Government Summative 5 Review

Which of the following examples demonstrates the "revolving door"?

A U.S. Senator decides not to run for another term, and immediately takes a job as a lobbyist for an interest group that used to fund his campaign.

Which of the following is most likely to change a president's approach to pursuing action on a policy topic?

A change in ideology

Federal money given to states that be spent on a wide variety of activities within a broad category such as health care, education, and transportation is called

Block Grants

What is the title of the lead executive in a state government?

Governor

Which of the following is the largest minority group since the 1970s?

Hispanic Americans

How does the Judicial Branch check the Executive?

Judicial Review

Which of the following is one way that the judicial branch checks congress?

Judicial Review

Which of the following types of vetoes can a governor use (in most states) to strike parts of a bill instead of the entire bill?

Line-item veto

Which of the following describes the power of a governor to completely strike down a proposed bill?

Package veto

Which of the following describes the governor's power to completely forgive a criminal?

Pardon

When a person convicted of a crime is released by a governor after serving a portion of his or her sentence, this is

Parole

Which type of poll is not necessarily meant to collect data, ut is instead intended to convince people to vote for one candidate over another?

Push poll

What is the term for a portion of a whole population chosen to participate in a poll?

Sample

Which of the following scenarios would the voter be least likely to support the candidate?

The candidate is from the party in government, which the voter opposes.

Which of the following most accurately explains a direct initiative?

The voters remove an official from office

How does someone with a moderate ideology most likely form opinions on various policy topics?

They take political cues from their most trusted interest groups

According to their website, the AARP is an interest group with over 35 million members. These members who are 50 years old and up, pay annual dues in return for financial discounts, benefits, and the groups' lobbying efforts on their behalf. The AARP is an example of which of the following?

Trade Association

Exaggerated and sensationalized journalism is known as

Yellow Journalism

Which of the following refers to 19th-century newspapers using sensationalism and purposely provocative headlines and images to increase sales?

Yellow Journalism

Which of the following describes when a media outlet's sole purpose is to expose wrongdoing by businesses and the government?

muckraking

All of the following are true of interest groups EXCEPT

they have a direct influence on policymaking