Unit 2 & 3 Review Quiz
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This quiz will help you get a "feel" for the type of questions that may be asked on your test. Do this quiz a few times until you get an 80%.
- 1.In this primary any one who is registered can vote.
- A.
Open Primary
- B.
Closed Primary
- 2.When you are asked to reconsider an issue based on new information people are trying to change your....
- A.
Polling Place
- B.
Public Opinion
- 3.Which one of these is the smallest unit where/how people are assigned to vote?
- A.
Precinct
- B.
County
- 4.What do interest groups focus on?
- A.
Influencing people
- B.
Changing public policy
- C.
Winning elections
- D.
Forming new political parties
- 5.Why do people "straight-ticket" vote?
- A.
Ballot fatigue
- B.
Strong party affiliation
- C.
Not enough choices
- D.
Not well informed
- 6.__________ when people do not care, are not involved or don't get informed about politics or public policy.
- 7.Conventional ways of impacting public policy.
- A.
Writing your representative
- B.
Looting
- C.
Joining an interest group
- D.
Signing petitions
- 8.Unconventional ways of impacting public policy
- A.
Hunger strikes
- B.
Voting
- C.
Protesting & rioting
- D.
Setting yourself on fire
- 9.The ________________ gives the power to set the date for congressional elections to the States.
- A.
Constitution
- B.
President
- C.
Congress
- 10.______________ held by a number of people concerning governmental and political questions are known as public opinion.
- A.
Attitudes
- B.
Political Parties
- C.
Civic duties
- 11.The national convention ___________
- A.
Is held every four years
- B.
Picks the presidential candidate
- C.
Adopts the party's platform
- D.
Votes for the President of the US
- 12.The__________________ is still the main source of political information for people of the US.
- 13._______________ technology is changing the way people interacts with and get information about the government
- 14.A ____________________ works to benefit many or all people, regardless of their affiliation.
- A.
Private-interest group
- B.
Economic interest group
- C.
Public-interest group
- 15.___________________ is a technique used to influence people to adopt a particular belief.
- A.
Nomination
- B.
Propaganda
- C.
Voting
- 16.__________________ know that public opinion is important because no policy will stay in place very long without public support. (THINK: Which one is the best answer)
- A.
Interest Groups
- B.
Political Parties
- C.
Precincts
- D.
Primaries
- 17.Good citizenship includes the following:
- A.
Personal Responsibility
- B.
Apathy
- C.
Civic Duty
- D.
Civic Responsibility
- 18.Partisan means to be part of or divided by
- A.
Party
- B.
Interest Group
- 19.A polling place is ....
- A.
Where votes are cast
- B.
In the precinct where a person goes vote
- C.
Where the delegates chose the next candidate
- 20.Interest groups apply pressure to the government to change public policy is through...
- A.
Making new political parties
- B.
Lobbying
- 21.The average voter activates change through ___________ movements
- A.
Grass roots
- B.
Rioting
- 22.An example of civic obligation is .....
- A.
Paying taxes
- B.
Recycling
- 23.The fact that interest groups help stimulate interest in public affairs is usually seen as
- A.
Positive
- B.
Negative
- 24.A ballot (voting ticket) that is arranged by part-column's encourages...
- A.
Straight-ticket voting
- B.
Nonpartisan voting
- C.
Office-group voting
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