topic 4 study questions

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This picture shows an American flag - which of the following themes does that go with?

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symbolism

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which of the following news stories would the media act as a "watchdog" for? Vero Beach city officials are building a new mall, people voting in a presidential election, a government politician is taking bribe money, a school wants to build a new playground

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a government politician is taking bribe money

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which type of communication would this image show?

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propaganda

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which of the following people try to influence law makers to vote a certain way that would be in favor of interest groups? the president and vice president, factory workers in Wisconsin, average American voters, lobbyists

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lobbyists

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which of the following is a way people can monitor the government themselves? Options: attending civic meetings, voting in elections, peacefully protesting, all of these are ways individuals can monitor and be apart of government

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all of these are ways individuals can monitor and be apart of government

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Which of the following acts as a "watchdog" to alert the American people as to what the government is doing?
Options: propaganda posters, the media (news stations like cnn,fox,cbs), movies and tv shows, social media posts and blogs

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the media (news stations like cnn,fox,cbs)

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this picture would be an example of

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propaganda

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In local city government, problems are best solved when officials do which of the following?
- do nothing and just hope the problem solves itself
- look at the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative
- spend lots of money to help find solutions to the problem
- wait and ask the state to help fix the problem

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look at the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative

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which of the following are steps that local governments take to solve problems? Options: ignore the problem and it usually goes away, refuse to fix the problem until you are forced to, identify appropriate government agencies to help fix the problem, wait for the people to complain before solving a problem

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identify appropriate government agencies to help fix the problem

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which person would qualify as a candidate for President of the U.S.? Options: Max is 67 years old, he has lived in Ontario Canada all of his life but he was born in Detroit. , Martha is 45 years old, lived in Chicago for the last 18 years and was born in Tampa, Mr. Brown is 27 years old has lived in Philadelphia for the past 3 years and was born in Venezuela, Mr. Martin who has lived in Boston for 26 years and is 42 years old and was born in Ireland.

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Martha is 45 years old, lived in Chicago for the last 18 years and was born in Tampa