the media exposes government wrongdoing, holding leaders accountable for their actions?
Police
Agenda Setter
Gatekeeper
Watchdog
Which medium beginning in the 1920s allowed elected officials to make speeches and was the first major form of media to develop after the newspaper?
Telegraph
Cable TV
Televsion
Radio
Which 1980s development led to a huge increase in media including 24-hour news networks?
Television
Cable TV
Social Media
Internet
When people within a community have sharply divided opinions on political and social issues, it can be said they are -
Polarized
Concurrent
Biased
Liberal
If Arlington business owners worked together as one group to fight for policy changes, they have likely formed a(n) -
advisory panel
mass media
interest group
commerce board
The main topic addressed in the 2010 Citizens United decision was -
Banning foreign influence of social media
Media Censorship
Campaign Spending
Term limits
Which of the following is NOT true about the Federal Elections Commission?
6 members
Bi-Partisan
Federal agency
Part of the U.S. Senate
Which organization monitors campaign spending ensuring that accurate reports are filed and no campaign finance laws have been broken?
SEC
FEC
FDIC
NCUA
Someone who meets with lawmakers trying to influence them to create desired policies is called a -
Lobbyist
Commissioner
Representative
Regent
An interest group that donates money to a campaign is called a -
PAC
Advisory Panel
Regulator
Founder
Non-authentic audio, images, or videos meant to deceive people are called -
Plagiarism
Regulations
Deepfakes
Criminal fraud
When one's ideas are blocked from social media, they may feel that they have been -
Censored
Manipulated
Deepfaked
Proven
Traditional media such as newspapers, radio, and television were considered all of the following except -
Journalism
Mass media
Forms of the press
Two-Way Communication
Which former president used social media to create news with bold statements and making important announcements?
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
In recent decades, Americans trust in the news media has -
declined
increased
not changed
When someone gives information to a reporter anonymously they -
are generally lying
do not allow their name to be used
the reporter cannot use the information
are paid for their information
Which term means secret information being made public?
Anonymous
Disclosure
Advisory
Mass Media
This man was featured in a controversial 1988 ad attacking Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis' policies on crime?
Timothy McVeigh
Willie Horton
OJ Simpson
Jeffrey Dahmer
Tailoring an ad to a specific audience or even to an individual is called -
Bait and switch
Super PAC advertising
Micro-targeting
Commercial enterprise
If Wakefield teachers collectively announce their support for one school board candidate they are making a(n) -
Endorsement
Declaration
Summary Judgement
Censorship
(REVIEW) Which term is identified in the picture?
Federalism
Checks and Balances
Supremacy Clause
Natural Rights
(REVIEW) The picture is connected best to which amendment?
4th
5th
6th
7th
(REVIEW) How many electoral votes are needed to win a presidential election?
270
225
410
528
(REVIEW) Who is the current chief justice of the Supreme Court?
Clarence Thomas
John Roberts
Mitch McConnell
Hakeem Jeffries
(REVIEW) Where in the Constitution can the powers of the presidency be found?
Article 1
Article 2
Preamble
9th Amendment
(REVIEW) Which Enlightenment thinker introduced the idea of natural rights such as life, liberty, and property?
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
George Washington
John Locke
(REVIEW) A power (such as to tax) that is shared between the federal and state governments is called -
Implied
Concurrent
Expressed
Mighty
(REVIEW) Which is not true about the House of Representatives?
435 members
Elected to 6-year terms
Current speaker is Mike Johnson
Part of the bi-cameral legislative branch
(REVIEW) When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, who appoints a new justice?
Chief Justice
President
Senate Majority whip
Speaker of the House
(REVIEW) If one does not agree with the ruling in their trial during a federal case, they may appeal to which court?
Supreme Court
District Court
Circuit Court
County Tribunal
