This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Process > Governance > Political Process – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Process Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is propaganda? A) Ideas spread to influence people. B) A labor union. C) A third party. D) The leader of a party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideas spread to influence people. 2. What do you call the system where the presidential candidate who wins the majority of that states popular vote gets all of the states electoral votes? A) Winner takes all system. B) Majority rule system. C) Large state system. D) Presidential system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winner takes all system. 3. Which of the following is NOT an example of mass media? A) Magazine. B) Television. C) Newspaper. D) Word of mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word of mouth. 4. What is the earliest and one of the most significant agents in the political socialization process? A) Peers. B) School. C) Family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family. 5. A newspaper article on the new health care law is an example of how the media can: A) Identify candidates. B) Emphasize selected issues. C) Display political cartoons. D) Encourage citizens to register to vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasize selected issues. 6. SS.7.C.2.13 (L2)This headline describes an event in U.S. history.Which public policy view is reflected in the headline? A) Racial discrimination. B) Racial prejudice. C) Racial tolerance. D) Racial equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Racial equality. 7. All of the following is a reasonable solution to gerrymandering EXCEPT A) Making gerrymandering illegal. B) Redistricting by an unbiased outside group. C) Embracing gerrymandering but in a fair way. D) Using math to redistrict randomly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making gerrymandering illegal. 8. Which action is an example of a foreign-policy decision? A) Congress increased providing support to newly arrived immigrants. B) The president requested a law to regulate pollution near international borders. C) Congress raised educational standards to make students competitive in a global market. D) The president signed an executive order restoring relations with a communist government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The president signed an executive order restoring relations with a communist government. 9. In general, liberals want less government and conservatives more government. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Which of the following is an example of U.S. domestic policy? A) Securing the borders against international terrorists. B) Providing aid to our allies in North America. C) Limiting the number of immigrants entering from a certain country. D) Controlling imports of illegal narcotics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Securing the borders against international terrorists. 11. Political parties are similar in all of the following ways EXCEPT? A) Organize at the national, state, and local levels. B) Reflect both liberal and conservative views. C) Appeal to the political center in order to win elections. D) Hold similar views on most important campaign issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hold similar views on most important campaign issues. 12. The phrase "We the people" was used in the Constitution to A) Identify that the authors were Americans. B) Establish that the document got its power from the people. C) Ensure that the people would support the ideas in the document. D) Convince the people that the document was written in their interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establish that the document got its power from the people. 13. Which of the following is our national anthem? A) My Country 'tis of Thee. B) America, the Beautiful. C) The Star-Spangled Banner. D) The Pledge of Allegiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Star-Spangled Banner. 14. Media A) T.V., Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Internet. B) A person who attracts attention to their party (ex. Teddy Roosevelt-Bull Moose). C) Where most voters are (the middle). D) Favors traditional values, less government, stronger military. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T.V., Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Internet. 15. How to do voters make informed choices among candidates? A) Participate fundraising. B) Evaluate information. C) Encourage PACs. D) Emphasize selected issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaluate information. 16. Political parties offer a way for- A) Citizens to particpate in the political process. B) Candidates to avoise raising money for campaigns. C) Candidates with very different views to work together. D) Candidates to avoid laws regarding campaign finances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Citizens to particpate in the political process. 17. This Amendment gives African Americans the right to vote. A) 15th. B) 19th. C) Show. D) 24th. E) 26th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15th. 18. A campaign commercial that uses celebrities is using what type of propaganda? A) Testimonial. B) Bandwagon. C) Name calling. D) Card stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testimonial. 19. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do? A) Ended segregation on buses. B) Citizens in Washington D.C. could vote in Presidential elections. C) Ended voter discrimination (poll taxes and literacy tests). D) Allowed voters to vote online and through the. mail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ended voter discrimination (poll taxes and literacy tests). 20. For many years, voter turnout during elections in the United States has not been high. People give many reasons why they did not vote. Which of the following is NOT a reason why citizens fail to vote? A) Lack of interest in candidates or issues. B) Failure to register. C) Holidays often interfere with elections. D) Feel their vote does not matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holidays often interfere with elections. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesProcess QuizzesPolitical Process Quiz 1Political Process Quiz 2Political Process Quiz 3Political Process Quiz 4Political Process Quiz 5Political Process Quiz 6Political Process Quiz 7Political Process Quiz 8Political Process Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books